 It is thought the site dated from the third to fourth century AD and would have been situated along Dere Street.The site was covered as part of the construction of the Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar by-pass that opened on 11 August 2016 as part of the upgrade to the A1(M).The village was known as "Echescol" in the "Domesday Book" in the Hundred of Count Alan of Brittany, the previous Lord having been "Gospatric".