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Project Florence

Visitors touring the site at project florence
Sectors
  • Defence

A community engagement project in relation to three seasons of archaeological excavation at Barrow Clump, Salisbury Plain

DP World London Gateway

Unloading cargo at DP World London Gateway
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

DP World London Gateway has completed one of the largest dredging projects ever planned in the UK − to widen, deepen and in places re-route the existing commercial shipping channel in the Thames Estuary. Wessex Archaeology undertook extensive marine geophysics and targeted dive surveys to assess and record the archaeological remains along the dredge corridor.

Olympic Park, London 2012

Excavation of a boat on the site of the Olympics Park
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeology, as official supplier of archaeological and heritage services to the Olympic Delivery Authority, analysed and published the results of the archaeological and cultural heritage investigations at the Olympic Park – the site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Diving Contracts for National Curators

Diver taking measurements in the English Channel
Sectors
  • National Agencies

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.

Project SAMPHIRE

Recording the intertidal wreck Maidens
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology's Project SAMPHIRE (Scottish Atlantic Maritime Past: Heritage, Investigation, Research and Education) was a great success with over 100 new sites revealed and recorded through the innovative approach to community engagement. Project SAMPHIRE, which was funded by The Crown Estate Stewardship Fund, also won the prestigious European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards 2017 in the Education, Training and Awareness-raising category which is a great honour for and a testament to the dedication and hard work of everyone involved.

Operation Nightingale

Film crew onsite during excavation work
Sectors
  • Defence

Salisbury Plain is one of the richest archaeological landscapes in Britain – with 6000 year-old settlement and burial sites to 20th-century military remains.

Sherford New Town

Excavating early Bronze Age pottery at Sherford New Town
Sectors
  • Residential

Sherford is a new town being developed to the east of Plymouth, Devon, transforming over 1200 acres of farmland and rolling countryside. The project is providing a unique opportunity to mitigate the archaeological potential of South Devon

Scottish Fisheries Museum

Rollock on a small vessel Scottish Fisheries Museum
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Recording the Scottish Fisheries Museum Fleet of 22 small vessels

National Museum of the Royal Navy

Recording the HMS Victory
Sectors
  • National Agencies

The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) has the UK’s largest collection of naval vessels and artefacts, including internationally famous ships such as HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and HMS Caroline. Wessex Archaeology has worked closely with the NMRN as it expands to cover more historic naval vessels around the UK. Following on from our first project putting together the Conservation Management Plan for Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory, we have also completed CMPs and associated recording work for the WWI cruiser HMS Caroline, last survivor of the Battle of Jutland and the submarine HMS Alliance, as well as ongoing work for several other vessels within the NMRN family.

Humber Gateway

Pottery found during excavation work at Humber
Sectors
  • Energy

The Humber is one of the largest estuaries in Britain with a rich and nationally important archaeological, geological and palaeoenvironmental record. It has been, and still is, a significant transport, trade and communication route. For over 10 years Wessex Archaeology has supported E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Humber Wind Ltd and their consultants ERM on the scheme, before, during and after construction, offshore and onshore.

Terminal 5 Heathrow Airport

Bronze Age Farmstead located beneath Terminal 5 Heathrow Airport
Sectors
  • Transport

Between 1999 and 2007 Framework Archaeology, a joint venture between Wessex Archaeology and Oxford Archaeology, carried out major excavations in advance of the construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow, on behalf of BAA. The results of the excavations were published in two monographs – which were accompanied by an innovative interactive digital archive.

High Speed Two

Geophysical survey in advance of High Speed Two
Sectors
  • Transport

HS2 is Europe’s largest infrastructure project. It includes the biggest track-building programme seen in the UK since the Victorian era. It also affords the opportunity for the country’s largest ever archaeological investigation. Wessex Archaeology has undertaken extensive geophysical survey work and is currently opening hundreds of evaluation trenches on the proposed route, to locate and assess the archaeological remains.

Wylfa

Excavation work at WYLFA
Sectors
  • Energy

Horizon Nuclear Power (HNP) are constructing a replacement power station at Wylfa, in north-west Anglesey, and Wessex Archaeology has been working with them and their contractors, providing our expertise in Heritage, Archaeology and Geoservices, to identify important archaeological remains and mitigate any impacts prior to the development.

Litten Chapel, Newbury

The Litten with Little Chapel Newbury on the right
Sectors
  • Residential

Litten Chapel in Newbury is a Grade II* Listed building originally associated with the medieval hospital of St Bartholomew

Area 430 Marine Aggregate Mitigation

Bathy image of seabed in an aggregate licence area
Sectors
  • Minerals

Our work undertaken at Area 430 highlights how a combination of desk-based assessments and protocols for archaeological discoveries can provide mitigation responses which benefit the protection of submerged cultural heritage.

Riding Court Farm, Datchet

Recording an animal burial at Riding Court, Datchet
Sectors
  • Minerals

Wessex Archaeology are undertaking an excavation in advance of construction work at CEMEX UK’s new quarry

Archaeology and the Army Basing Programme

Excavations at Bulford as part of the Amy Basing Programme
Sectors
  • Defence

Wessex Archaeology undertook evaluation and excavation work on a series of sites in advance of family housing being built as part of the Army Basing Programme. Discoveries included Neolithic henge monuments and a Saxon cemetery. Watch the video created with Phil harding.

Time Team

Behind the scenes Time Team recording at Salisbury Cathedral
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology has been involved with Time Team from the very beginning through one of the programme’s best known characters, Phil Harding. In this section you can explore some of our work with Time Team, and find out what happens after the TV show.

The Amesbury Archer

Beaker pottery from Boscombe
Sectors
  • Residential

The Amesbury Archer grave is of a man dating to around 2,300BC and was discovered three miles from Stonehenge by Wessex Archaeology staff in 2002. His grave was the richest ever found dating from the early Bronze Age found in Britain. He was found during excavation in advance of a housing development at Amesbury in Wiltshire, and the man was dubbed the “Amesbury Archer” or the “King of Stonehenge” by the media. He has featured on several radio and TV programmes, including the BBC2 Ancestors series.

M6 Toll Road

Archaeological remains on the M6 Toll Road
Sectors
  • Transport

Wessex Archaeology completed a series of fieldwalking surveys and excavations in advance of the building of Britain's first toll motorway: the M6 Toll around Birmingham.

Cambourne

Roman enamel brooch from Cambourne
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology record of over 1,000 years of uninterrupted settlement has been discovered in a huge archaeological excavation across six square kilometres (almost two and a half square miles) near Cambridge.

A team of 35 archaeologists have worked on and off for seven years at the site at Cambourne, nine miles west of the city, in advance of the construction of a new settlement with 3,300 homes.

St Brannock’s Church, Braunton

St Brannock’s Church, Braunton 3D model
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

One of Wessex Archaeology’s most unusual projects was to create a 3D model of the earliest timber-framed church spire in Britain.

