Background
The site was first investigated by William Watson, the Rev E. W. Stillingfleet, Barnard Clarkson and a group of local gentry in 1815–1817. The investigations were detailed, encompassing the excavation of over one hundred barrows in fields north and south of the A1097. Many of the excavation details have been lost, but detailed recording was undertaken of four barrows with the richest grave goods. They were named the King's Barrow, the Queen's Barrow, the Lady's Barrow and the Charioteer's Barrow by the excavators. Interest in the site by John Thurnam, a member of the Yorkshire Antiquarian Club in 1850, led to further investigations of these barrows and he published a report of the human remains from his excavation.
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