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04.11.25

Tackling the skills shortage with Historic England’s Archaeology Mentoring Partnerships Programme

Funding from Historic England kick-starts training for two early career Wessex Archaeology staff

A child using a microscope, they are looking at organic matter preserved between two glass slides

29.09.25

A Positive Reaction: How Archaeology is Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists

With support from The Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund grant, Wessex Archaeology and Sheffield Springs Academy demonstrate the powerful connection between chemistry and heritage.

Phil and Francis at the book launch in Waterstones, Salisbury

23.12.22

Joining the Dots: uniting Salisbury’s past through holes in the ground

Fragment from a scallop shell with a drilled hole suggesting it may have been hung and potentially used as an ornament like a necklace.

15.12.22

Somerset Discoveries: A303 Sparkford artefacts

River bed with stones and plants and trees on river bank in the distance

13.12.22

River life and landscapes: Angie's inspiration

18.11.22

We’ve achieved ISO 45001 certification

08.11.22

Help map the public artworks of Sheffield as new digital map is launched

13.10.22

Meet Amy - our Year in Industry Placement Student

Ground penetrating radar survey in St Peter’s Church

10.10.22

Saving Bristol’s St Peter’s Church

13.09.22

‘A boy sleeping’: the discovery of a lost 18th-century sculpture at Bath Abbey

Operation Nightingale Flower's Barrow excavation team

26.08.22

Latest Operation Nightingale excavation at Lulworth Iron Age Hill fort

Jackie McKinley, Principal Osteoarchaeologist, holds the skull of a pig during excavations of an Iron Age site on Orkney

23.08.22