Our archaeologists Bob Davis and David Warburton spent seven weeks surveying the Grade 1 Listed spire at St Brannock’s Church in Braunton near Barnstaple in Devon.

Dorchester, former County Hospital

Cupid bone pin from Dorchester former county hospital site
Sectors
  • Residential

One major discovery by Wessex Archaeology was a Roman mosaic dating to about 350AD at the former County Hospital site in Dorchester in Dorset.

Dorchester has preserved many archaeological finds from its Roman past when it was called Durnovaria. Before building work began on the hospital site, Wessex Archaeology was asked to excavate for possible remains. The excavation, carried out in 2000 and 2001, was the largest archaeological investigation of the town for many years.

Bronze Age axe hoard from Dorset

Bronze Age axe hoard from Dorset
Sectors
  • Research

One of the largest hoards of Bronze Age axes ever found in Britain has been investigated by Wessex Archaeology. At a site on the Isle of Purbeck in south Dorset, metal detector users found hundreds of Bronze Age axes in late October and early November 2007.

Roman stone coffin from Poundbury Farm

Roman stone coffin from Poundbury Farm
Sectors
  • Residential

Along with a series of other finds a Roman stone coffin, probably dating to the 3rd or 4th centuries AD, was discovered in archaeological excavations in advance of the Poundbury Stages 3-4 development at Poundbury Farm, Poundbury, Dorchester.

Innova Park

Innova Park recording archaeology
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

​​​​​​​Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Teesland Development Company, Kennet Properties and the London Borough of Enfield to undertake a series of archaeological investigations at the former Rammey Marsh Sewage Treatment Works, Enfield, London. 

Michelmersh kiln site

Pottery from the Michelmersh kiln site

The quiet little village of Michelmersh, near Romsey in Hampshire has an intriguing hidden history. No visible clues remain to show that it once produced pottery which was used as far afield as Wiltshire and West Sussex. Two pottery kilns have been found so far, one recently by Wessex Archaeology.

Southampton - St Marys Stadium

Southampton - St Mary's Stadium
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Wessex Archaeology was appointed to undertake excavation work in advance of the building Southampton Football Club’s new Friends Provident St Mary’s Stadium. They discovered an exceptionally rich Anglo-Saxon cemetery and found graves furnished with weapons, gold and fine gold jewellery.

Cliffs End Farm

Cliffs End inhumation burial
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Millwood Designer Homes to excavate land at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate prior to housing development. The extraordinary finds made during the 2004-5 excavations have allowed archaeologists to rethink the movement of people between this part of Kent and Continental Europe during the Bronze Age and Iron Age.

Margate Pipeline

Excavations at Cottington Road on the Margate pipeline
Sectors
  • Water

In 2005 Southern Water Services commissioned Wessex Archaeology to carry out the excavation of archaeological remains along the route of two new pipelines. More than 650 finds and sites were recorded, most between Manston airfield and Weatherlees Wastewater Treatment Works during these works.

High Speed 1 - Springhead

High Speed 1 - Springhead temple at night: reconstruction
Sectors
  • Transport

Springhead in Kent was Wessex Archaeology’s longest-running and most prolific excavation. Around 30 archaeologists spent more than two years working at the site, finding more than 150,000 objects, ranging from axe heads dating to 300,000BC to a small hoard of Medieval silver pennies. The site was described as ‘an archaeologist’s dream’.

Vitro, 60-63 Fenchurch Street

Medieval pit which cut through the lighter gravel of a Roman road at Fenchurch
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Wessex Archaeology worked for Frogmore Developments Ltd on the archaeological excavation at 60 & 63 Fenchurch Street in the City of London EC3. The site was redeveloped to provide a prestigious new office building. The excavation revealed medieval and Roman remains and was completed in August 2002. All archaeological remains were removed from the site prior to construction of the new building.

Blenheim Palace display

Blenheim Palace display
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Blenheim Palace was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and built between 1705 and 1722.The estate was landscaped by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown in the 1760s. But the history of the estate actually goes back over 6,000 years.

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Historic Landscape Management for the Blenheim Estate and the Countryside Agency, to report on the condition of significant archaeological sites and monuments on the estate.

Forbury Gardens

Forbury Gardens historic image
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Forbury Gardens has a long and interesting history. Evidence of its past is both visible around you and buried under ground. Digging trenches for cables and pipes, laying new paths and building can all cause damage. So archaeologists were asked to watch the work in progress and keep an eye out for finds and features uncovered during the restoration. Anything significant was cleaned and recorded, then either protected by reburial or removed to safety.

Holywells Park

Holywells Park historic image
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded Ipswich Borough Council a project planning grant to pay for the investigations needed before restoration work began at Holywells Park. Wessex Archaeology excavated a number of trial trenches to record old surfaces and structures hidden under the ground. These remains tell us more about the history of the park, and the archaeological results were fed back into the renovation plans.

Christchurch Park

Christchurch Park
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

​​​​​​​During work at Christchurch Park, Ipswich, a medieval cemetery was found. The remains are probably part of the St Margaret’s church burial ground. The burials were found while a new drainage system for the park renovations was being dug.

Battlesbury Camp

Battlesbury Camp
Sectors
  • Defence

Evidence of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age (800BC – 200 BC) settlement was found by Wessex Archaeology close to the Iron Age hillfort at Battlesbury Camp near Warminster in Wiltshire.

Stone Avenue, Avebury

Stone Avenue, Avebury
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

School children had an unexpected treat on their visit to Avebury, when they got the chance to handle Neolithic objects fresh from the ground in which they had been buried for more than 4,000 years.

The Boscombe Bowmen

Reconstruction showing the Boscombe bowmen family at Stonehenge
Sectors
  • Residential

The grave of the Boscombe Bowmen was discovered during the digging of a trench for a new water pipe in May 2003. When archaeologist Colin Kirby saw human bone and pottery dating to the Bronze Age pottery, he realised immediately that a grave had been disturbed.

It was soon clear that there was something unusual about the grave. There was not just one skeleton, there were also bones from several other people. It was also clear that while the water trench had cut down one side of the grave, a trench for an electricity cable had also cut across part of the grave. What had survived the electricity and water trenches was quite unexpected.

Wrecks on the Seabed: Ecology

Wrecks on the Seabed: Ecology
Sectors
  • National Agencies

As part of two major projects: the ALSF funded Wrecks on the Seabed project and the contract to implement the Protection of Wrecks Act (PWA) for English Heritage (now Historic England), Wessex Archaeology’s dive team has surveyed more than 65 shipwreck sites around the coast of the United Kingdom.

