Editing Ingleby Barwick (section)

===Prehistoric and ancient===
The settlement of Ingleby Barwick has been occupied for thousands of years. There are traces of human occupation from as far back as the [[Stone Age]]. Work at a former farm discovered prolific multi period [[flint]]work and [[Iron Age]] field patterns in the town.<ref name=":1">Archaeological Services. 1997. Ingleby Barwick Villages 5 and 6. Land near Quarry Farm and Barwick Farm: An Archaeological Evaluation. University of Durham. Unpublished Report.</ref>

A salvage excavation was carried out on the former Windmills Fields of the town, at the end of 1996. Five individual burials were found along with a wooden [[cist]], these finds were accompanied by objects containing stone, jet and copper alloy of high status. This site was considered of European significance as it threw new light on the settlement of the area in the [[Bronze Age]] and highlighted a change in tradition of burial traditions and trade networks at this time.<ref>Tees Archaeology. Early Bronze Age burials at Windmill Fields, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton on Tees. {{cite web |url=http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/archcom/projects/summarys/html98_9/2031.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605231121/http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/archcom/projects/summarys/html98_9/2031.pdf |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>

A [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] settlement is also apparent in the town and a [[Roman Villa]], was excavated in part. This has been preserved as public open space at Condercum Green in The Rings area of Ingleby Barwick.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://www.teesarchaeology.com/document_library/documents/roman_booklet.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716203048/http://www.teesarchaeology.com/document_library/documents/roman_booklet.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> Building work at Quarry Farm discovered prolific concentrations of multi period [[flint]]work along the South Bank of the River Tees and traces of [[Iron Age]] field patterns were discovered.<ref name=":1" /> A [[Roman Villa]] {{circa|200 AD}}, perhaps the most northerly in UK, was excavated in part.<ref name=":2" /> The "official" report on the excavation was published in 2013 with the title "A Roman Villa at the Edge of Empire" ( {{ISBN|978-1-902771-90-8}} )