Land at Melkinthorpe, Cumbria. Evaluation Report

An evaluation was carried out in January 2000 by Lancaster University Archaeological
Unit (LUAU) on a plot of land at Melkinthorpe, Cumbria (NGR NY 554 253), on behalf of
Mr G Kirby of Gary Kirby Design, in advance of the construction of a new bungalow. The
site is within a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SM 32822/01) and the work was
undertaken in order to inform a Scheduled Monument Consent application, in accordance
with a verbal brief from the Inspector of Ancient Monuments, English Heritage.
The project involved the survey of earthworks within an undeveloped plot of land close to
the main street, followed by the excavation of two evaluation trenches.