Wreck of the SS Mendi

Commemoration of the sinking of the SS Mendi
Sectors
  • National Agencies

In the dark and fog of the night of Wednesday 21st February 1917, the ss Mendi was rammed by another ship. It was an accident, but with a deep gash in its side, the Mendi was doomed. She sank 25 minutes later and almost 650 men died. The wreck lies off The Isle of Wight, in the English Channel. In Britain the story of the SS Mendi is almost unknown. In South Africa she is famous; a symbol of a racist past and an icon of unity and reconciliation.

England’s Historic Seascapes

England’s Historic Seascapes - coastal pier
Sectors
  • National Agencies

England’s Historic Seascapes is a pilot historic landscape characterisation (HLC) project commissioned by English Heritage. The project will develop a methodology for extending existing HLCs into the inter-tidal and marine zone focussing initially on a study area in Liverpool Bay.

Wreck in the Thames Princes Channel

Recording the Wreck in the Thames Princes Channel
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Over the summer of 2004, the Port of London Authority worked with Wessex Archaeology to excavate and recover the bow and part of the side of a late 16th century merchant ship. The shipwreck was first located in April 2003 when the Port of London Authority was undertaking survey work in advance of dredging to deepen the Princes Channel to allow safe passage for the increasingly large ships using the Port.

ALSF Artefacts from the Sea

ALSF Artefacts from the Sea -Jar of bear grease on the Pipe Wreck
Sectors
  • National Agencies

In 2002 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage, funded through the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund to undertake research into previously recovered archaeological artefacts from the sea. The purpose of the project was to collate and enhance records of artefacts from the sea and inter-tidal areas, held by the National Monuments Record (NMR) and selected coastal Sites and Monuments Records (SMRs) and Historic Environment Records (HERs) in England, and to record artefacts held in museums or private collections for inclusion in these databases.

ALSF projects

Wreck of the Concha investigated as part of the ALSF funded projects
Sectors
  • Minerals
  • National Agencies

ALSF England’s Shipping

ALSF England’s Shipping Anchor of the Concha
Sectors
  • Research

Large numbers of shipwrecks, unidentified anomalies, and debris have built up on the seabed over the twelve millenia of maritime activity in UK waters. Only a fraction of this submerged cultural resource is currently recorded.

The England’s Shipping project was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology to research ways of mapping shipping movements recorded in historical archives. The data gathered was mapped using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and required the development of a methodology for representing historical data spatially. The project was funded by that part of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) distributed by English Heritage.

Dorset Coast Historic Environment Survey

Dorset Coast Historic Environment Survey
Sectors
  • Local Authorities
  • National Agencies

The Dorset Coast Historic Environment Survey by Wessex Archaeology, grew out of the work of the Archaeology Group (AG) of the Dorset Coastal Forum (DCF). The AG realised that little was known about the condition of historic buildings and archaeological sites along much of Dorset’s coast and how vulnerable they were to changes to the coastline. A proposal for a Historic Environment Survey for Dorset was put forward to English Heritage.

Seabed Prehistory

Reconstruction of mesolithic family from Area 240 Seabed Prehistory
Sectors
  • Minerals

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned in April 2003 to undertake the research project ‘Seabed Prehistory – gauging the effects of marine aggregate dredging’, funded by the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF). The project demonstrated the scope for assessing prehistoric archaeology that has been covered by rising sea levels, and distributed the results via a series of reports, publications and a 3D animation.

Manor Lodge, Sheffield

Window from Manor Lodge, Sheffield
Sectors
  • Education

Staff from Wessex Archaeology Sheffield are providing on-site supervision for the University of Sheffield’s training excavation at Manor Lodge, the site of the medieval and 16th century hunting lodge of Sheffield where Mary Queen of Scots spent part of her captivity in the custody of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife, Bess of Hardwick.

Staybrite Works, Sheffield

Staybrite Works, Sheffield
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Wessex Archaeology's Heritage Team recorded the standing remains of the former Staybrite Works, manufacturers of stainless steel at Meadowhall in Sheffield. The site includes a huge steel framed rolling mill building and ancillary workshops and buildings, c. 1907. It is thought to be the earliest electrically driven stainless steel rolling mill in the UK and was part of the huge Firth Brown steelworks.

Pan, Isle of Wight Community Excavation

Pan, Isle of Wight Community Excavation
Sectors
  • Education

In the summer of 2007, The Pan Neighbourhood Committee asked Wessex Archaeology to organise a small archaeological dig at Pan, Newport, Isle of Wight. The aim was both to give children from Pan something exciting to do and to encourage their interest in local history.

Eaton Socon

Pottery from Eaton Socon
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

The character of the Romano-British rural economy in Cambridgeshire has been illuminated by the Priors Gate excavation at Eaton Socon, near St. Neots. The sequence of roundhouses, enclosures, watering holes and a droveway, spanning much of the Roman period, reflects the development, at its most basic and local level, of the Roman agrarian landscape.

Truckle Hill Roman Bath-House

Truckle Hill Roman Bath-House
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Wessex Archaeology excavated the remains of a small Roman building were uncovered on the side of a narrow, steep-sided valley near North Wraxall in Wiltshire. The building, a bath-house, is a short distance from an imposing Roman villa, excavated in the mid 19th century. This project included a community excavation to find out as much as possible about the building and to conserve it for the future.

Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire: an Early Saxon cemetery with bed burial

Brooch from Collingbourne Ducis
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology undertook mitigation work and published the result of its excavations at Collingbourne Ducis one of the largest Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Wiltshire. Dating to between the 5th and 7th centuries AD, it was investigated in 1974 and, in 2007. In all over 120 burials were found.

Stonehenge: Archaeology on the A303 Improvement

Beaker pottery with line decoration from A303 trial excavation
Sectors
  • Transport

For many years Wessex Archaeology has undertaken important research in the area around the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge. Since 1998, we have played a vital role in the development of proposals for the improvement of the A303 road.

28 Jewry Street, Winchester

28 Jewry Street, Winchester
Sectors
  • Residential

Commercial development at 28 Jewry Street gave us the opportunity to investigate a corner of the city which still holds unanswered questions for archaeologists and historians. Wessex Archaeology Ltd was appointed by Clanfield Properties Ltd to carry out initial test pitting in 2008. Based on this work an excavation strategy was designed and agreed by Winchester City Council's Heritage Environment Officer.

Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey of South East England

Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey of South East England
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeology has been commissioned by English Heritage to carry out a Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey of South East England. The aims are to enhance the archaeological records of the National Monuments Record, local Historic Environment Records and Sites and Monuments Records, and to serve as a basis for improved management of the coastal historic environment.

East Kent Access Road

Hengiform monument
Sectors
  • Transport

Kent County Council’s construction of a new road link, the second phase of the East Kent Access (EKA2), on the south side of the Isle of Thanet provided a rare opportunity for Wessex Archaeology to undertake large-scale investigations of this important archaeological landscape.

