Remains of Army training sites to be excavated

The public is invited to help uncover information about two suspected trenches in the private grounds of the Giggleswick School estate that may have been used to give soldiers a taste of frontline life.

The Training and Trenches project has been given a £7,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant and the excavation of the suspected training trenches will take place from June 18 to 23. It will involve the Ingleborough Archaeology Group, National Park Authority and community groups.

James Spry, of the National Park, said: “The project will involve documentary research, a survey of the Castleberg Drill Hall in Settle and a firing range at the base of Attermire Scar, and the excavation.

“The drill hall and the firing range were used by members of the Craven Territorials, later the 1/6th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Village Guard and the Giggleswick School Officer Training Corps.”

On June 21 there will be an open day where members of the public can come and have a look at the excavation.