Suspected medieval alehouse unearthed in east Yorkshire

Archaeologists and volunteers make find at what may be one of UK's best-preserved deserted medieval villages

Archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of a medieval alehouse or inn on a dig uncovering what could be one of the UK's best-preserved deserted medieval villages.

The archaeological work at a field in High Hunsley, near Beverley in east Yorkshire, is a dig with a difference in that a key motivation of organisers has been to get new people involved in heritage projects.