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Kitty Foster

03.05.2018

Hollis Croft

Open area excavation at Hollis Croft revealed well-preserved industrial archaeology comprising steelmaking furnaces and a network of brick-built flues, along with traces of the workers’ housing and their local pubs.

Aircraft landing at Heathrow Airport behind an archaeologist digging

Karen Nichols

13.11.2017

Terminal 5 Heathrow Airport

Major excavations in advance of the construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow

Diver taking measurements in the English Channel

Karen Nichols

29.01.2018

Diving Contracts for National Curators

Undertaking work on marine heritage assets on behalf of Historic England, Cadw, Department of the Environment Northern Ireland and Historic Environment Scotland. This work has involved the archaeological assessment of many wreck sites, either to assess their significance as a precursor to possible scheduling, protection or designation, to undertake condition surveys or to re-assess sites.

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Coastal & Intertidal Fieldwork

Wessex Archaeology’s Coastal & Marine team are experienced and knowledgeable in examining submerged and foreshore heritage in still water environments, river banks and streams and canal or canalside structures.
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Collaborative Research

Wessex Archaeology welcomes the opportunity to collaborate in research projects at postgraduate or postdoctoral level.
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Community Engagement

Archaeology is an excellent way to engage your community with their heritage and landscape, creating a sense of place that leads to greater community cohesion. We work with developers, heritage organisations, property managers, local government and charitable organisations.
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Deposit Modelling

Wessex Archaeology is a market leader in geoarchaeological deposit modelling, and has successfully applied deposit modelling to both small and large scale sites.
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Diving Investigation

Wessex Archaeology’s Coastal & Marine team is the leading UK diving contractor specialising in archaeological investigation, ensuring the best possible project outcomes are safely delivered on time and on budget.
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Environmental Impact Assessments and Cultural Heritage Chapters

Wessex Archaeology regularly contributes chapters to Environmental Impact Assessments and has a proven track record of producing robust, defensible documents for some of the largest construction projects in the UK.
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Excavation & Mitigation

Excavation is usually required by planning authorities when a development is proposed on an area with significant archaeological remains.
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Geophysical Survey (marine)

Marine geophysics is a non-invasive, efficient remote-surveying technique to interpret submerged landscapes and marine cultural material such as wrecks and debris from ships and aircraft.
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Geophysical Survey (terrestrial)

Geophysical surveys are an invaluable non-intrusive method of assessing archaeological potential for planning requirements, providing swift results.
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Heritage Consultancy

Our heritage consultants work across the UK helping clients meet planning conditions to deliver their developments. With an emphasis on innovative, practical and proportionate solutions.
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Historic Building Recording

Wessex Archaeology’s built heritage team has an extensive track record in carrying out historic building recording across the country.
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Historic Environment Desk-Based Assessment

Wessex Archaeology produces high-quality desk-based assessments (DBA) which are often submitted in conjunction with planning applications to identify any likely heritage constraints.
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Osteoarchaeology

Wessex Archaeology offers an outstanding in-house osteoarchaeology service, providing comprehensive cover of human remains and burial archaeology.
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Reconstruction & Animation

Wessex Archaeology has a team of illustrators who produce reconstructions and visualisations.
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Scan to BIM

“Scan to BIM” is a process by which laser scan survey data is converted into a Business Information Modelling (BIM) ready model.
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Specialist Services

Wessex Archaeology’s Specialist Services Team offers you immediate access to leading archaeological experts.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) surveys allow for the rapid collection of high-quality data at a range of scales and resolutions, setting it apart from other survey methods.
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Harthill Community Project – Week 3

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It has been a pleasure to work with Wessex Archaeology throughout my time on this project, you have been a great team of professionals throughout.

Philippa Powell, Project Developer, Environment and Consents, Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm, E.ON Climate & Renewables

SAMPHIRE’s methodology has a great degree of transferability and is an excellent model for similar sites throughout Europe.

The Europa Nostra Jury on awarding the prize to project SAMPHIRE

Over the course of a decade, investigations by Wessex Archaeology have provided a new perspective on the submerged historic environment of the Thames.

Rachael Haylock-Jones, DP World London Gateway, Environment Manager

By River, Fields and Factory is a hugely readable, compelling and enjoyable account of the change in land use and associated structures from the prehistoric period to present day.

Susie Barson, London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

All the participants and collaborators in the T5 project must be congratulated on their bold, innovative and timely attempt to enrich archaeological methods, recording systems and reporting procedures.

Timothy Darvill, London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

The County Historic Environment Team has been impressed with Wessex Archaeology’s professionalism, quality of fieldwork and public engagement, regular liaison with the Historic Environment Team and commitment to the project.

Steve Reed, Senior Historic Environment Officer, Devon County Council Historic Environment Team

Working with Wessex Archaeology, we can be confident that any artefacts are handled delicately and we’re delighted to see they’ve unearthed so many items spanning decades of history.

Bronagh Byrne Orsted Environment and Consents Manager

A positive, can do attitude and flexible approach to rapid programme and scope changes.

Andrew Holmes Atkins, Principal Archaeological Consultant

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