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Richard O'Neill on HS2 site wearing a green hard hat and smiling

12.05.25

In memory of Richard O’Neill

Our much-loved and highly respected colleague, Richard O’Neill, has passed away. He will be greatly missed and always cherished by all of us at Wessex Archaeology.

A number of books selected by our staff for World Book Day

06.03.25

World Book Day 2025 - Book Recommendations

This World Book Day, join us on a tour of our staff's bookshelves as we learn about medieval burial practices, knitting with dog hair and having dinner with Harrison Ford.

18.11.22

We’ve achieved ISO 45001 certification

Upperthorpe Library Building Detail

08.11.22

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

Amy at a community engagement event

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

Bath Abbey medieval cherub

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

Orcadian Odyssey III: Saving Swandro from the waves

Salisbury River Park participants by the River Avon

08.08.22

The Ripple Effect

Picture of our new Heritage Inclusion Officer

04.08.22

New Heritage Inclusion Officer

Victorian Copper Bell

03.08.22

Victorian Copper Bell Unearthed at Southsea

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