Workmen unearth ancient village

Archaeologists found the outline of a traditional roundhouse at the site

Workmen laying a water pipeline in fields near Bridlington have uncovered the remains of an ancient settlement believed to be almost 2,000 years old.

Archaeologists have described the find near Haisthorpe, which includes a traditional roundhouse, as significant.

They have unearthed the remains of children buried at the site, as well as coins, pottery and irrigation ditches.

The village may date back to 100AD and was undiscovered for so long because the fields have never been ploughed.

Yorkshire Water, which was carrying out the pipe-laying work, said a number of other archaeological finds had been made along the route of the new pipeline.