Nostell Priory

Nostell Priory
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

Wessex Archaeology worked with the National Trust to record the historic fabric of the Grade I listed 18th century stable block and riding school at Nostell Priory, Wakefield.

Bath Vale Works

Bath Vale Works wheel pit
Sectors
  • Residential

The archaeological monitoring of a housing development at Congleton in Cheshire revealed the remains of two wheel pits from a demolished 19th century cotton and silk mill.

Shenberrow Farm

Shenberrow Farm
Sectors
  • Water

Wessex Archaeology undertook archaeological monitoring of a new water main that passes the base of Shenberrow Hillfort in Gloucestershire which has exposed remains of the outer Iron Age ditch.

The Vulcan Iron Works, Langley Mill

The Vulcan Iron Works, Langley Mill
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

A team from Wessex Archaeology’s Sheffield office investigated the former Vulcan Iron Works site at Heanor Haulage, Langley Mill, in advance of a new supermarket development. The Vulcan Iron Works was constructed by G R Turner in 1874, the company mainly concentrating on the production of railway rolling stock.

Huddersfield Railway Station

Huddersfield Historic Railway Station Building
Sectors
  • Transport

Huddersfield Railway Station is widely held to be one of the finest classical stations in Britain and stands as a dominant reminder of the prosperity of the city's former textile industry. Constructed by two rival rail companies in 1850, the station contained separate ticket offices at either end of the building, with first and second class restrooms in between.

Rotherham Grain Warehouse

Grain Warehouse next to the canal in Rotherham
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

​​​​​​​This former grain warehouse in Rotherham town centre is one of the few surviving 19th-century buildings on the Rotherham Cut of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation canal. It has been surveyed and photographed by our Sheffield Team on behalf of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, prior to its demolition to make way for a new railway station as part of the ‘Rotherham Renaissance’ programme.

Countesthorpe

Archaeology recorded at Countesthorpe
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Wessex Archaeology undertook a scheme of evaluation and mitigation on land at Countesthorpe, Leicestershire. The investigations revealed the remains of three urns, all heavily truncated as a result of medieval and later agricultural land-uses. Two of the urns contained the cremated human remains of two individuals, one adult male and a sub-adult.

MOD Durrington

Excavation on site at MOD Durrington
Sectors
  • Defence

On the site of the former MOD Headquarters in Durrington, a programme of archaeological excavation and watching brief (2000−2012) was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology ahead of the site being redeveloped into residential housing by Persimmon Homes South Coast. This revealed archaeological evidence spanning thousands of years and as far back as the last Ice Age.

Holland Park School, Campden Hill

Archaeological excavations of a trackway at Holland Park School, Campden Hill
Sectors
  • Education

Two separate phases of excavation were undertaken by Wessex Archaeology at Holland Park School in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The works include the demolition of the existing 1950s-built school and the building of a new school and sports area.

Margetts Pit, Burham, Kent

Archaeological excavation at Margetts Pit, Burham, Kent
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

In 2009, Wessex Archaeology undertook a substantial excavation at Margetts Pit, Burham, Kent, on behalf of Aylesford Newsprint Services Ltd via their consultants AECOM prior to the development of the site and the creation of a large lagoon. The excavations were undertaken as a requirement of planning consent as requested by Kent County Council.

Assessing Boats and Ships

Assessing Boats and Ships swash channel
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeology was funded by Historic England (formerly English Heritage) through the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) to assess the importance of shipwrecks from the 19th and 20th centuries lying around the coast of England.

Bourne Hill, Gardens

Bourne Hill, house and gardens
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to prepare a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) by Wiltshire Council (formerly Salisbury District Council)  for the Grade II Registered Council House Gardens at Bourne Hill in Salisbury. Salisbury District Council was dissolved and subsumed into Wiltshire Council in April 2009.

Sheffield Lion Works

Sheffield Lion Works
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Wessex Archaeology's heritage team based in Sheffield investigated the former Lion Works, one of the few remaining metal trades works within Sheffield. Constructed in the mid-19th century, the Grade II listed, three-storey brick structure comprised a narrow linear range of workshops orientated end on to the street with a narrow yard with external steps leading to the upper floors. 

Exide Battery Works, Bolton

Archaeological Trial Trenching at Exide Battery Works, Bolton
Sectors
  • Waste

Trial trenching behind the Exide Battery Works, off Salford Road, Bolton was carried out on the site of a proposed In-Vessel Composting Facility for the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority. The work evaluated the site of the former historic farmstead of Bank House and an area of historic coal mining associated with the former Bank House Colliery.

Wakefield Cathedral

Excavations at Wakefield Cathedral
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

A team from Wessex Archaeology's Sheffield office carried out an excavation within Wakefield Cathedral in advance of the construction of a new floor. The work revealed over 20 inhumations, which are mostly coffin burials associated with the 18th/19th century church. Many of the graves were previously disturbed, probably during Sir George Gilbert Scott’s restoration work in the mid- to late-19th century.

Bramham Park, Wetherby

Archaeological excavation work at Bramham Park, Wetherby
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

In May and June 2012 Wessex Archaeology undertook excavation and recording of an 18th century garden feature, a former water cascade within the grounds of Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire. The Grade 1 listed grounds and park at Bramham were laid out during the period 1700–1713 for the Benson family, and include early water garden features which have not often survived in contemporary gardens.

Wortley Tin Mill, Barnsley

Archaeological remains in the woods at Wortley Tin Mill, Barnsley
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Staff from the Sheffield office have recently undertaken a community archaeology project at Wortley Tin Mill, Barnsley in collaboration with Hunshelf Parish Council, the East Peak Innovation Partnership and the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society. The project involved the production of a desk-based assessment, landscape survey and on-site and off-site training. 

Kingsmead Quarry, Horton

Specialists on site at Kingsmead Quarry Horton
Sectors
  • Minerals

Investigations by Wessex Archaeology at Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire, have revealed a complex archaeological landscape and evidence that people had used the area since the end of the last Ice Age, a period of over 12,000 years.

Early Ships and Boats

Early Ships and Boats swash channel
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Early Ships and Boats is a strategic desk-based assessment undertaken by Wessex Archaeology and commissioned by English Heritage (now Historic England) and funded through the National Heritage Protection Commissions Programme (NHPCP).

Longforth Farm

Reconstruction of Longforth medieval Manor house
Sectors
  • Residential

Archaeological excavations at Longforth Farm, Wellington have revealed a Bronze Age landscape and a previously unknown complex of medieval buildings. The site has been excavated, ahead of development, by Wessex Archaeology, one of the largest archaeological practices in the UK.

The Square Chapel Halifax

Archaeological excavation work at the Square Chapel Halifax
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

In 2013 Wessex Archaeology undertook a programme of historical building recording and evaluation work at the Square Chapel, as part of the Cornerstone Project which is adding an extension to the Arts Centre and alterations to Piece Hall. 

