aims to bring to life like never before the daily lives of Stone Age people living in one of Britain’s very first organised settlements – right here in North Yorkshire.
The settlement, at the eastern end of what is now the Vale of Pickering, is today known as Starr Carr.
But 11,000 years ago – just after the last Ice Age, at a time when Britain was still connected to continental Europe by a land bridge – it was a thriving Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age, settlement.
YOU’LL FIND MORE ON THIS STORY AND OTHERS AT www.yorkpress.co.uk OR PICK UP YOUR COPY OF THE NEWSPAPER ITSELF AVAILABLE SIX DAYS A WEEK AT YOUR LOCAL NEWSAGENT

New Tesco Superstore to Open Next Week in North Yorkshire Town
NAP Pad Homelessness Accommodation to Return
Princess Anne Presents York Care Provider With Award
2026 Great Yorkshire Show Main Ring Attraction Announced
Destiny Disability Dance
Alan Carr Set to Bring New Show to York Barbican in 2027
Tadcaster Grammar School closed after girl dies in crash
Couple learn of £1m win sitting in York McDonald's


