Commissioned by Synergy, Wessex Archaeology delivered specialist services for the Bath Abbey Footprint Project, a major heritage initiative to restore and enhance the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to produce a comprehensive 3D model of the restored Bath Abbey floor in addition to two separate models for the main stained-glass windows, the eastern and western windows.

St Peter’s is a ruined church in the middle of Castle Park, Bristol. Today this park is a leafy riverside oasis, but its modern appearance belies its true origins: this was once a densely built-up commercial district in the oldest part of Bristol.

In July 2021, the team from Wessex Archaeology reunited with friends from Operation Nightingale – a military charity which uses archaeology to aid in the recovery of ex-service men and women – for Operation Ring Giver on Salisbury Plain.

Wessex Archaeology’s Studio team are now creating Virtual Reality (VR) experiences based on real archaeological sites. This allows a much wider audience to visit a fully immersive digital version of archaeological sites.

To build on the success of the Roman Villa Virtual Reality (VR) created in 2019, Wessex Archaeology have just released their latest VR experience. Welcome to the Late Saxon Hall.

English Heritage and Operation Nightingale excavations 2003−2014

Wessex Archaeological Committee (which went on to become Wessex Archaeology) had its very first excavation back in 1979. W1 Wraysbury proved to be a relatively typical archaeological site, similar to many of the subsequent archaeological investigations undertaken throughout our 40 year history, but looking back at where we started offers an interesting insight. 

Wessex Archaeology undertook evaluation and excavation work on a series of sites in advance of family housing being built as part of the Army Basing Programme. Discoveries included Neolithic henge monuments and a Saxon cemetery. Watch the video created with Phil harding.

Kent County Council’s construction of a new road link, the second phase of the East Kent Access (EKA2), on the south side of the Isle of Thanet provided a rare opportunity for Wessex Archaeology to undertake large-scale investigations of this important archaeological landscape.