St George's, Portland

Heritage survey work at St George's, Portland
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

​​​​​​​Wessex Archaeology have been commissioned by the Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) to undertake survey work at St George's church, Portland.

Steart Point

Excavation work at Steart Point, North Somerset
Sectors
  • National Agencies

The Steart Point Habitat Creation Scheme is a project in North Somerset which will create a major new wetland habitat, including some 183 ha of intertidal salt marsh, 40 ha of intertidal mudflat, 69 ha of transitional brackish habitat, 79 ha of coastal grazing marsh, 32 hectares of brackish and saline lagoons, 26 hectares of freshwater lagoon and numerous ponds and ditches.

Wroxeter Water Main

Machine watching on the Wroxeter Water Main
Sectors
  • Water

A team from the Sheffield Office undertook excavations along the line of a new water main from Uckington to Atcham in Shropshire. The water main runs to the north of the Scheduled Monument (No. 1003705) of Wroxeter Roman City (Viroconium) which developed from the 1st century AD onwards, and became the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. 

Westminster Hall

Recording the roof space in Westminster Hall
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

In December 2012 Wessex Archaeology was asked to prepared a Historic Building Record on behalf of Skillingtons, through Donald Insall Associates. Westminster Hall is part of the Palace of Westminster and is listed Grade I.

1 Garibaldi Street

Heritage Building Recording at 1 Garibaldi Street
Sectors
  • Residential

In July 2012 Wessex Archaeology was asked to prepared a Historic Building Record for Purelake New Homes. This included building recording of the Empire Kinema which was built in 1913 for Alexander Bernstein.

The Old College, Aberystwyth

The Old College, Aberystwyth
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

Wessex Archaeology Wales has undertaken a photogrammetric survey of The Old College, Aberystwyth, one of the town’s most striking buildings. A total of 222 photos were taken with a standard digital SLR, which were then processed to produce a 3d model from which accurate orthographic projections can be taken.

Rossington

Archaeological excavation work at Rossington
Sectors
  • Residential

A team from Wessex Archaeology carried out the first phase of archaeological works at Rossington Inland Port, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. CgMs Consulting commissioned Wessex Archaeology to carry out geophysical survey, evaluation and excavations of the 40 hectare site, which has been carried out over two and half years.

Hoyle Street, Sheffield

Excavations at Hoyle Street, Sheffield
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

A combination of historical research, building recording and archaeological excavation revealed the complex history of the site that in 1800 was still surrounded by fields on the town’s north-western edge, but which soon after was swallowed up by steel works, foundries and workers’ housing. Sheffield’s burgeoning population provided the workforce for the series of industrial premises.

Llangefni Link Road

Archaeological evaluation trenching at Llangefni Link Road
Sectors
  • Transport

Wessex Archaeology undertook an archaeological evaluation to the east of Llangefni on the Isle of Anglesey as part of proposals for a new link road. Nineteen trenches were excavated which uncovered evidence of the post-medieval (1500-1800) field system as well as several features which could not be dated. This suggests that the area has been in a predominantly rural landscape until the present day.​​​​​​​

Rhosbeirio, Anglesey

Rhosbeirio, Anglesey evaluation trenching
Sectors
  • Energy

In connection with a proposed wind turbine on land at Rhosbeirio, Anglesey Wessex Archaeology undertook a small evaluation with trenches targeted on potential features identified through geophysical survey. Though prehistoric and Romano-British activity is known from the wider area the only features identified during this investigation were former field boundaries thought to relate to post-medieval (1500-1800) or 19th century enclosure.

Bulford

Saxon decorated metal workbox from Bulford
Sectors
  • Defence

Cannington Court

Archaeological excavation work at Cannington Court
Sectors
  • Energy

Archaeological investigations at Cannington Court in 2013−14 provided further information about the former priory and subsequent Elizabethan manor house. In particular, the excavations identified several phases of activity relating to the foundation and development of the priory.

Butcher Wheel, Sheffield

Historical buildings at The Buthchers Wheel Arundel Street, Sheffield
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

The conversion and reuse of the Butcher Wheel, a former Sheffield cutlery works on Arundel Street, included a programme of archaeological building recording and detailed analysis of its evolution and operation.

Bath Quays Waterside

Bath Quays Waterside
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Bath’s riverside underwent a major redevelopment aimed at revitalising a previously neglected quarter of the city. As part of these works, Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Alun Griffiths Ltd. to undertake an archaeological excavation during preliminary flood mitigation and development-enabling works at Bath Quays.

HMS Victory

Stern of the HMS Victory
Sectors
  • Defence

In 2014 Wessex Archaeology produced a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the HMS Victory located within Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The HMS Victory is a World Class Historic Vessel and an exemplary version of a warship from the Age of Sail with a distinguished service career. 

Badgers Field, Chipping Campden

Archaeological work at Badgers Field, Chipping Campden
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology undertook a programme of archaeological works on the south side of Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds of Gloucestershire, which have produced the first archaeological evidence for Saxon settlement in the town. The works were undertaken by our Bristol Team in advance of a proposed residential development in Badgers Field, off George Lane.

Water Fort, Brandon Hill

Archaeological survey work at Water Fort, Brandon Hill
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Wessex Archaeology has undertaken survey work to record the banks and ditches created to defend Bristol during the English Civil War.

The Hucclecote Centre

Archaeological excavation work at the Hucclecote Centre
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

The site of Wessex Archaeology West’s excavation at the Hucclecote Centre, Hucclecote lies to the north of a Roman villa which is known from excavations undertaken by Canon Bazeley in 1911 and E.M. Clifford in 1933. The earliest parts of the Hucclecote villa complex are thought to have been built c. AD 150, but the presence of pottery below its floors suggested that there was an early Romano-British settlement pre-dating it.

Butterley Spillway

Butterley Spillway
Sectors
  • Water

Butterley Spillway is a Grade II listed stepped overflow channel located at the edge of the Peak District National Park in Marsden, West Yorkshire

Queen Mary’s Hospital, Carshalton, Sutton

Queen Mary’s Hospital, Carshalton, Sutton
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

In 2008–10 excavations undertaken on land formerly occupied by Queen Mary’s Hospital, Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton, in advance of redevelopment, revealed a complex Iron Age and Romano-British site. The site lies on the north-facing dip slope of the North Downs overlooking the valley of the River Wandle, immediately outside the substantial scheduled Late Bronze Age ringwork (LO 163).

Old Sarum Pipeline

Old Sarum Pipeline
Sectors
  • Water

In 2001 and 2002 Wessex Archaeology undertook an archaeological excavation in advance of the replacement of a water pipeline to the north of Salisbury. The work was commissioned and funded by Wessex Water. The pipeline runs for 4.5 km from the Camp Hill Reservoir, passing north of the scheduled monument of Old Sarum to the Castle Hill Reservoir, with a branch continuing east towards Ford village.

Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection (2015−2017)

Swash Wreck Site - Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection
Sectors
  • National Agencies

In 2015, Historic England commissioned Wessex Archaeology Coastal & Marine to undertake a two year project to assess underwater sites: Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection. Similar to the Heritage at Risk project, which ran from 2013−2015, Historic England selected sites of special interest in English Waters for archaeological investigation.

Winterbourne Medieval Barn

Winterbourne Medieval Barn
Sectors
  • Residential

In April 2017 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by West Waddy ADP on behalf of the Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust to undertake archaeological investigations in the grounds surrounding the medieval Court Farm Barn.

Blythburgh Priory, Blythburgh

Upstanding wall at Blythburgh Priory
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Skeletons in the Shed': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the site of the Scheduled Ancient Monument of Blythburgh Priory in Blythburgh, Suffolk (Scheduled Ancient Monument Number SF215), to investigate the remains of the Augustinian Priory.

Codnor Castle

The Time Team excavating at Codnor Castle
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Gold in the Moat': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at Codnor Castle, Derbyshire, a Scheduled Monument.

Sewardsley Priory, Towcester

The Time Team excavating at the Sewardsley Priory site
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'The Naughty Nuns of Northampton': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the site of Sewardsley Priory within the gardens of Showsley Grounds, Towcester, Northamptonshire to investigate the remains of a Cistercian Priory founded, according to documentary sources, c.1155.

Knave Hill, Stonton Wyville

Time Team excavations at Knave Hill, Stonton Wyville
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Saxons on the Edge': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the site of Knave Hill, Stonton Wyville, Leicestershire, to investigate the existence of a possible Anglo-Saxon settlement site.

Chesham Bois House

Chesham Bois House, Buckinghamshire
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'The Cheyne Gang': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at Chesham Bois House in Buckinghamshire. The evaluation area comprised the garden of Chesham Bois House and the Church Field, the field adjacent to St. Leonard’s Church, which contains several earthworks, some 80 m to the north-east.

Stilton

Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wicken

Time Team site of Wicken, Northamptonshire
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'A Tale of Two Villages': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ in the village of Wicken in Northamptonshire, to investigate the lost site of the church of St James at Wick Hamon, and to examine the early ‘nucleated’ settlement in the northern half of the village, Wick Dive.

Glendon Hall, Kettering

Excavating a skeleton at Glendon Hall, Kettering
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'The Bodies in the Shed': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at Glendon Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire with the aim of defining the extent of the known medieval cemetery and locating Glendon church, and refining the form and date of the known deserted medieval settlement c. 150m to the east of the Hall.

Islip

Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Withington

Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Chenies Manor

Chenies Manor, Buckinghamshire
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'The Manor That's Back to Front': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at Chenies Manor, Chenies, Buckinghamshire to ascertain the character, extent and degree of preservation of the archaeological remains at Chenies Manor.

St Osyth

The Time Team at St Osyth
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Lost Centuries of St Osyth': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ in the village of St Osyth, Essex. St Osyth, to gain an understanding of the evolution and development of St Osyth with its relationships to the development of the Priory and examine the role of the creek in the economy of the town.

Northborough, Peterborough

Excavating at Northborough, Peterborough
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'A Neolithic Cathedral': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the Northborough Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Cambridgeshire.

Oliver's Meadow Hanslope

The Time Team at Oliver's Meadow, Hanslope
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Animal Farm': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at Oliver’s Meadow, Gordon’s Lodge Farm, Hanslope, nr Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire.

Chapel Head, Warboys

The site at Chapel Head
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Beacon of the Fens': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at Chapel Head, a small hillock rising above the surrounding fenland. During the medieval period the Site was known to be the property of nearby Ramsey Abbey.

Radcot

Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Looe

Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Friars Wash, Redbourn

Excavating at Friars Wash
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Friar's Wash': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at Friars Wash, Hertfordshire, which lies in the hinterland of the important Romano-British town of Verulamium (St. Albans) and is located close to the assumed line of Watling Street, an important road running from London to Wroxeter.

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ within the Close of Salisbury Cathedral and the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral School, Wiltshire to investigate the 13th century Bell Tower to the north of the Cathedral and the 15th century Chantry Chapel of Bishop Richard Beauchamp, both of which were demolished at the end of the 18th century.

Swallowfield Park

Swallowfield Park
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

A study of the buildings and landscape of Swallowfield Park, Berkshire, has been carried out to inform the preparation of a Conservation Plan for the long-term management of the estate. The purpose of this study was to provide, through documentary research and site investigation, a baseline level of information on each of the historic component of the estate, and an assessment of their significance.

Yelnow Villa

The Time Team at Yelnow Roman Villa
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Mystery of the Ice Cream Villa': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ on the site of Yelnow Villa at Colworth Science Park, Bedfordshire to determine extent, character and condition of the Roman villa remains

Castle Hill, Ipswich

Basil Brown's site plan of Castle Hill, Ipswich
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Back Garden Archaeology Revisiting a Roman Villa': Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team on Castle Hill, Ipswich, Suffolk to investigate a previously discovered Roman villa.

Minchington

Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Prebendal Manor, Nassington

Prebendal Manor, Nassington
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'King Cnut's Manor': Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team in the grounds of the Prebendal Manor House, Nassington, Northamptonshire, mentioned in Saxon chronicles as being the subject of a visit by King Cnut in the 11th century.

Oldfurnace Cottage, Oakamoor

The River Churnet Valley
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

A medieval blast furnace: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at two sites in the River Churnet valley, near Oakamoor, Staffordshire, to investigate the development of medieval and post-medieval iron smelting in the area.

Roxburgh, Kelso

Carved stonework, recovered during Time Team excavation at Roxburgh, Kelso
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology has been involved with Time Team from the very beginning through one of the programme’s best known characters, Phil Harding. In this section you can explore some of our work with Time Team. This page provides a copy of the full report produced after the work at Roxburgh, Kelso.

South Cliff Farm, South Carlton

Anglo-Saxon metalwork recovered from South Cliff Farm
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Saxon Burials on the Ridge':Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Teamon land belonging to South Cliff Farm, South Carlton, Lincolnshire, to investigate the extent and date of an Early-Mid Saxon cemetery and the site of a deserted medieval village at Middle Carlton.

Litlington

Floor and wall remains within a trench at Litlington
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'There's a Villa Here Somewhere': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the site within the village of Litlington in Cambridgeshire, with the aim of locating the ‘Litlington villa’ identified and excavated by the Reverend W. Clack in the 1820s, and a nearby Roman walled cemetery known as ‘Heaven’s Walls’, found during quarrying, also in the 1820s.

Bedford Purlieus Wood, Thornhaugh

Excavating a trench at Bedford Purlieus Wood, Thornhaugh
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Rooting for the Romans': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ within Bedford Purlieus Wood, Thornhaugh, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire to investigate a series of Roman remains first identified at the beginning of the 19th century.

