The National Trust has fairly recently acquired land in Langstrothdale and has commissioned a full archaeological survey to be led by David Johnson. UWHG volunteers completed a survey at Yockenthwaite in March and April with David's guidance. Now that summer weather has arrived, IAG volunteers have been helping to conduct similar fieldwork at Deepdale. Starting high on the fell above Deepdale, on the north side of the dale and working down, the team have been surveying drystone walls and...

An exciting programme of visits and walks is lined up for IAG members over the summer months before our monthly talks resume in September. A picnic at the deserted settlement of Thorns near Ribblehead (pictured) is scheduled for early June. IAG president Dr David Johnson, who led an excavation at Thorns in 2016 and 2017 involving members of IAG, will explain the site and the buildings before we enjoy a picnic lunch to celebrate the group's 30th anniversary year. We are hoping for a bright...

As Ingleborough Archaeology Group marks its 30th birthday in 2026, we look back at some of the group's most important projects since its foundation in 1996. IAG's excavations and survey activities have covered thousands of years of activity in the Dales, from prehistoric monument complexes to Iron Age settlements, and from early medieval shielings to 19th century railway construction camps. Read about IAG's first 30 years in this special review. And more lies ahead in 2026 and beyond. In...