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Drone used by archaeologists to record well at Sheffield Castle

21.05.26

Archaeologists use drone to film inside medieval well at Sheffield Castle

Archaeologists from Wessex Archaeology, working alongside FlyThru, have surveyed a medieval well within the walls of Sheffield Castle.

archeological survey expert undertakes drone survey of church, standing in churchyard

24.04.26

Archaeologists and community record 600-year-old church in Happisburgh, Norfolk, before it’s lost to the sea

With severe coastal erosion threatening to wipe the church in Happisburgh in a matter of decades, North Norfolk District Council commissioned our experts to undertake a community recording project to capture the church for posterity.

Captured underwater - Various ceramics including plates © Stefan Panis

09.02.23

Emigrant ship en route from London to New Zealand with exceptionally rare ceramics on board now protected

Dr Bob Clarke stands to the right of cold war concrete structure

24.01.23

My journey to a new perspective on archaeology

Reconstruction of medieval Coleshill hall and gatehouse

21.01.23

Excavations at Coleshill for HS2 reveal gatehouse may have come under fire during the Civil War

Two archaeologists looking at samples from Sheffield Castle that are placed on a bench in front of them.

10.01.23

Geoarchaeologists reveal more of Sheffield Castle’s underground secrets

Archaeologist works on the remains on a rare Elizabethan ship found at a quarry in Kent © Wessex Archaeology

30.12.22

Rare Elizabethan ship discovered at quarry 300 metres from the coast

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