Norman Cross Camp, Cambridgeshire

Evaluation trench at Norman Cross Camp, Cambridgeshire
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Death and Dominos, the First POW Camp': an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the site of Norman Cross Camp, the first specially constructed prisoner of war camp for the internment of those captured in the Napoleonic Wars of 1793-1815.

Castors, Peterborough

St Kyneburga’s Church, Castor
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Under the Gravestones': An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ around St Kyneburga’s Church, Castor, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire to investigate the remains of an extensive complex of Roman buildings.

Groby Old Hall

Excavated trench containing a staircase at Groby Old Hall
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

The House of the White Queen: In April 2010 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the site of a Norman motte and bailey castle and medieval manorial site at Groby Old Hall.

West Langton

The Time Team at West Langton
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

'Saxon Death, Saxon Gold': Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team on land at West Langton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. In the 1970s, small-scale excavations revealed the remains of a poorly-preserved Romano-British villa in the field to the north of the Langton Brook. Anglo-Saxon artefacts, particularly metalwork, have also been found in the area, providing evidence for a possible settlement and cemetery located to the south, on the hilltop above the villa.

Clipstone

Excavations at the site of King John's Palace, Clipstone
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

King John's Palace: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at the site of King John’s Palace, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire.

Bitterley

The village of Bitterley
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Colne Priory

A view of the Colne Priory excavations
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

The Only Earl is Essex: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at the site of Colne Priory, Earls Colne, near Colchester, Essex to investigate the site of the Benedictine Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist founded by the De Vere family in the early 12th century.

Dunwich

Excavations at Dunwich
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

The Drowned Town: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team within the current settlement of Dunwich, Suffolk.

National Horse Racing Museum, Newmarket

Recording archaeological features at Newmarket
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

The First King of Racing: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team on King Charles II’s Royal Palace and racing stables in Newmarket.

Belton House

Excavations underway on the Belton House site
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

The Forgotten Gunners of WWI: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at the site of the Great War era training camp at Belton House, Lincolnshire.

Brancaster

Excavating an evaluation trench at Brancaster
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Brancaster: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at Brancaster Roman Fort (Branudonum), Brancaster, Norfolk.

Caerau

Time Team excavations at Caerau
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

A Capital Hill: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at Caerau hillfort, Cardiff, South Wales.

Oakham Castle

Oakham Castle Great Hall
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Horseshoe Hall: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at the site of Oakham Castle, Leicestershire.

South Australian Geophysical Mapping Project

South Australian Geophysical Mapping Project data collection
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology conducted a geophysical survey of the wreck of the vessel South Australian in July 2015. The survey was undertaken on behalf of the Ilfracombe and North Devon Sub-Aqua Club with the main objective of producing a site plan to inform further diving investigations at the site.

Coniston Copper Mines

Phil Harding of Time Team being filmed at Coniston Copper Mines
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Lost Mines of Lakeland: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team within the Coniston Copper Mine Complex, near Coniston, Cumbria.

St Mary's Church, Totton

St Mary's Church, Totton
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by St Mary’s Church Parochial Church Council (PCC) to undertake an archaeological watching brief during groundworks at St Mary’s Church, Eling Hill, Totton.

Gun Rocks, Farne Islands

Gun Rock, Farne Islands
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage (now Historic England) to undertake an Undesignated Site Assessment of the wreck site located at Gun Rock, Outer Farne Islands. WA worked with local BSAC branch (Tyneside 114), and to conduct a photographic, acoustic and measured survey of the site. Diving was conducted between 28 August to 5 September 2013. The results of the survey have been written up as Gun Rock Wreck, Farne Islands Undesignated Site Assessment Ref: 83803.12 November 2013.

HMHS Anglia

HMHS Anglia multibeam geophysical results
Sectors
  • National Agencies

St Mary's Church, Old Basing

St Mary's Church, Old Basing
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Mrs Trisha Renwick, Church Warden at St Mary’s Church, to undertake an archaeological test pit evaluation at St Mary’s Church, Old Basing, Hampshire.

Kent Jones

Kent Jones bear archaeologist taking photos on site
Sectors
  • Education

Kent Jones is an archaeologist based in our Maidstone office in Kent. He is a little shorter than the average archaeologist and just a little more furry, but you expect that from a bear!

Titanic Works

Community open day at Titanic works
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Archaeologist excavated and recorded the Titanic Works is Grade II listed, and located at 24 Malinda Street, Sheffield. It comprised four buildings set around a central works yard. The works contained three crucible furnaces, of which one was a rare, double-stack furnace. Constructed in two phases between 1850 and 1890, it operated until 1950, producing high-quality crucible steel used for making the cutlery and tools for which Sheffield was world famous.

Rhyd y Groes, Anglesey

Sunset over Rhyd y Groes, Anglesey
Sectors
  • Energy

In November 2014 Wessex Archaeology undertook a watching brief during the installation of a temporary anemometer mast at Rhyd y Groes windfarm on Anglesey. Archaeological monitoring of these works was required as to the east of the site lies the Werthyr earthworks, a large enclosure thought to be in use from the Late Iron Age into the Romano-British period (100 BC- 410 AD).

Barlborough Hall

Barlborough Hall
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

Wessex Archaeology Sheffield has been commissioned to undertake a historic landscape appraisal of the Grade I listed Barlborough Hall in East Derbyshire; that was built in 1583 and is attributed to the Elizabethan architect Robert Smythson.

Drumbeg Wreck

Measuring canons on the Drumbeg wreck site
Sectors
  • National Agencies

In 2012 Historic Scotland commissioned Wessex Archaeology Coastal & Marine to survey a historic shipwreck near Drumbeg in the north-west Scottish Highlands. The wreck was found by local divers Ewen Mackay and Michael Errington while scallop diving close to the village of Drumbeg. 

Barrow Clump

Excavations at Barrow Clump
Sectors
  • Defence

Barrow Clump, on Salisbury Plain, has been a site of human activity for over five thousand years. Originally a Neolithic settlement site, a burial mound (or barrow) was constructed here in the Early Bronze Age and was re-used as a cemetery site in the Anglo-Saxon period. 

Lewis Chessman

Images from the archaeological 3D model of the Lewis Chessman
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

3D scan of a replica night from the Lewis Chessmen, a set of 93 gaming pieces found on the Isle of Lewis in 1831. The chess pieces are carved from walrus ivory and whale’s teeth and are thought to be Scandinavian in origin.

Chiseldon Cauldrons

Chiseldon Cauldrons
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

In 2004 metal detectorist Peter Hyams found a few pieces of bronze sheet and what looked like a crumpled can in a farmer’s field in Chiseldon. Peter sought the advice of a local archaeologist and the help of the Chiseldon Local History Group to do an initial investigation of the find. When they revealed two more crumpled metal objects they decided that a proper excavation would be needed.

