William Lamplough
William Hardy Lamplough (12 June 1914 – 17 January 1996) was a British teacher and archaeologist based in Yorkshire. Biography. William Lamplough was born in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1914. He graduated from Hull University with a degree in Physics. During the Second World War Lamplough was appointed Pilot Officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 11 July 1939 and finished the war as a Flight Lieutenant. He was a member of the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society, through which he began excavating Bronze Age Barrows in the North York Moors. The society did not  continue this work so Lamplough undertook the project personally, with the help of his friend John Ronald Lidster - a fellow archaeologist. Between 1948 and 1961, Lamplough and Lidster excavated thirty-seven such barrows in the North York Moors. He and Lidster also led excavations for the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society in 1951 at the site of King Alfred's Cave (Ebberston, North Yorkshire). North York Moors Barrow Excavations. Lamplough and Lidster, along with William's young son David excavated and recorded the remains of the barrows. The finds and site archive were acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in October  2011. Excavated sites included barrows at several sites. Broxa Forest. Four barrows excavated in summer 1949 at the Western edge of Broxa Forest. Suffield, North Yorkshire|Suffield. Several barrows excavated in the 1950s Kirkless. Excavated by Lamplough and Lidster with the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society in 1949. Large barrow north of Kirkless farm (near Burniston) 75 ft in diameter and 7 ft in height. No cremation was recovered but finds included a jet block and ceramic fragments. Hackness. Several barrows excavated in 1949