The Northern Regions

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire project has been devised to provide a better overall understanding of the nature, distribution and chronology of the archaeology of the aggregate yielding geology of the project area in order that its results might be used toward providing a more focussed, meaningful and consistent approach in the archaeological requirements for mitigating the impact of the aggregates industry in the future.

The Howardian Hills NMP project was carried out as part of a broader project looking at the archaeology of the Howardian Hills AONB designed to feed into a management plan for the area.

The Howgill Fells project began in June 1992 as an extension to the Yorkshire Dales NMP project, in order to complete the archaeological mapping of the whole area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The Lower Wharfedale NMP survey was carried out to examine that part of West Yorkshire comprising lower Wharfedale and the A1 corridor. The project links up the Yorkshire Dales NMP, and Vale of York NMP thereby completing the NMP mapping of the whole of a major river valley from source to sea.

The mapping of the Skiddaw Massif was undertaken as part of NMP at the request of the Lake District National Park to assist their management of the extensive mining remains in the area. The project also allowed the reassessment of well preserved prehistoric field systems and the context for the newly discovered Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure on Green How.

The Thornborough Henges ALSF NMP was done as a major contribution to the English Heritage Conservation Plan for the area immediately surrounding one of the most intriguing prehistoric ritual complexes in Britain.

The Till Tweed NMP project is one of four main strands of the Till-Tweed Geoarchaeology Project that together form a coherent body of research and assessment. The Till-Tweed Geoarchaeology Project is funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) and operated by Drs Clive Waddington and Dave Passmore, University of Newcastle.

The Vale of York project area is bounded by completed NMP projects and was aimed to provide a unique opportunity to compare the archaeology of these diverse landscapes in northern England. Mapping was completed in 2000 and a report on the project is due for publication soon.

The Warcop Army Training Estate project was carried out on behalf of the Defence Estates Agency of the Ministry of Defence to record the archaeological remains on their Training Estate at Warcop so as to feed into a management plan for the area

Cawthorn Camps is currently undergoing a new study to inform the production of a revised management plan for the site under the joint auspices of English Heritage and the North York Moors National Park. This composite image, based on a 1925 photograph of Sir Ian Richmond's excavations, shows fort ‘A' and illustrates how air photo rectification and interpretation can be combined with the results of recent field survey.