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Bath Assembly Rooms Cold Bath

10.10.23

Rare 18th-century Cold Bath uncovered at Bath Assembly Rooms

Our archaeologists, working in the basement below the National Trust's 18th-century Bath Assembly Rooms, have revealed the remains of a rare Cold Bath.
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09.10.23

The hunt for the Kingswood elephant: archaeologists conduct survey to find the legendary menagerie beast

Local legend has it that in 1891 an elephant was buried in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire. As part of South Gloucestershire Council’s Kingswood regeneration project, archaeologists from Wessex Archaeology conducted a geophysical survey to see if they could shine a light on the legend and identify the fabled burial site.
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Operation Nightingale archaeologists dig at Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Avon Camp, grave cuts and a ring ditch

20.09.23

Operation Nightingale and the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Avon Camp
Old, discarded bullet rounds on grass, found by Operation Nightingale at Lost Village of Imber

07.09.23

Operation Nightingale and the Lost Village of Imber
Denge quarry

16.08.23

Investigating the Dungeness shipwreck - Discovery of the wreck
Archaeologists recording timbers using a mixture of traditional drawings, photography, and 3D scanning

16.08.23

Investigating the Dungeness Wreck - Recording the Timbers
Cross-sectional samples taken from timbers of the Denge Wreck used for Dendrochronology

16.08.23

Investigating the Dungeness Shipwreck - Dating the ship
Keeping timbers wet on site

16.08.23

Investigating the Dungeness Shipwreck - The challenges of waterlogged environments

Denge quarry

16.08.23

Investigating the Dungeness Shipwreck - What have we learnt about its construction?
Altamira Cave Art

27.07.23

Rock Art Across Britain: A Journey into Prehistoric Expression

Wessex Archaeology logo

26.07.23

Chris Brayne steps down as Chief Executive
C&D information pamphlets often distributed at rallies. "Have you ever wished you were better informed? Facts about the bomb"

25.07.23

Cold War Archaeology: A Creative Approach