In my previous column (CA 370), I examined Yorkshire’s prehistoric archaeology. This month, I am moving forward chronologically to explore the Roman, Viking and Anglo-Saxon, late medieval, and modern archaeology of this region’s four counties. This is ground that I have covered in part before, in reviews of CA’s coverage of Viking Jorvik (CA 341, August 2018) and medieval Wharram Percy (CA 340, July 2018), but there are many other treasures to be found across the counties too.

There are some places so rich in archaeological remains and so cherished is their history that, in my run of county reviews, I have been nervous to tread there. One such location, Yorkshire, is the focus of this issue and the next – though two columns seem the least possible space needed to do justice to an incredible archaeological story. I will take a chronological approach, featuring all of the historic counties: North Yorkshire, including the Dales and Moors; the East Riding, including the Humber Estuary and Wolds; and South and West Yorkshire.

In the previous two issues, I began on the Wirral coast of Merseyside, before heading inland to Liverpool and Greater Manchester, and then on to Cheshire. I continue my journey through the north-west of England in this column, travelling further east into Derbyshire.

In the last issue of CA, I explored the archaeology of Merseyside, Liverpool, and Manchester. This month, I head into the surrounding countryside of modern-day Cheshire. The county is rich in prehistoric, Roman, and medieval remains.

In this column Joe Flatman explores the heritage sites of Merseyside, Liverpool, and Greater Manchester visited by CA over the years.

In this column Joe Flatman explores the medieval castles, Iron Age hillforts, famous earthworks, and historic towns of the Welsh Marches visited by CA over the years.

In this column Joe Flatman continues his discussion of the sites and landscapes that CA has visited in Norfolk over the years, from Anglo-Saxon Sedgeford to medieval Norwich.

In this column Joe Flatman looks at the diverse array of sites and landscapes that CA has visited in Norfolk over the years.

In this column Joe Flatman looks at the diverse array of sites and landscapes that CA has visited in Cornwall over the years.

In this column Joe Flatman looks at the diverse array of sites and landscapes that CA has visited in Hampshire over the years.