ÜPrehistoric flint-knapping and settlement site rare in lowland West Yorkshire

ÜArtefacts from Mesolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods

Ü45,473 finds by end of 2001 (over half of them flint)

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Finds also include masses of burnt flint

ÜTerraced site in sheltered loop of river with woodland resources

ÜIdeal lowland prehistoric winter site with access to upland summer hunting

ÜGood communications by river to east coast for transportation of flint etc.

ÜA series of fords along the river and ancient north-south tracks

ÜSituated near intersection of ancient routes north-south and east-west

ÜGood farming land, with arable and pasture

ÜRemnants of ancient woodland with earthwork features

ÜHedges dating from different periods of activity

ÜFew finds of Roman and medieval pottery

ÜManaged woodland and pasture resource for medieval Clifford

ÜCistercian style sheepwash under excavation in woodland

ÜSite not under threat and owned by a sympathetic farmer