Celts & Romans in North Wiltshire

Celts & Romans in North Wiltshire
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Despite threatening skies, the rain held off for the HLF-funded Celts and Romans project "Celtic Feasts and Roman Rituals" event at Barbury Castle hillfort near Swindon.

Hundreds of visitors took the chance to hear more about the community project. Volunteers who have taken part in activities at Truckle Hill and Chiseldon joined Wessex staff to greet visitors and the conservators from the British Museum who are working on the Chiseldon Cauldrons also paid a visit.

Swash Channel Wreck

Swash Channel Wreck a section of the upper works
Sectors
  • National Agencies

The Swash Channel wreck was discovered in 2004 during a geophysical survey by Wessex Archaeology in advance of dredging to deepen the approach to Poole Harbour. The wreck lies in approximately 6-9 metres of water with its long axis orientated north-east to south-west.

HMS Colossus

HMS Colossus canon on seabed
Sectors
  • National Agencies

HMS Colossus has had a remarkable history both afloat and as a wreck. Launched in 1787 at Gravesend, it was a Leviathan Class ship built to the lines of the French Courageux Class. A 3rd rate warship of 74 guns HMS Colossus had an active service life and fought in many battles including the blockade of Toulon in 1793, the action off Groix in 1795, the Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1797, the blockade of Malta in 1798 and it also served as a stores ship for the Battle of the Nile in 1798.

HMS Campania, Firth of Forth

HMS Campania, Firth of Forth
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Few ships can lay claim to a career as eventful as that of HMS Campania. The ship began life as one of Cunard's first great liners. Constructed by Fairfields at Govan, and launched in September 1892, at nearly 200m long and displacing 18,000 tons the Campania was an enormous ship by the standards of the time. Campania was the first Cunard ship to completely dispense with sail and have twin propeller shafts.

Time Team Series 20: Henham's Lost Mansions (Henham Park)

'Tudor Rose' ceramic moulding
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Henham's Lost Mansions: Archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at Henham Park, Wangford with Henham, Suffolk.

Lower Easton Farm, Pylle

Excavating at Pylle
Sectors
  • Energy

Excavations carried out in 2014 at Lower Easton Farm, Pylle, revealed evidence for Iron Age and Romano-British activity in the form of a small farmstead, as well as a much more extensive field system and trackway.

Exercise Tiger and the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

Multibeam bathymetry showing the inverted stern and rudder of one of the Landing Ship Tanks wrecks
Sectors
  • National Agencies

To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Wessex Archaeology is working with Historic England, the Ministry of Defence, local historians and divers to investigate the remains of two sunken American landing ships in Lyme Bay off the Dorset and Devon coasts.

Hollis Croft

Hollis Croft comic book - on site
Sectors
  • Education

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.

Bath Abbey Footprint Project

Bath Abbey
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

Wessex Archaeology is working below Bath Abbey recording the foundations and the earlier archaeology including Saxon burials and Romano-British remains. The Bath Abbey Footprint Project is a Heritage Lottery Fund project to repair the Abbey’s collapsing floor, install a new eco-friendly heating system using Bath’s hot springs, and provide new, improved space and facilities to ensure the Abbey is more sustainable, hospitable and useable for local residents, worshippers and visitors alike.

Stonehenge and Avebury

Avebury World Heritage Site
Sectors
  • National Agencies

The megalithic henges of Stonehenge and Avebury are among the most iconic prehistoric monuments in the world. In 1986 UNESCO designated this landscapes as a World Heritage Site (WHS) on account of their Outstanding Universal Value.

Sheffield Castle

The team excavate Sheffield Castle
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Wessex Archaeology undertakes archaeological excavations at Sheffield Castle for the Castlegate regeneration project.

Scottish Underwater Diving Services (SUDS)

Whinch engine recorded by Wessex Archaeology divers as part of the Scottish Underwater Diving Services project
Sectors
  • National Agencies

As part of the Scottish Underwater Archaeological Services contract, awarded by Historic Environment Scotland, Wessex Archaeology undertook diving worked on several sites between 2015 and 2017. The contract aimed at carrying out archaeological assessments on significant underwater heritage assets and wreck sites within Scottish territorial waters.

Exeter Down, Stamford

Roundhouses under excavation at Exeter Down Stamford
Sectors
  • Residential

An archaeological excavation at Exeter Down, on the western outskirts of Stamford (Lincolnshire), has uncovered an Iron Age farmstead with important evidence for early iron production. Initial programmes of geophysical survey, cropmark analysis and trench evaluation identified two areas of particular archaeological potential within the development site. Read the full report here.

Tankerton Beach Wreck

Working on the Tankerton shipwreck
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Members of Wessex Archaeology's Coastal & Marine team, along with Historic England, Timescapes, University of Wales Trinity St David and several volunteers have just returned from the excavation and recording of the recently scheduled monument of Tankerton Beach Wreck in the intertidal zone of Tankerton Bay, Kent. 

The Marine and Underwater Archaeology of Scotland

Archaeology of Scotland - Harris Coast Northton Leverburgh
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Much of Scotland’s well-known archaeology is visible in the form of structures; such as stone circles, crannogs, iron age brochs and hillforts, and, medieval castles. However, within the vast Scottish landscape, with its extensive coastline and numerous islands, much of the archaeology is buried or submerged within its lochs, waterways, estuaries, and seas. 

Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach cannon site
Sectors
  • National Agencies

In 2015, Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Historic England to undertake an undesignated site assessment on a mysterious cannon site that had been discovered in 2010 by the Weymouth based community interest company, the Shipwreck Project.

Archaeology in Wales

Sunken forest at Borth, Wales
Sectors
  • National Agencies
  • Energy
  • Transport

Wessex Archaeology has an office based in Wales. Wales has numerous sites of archaeological interest ranging from sites dating to the Mesolithic period up until Post Medieval times. The historic environment is rich; sites include prehistoric caves; mines; burial chambers; stone circles; hillforts; Roman forts; Romano-British villages; medieval castles; remains of the prominent slate industry; coastal structures and shipwrecks dating to all periods.

UC-70 submarine

UC-70 submarine machine gun underwater
Sectors
  • National Agencies

UC-70 was a First World War German mine-laying submarine, one of a number that operated around the UK throughout the war, which caused the loss of large numbers of British and Allied merchant ships and the closure of British and French ports. Wessex Archaeology recommended that the site be considered for designation. On 18 August 2017, UC-70 was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

Archaeology in Sheffield

Archaeology in Sheffield Hollis Croft Steelworks
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Archaeological work in Sheffield has chiefly been focussed on the city’s rich industrial heritage. Steelmaking dominated Sheffield’s development and flourished due to the fast, powerful rivers that converge on the city.

Beanacre, Wiltshire

Excavations at Beanacre, Wiltshire
Sectors
  • Transport

In 2015 Wessex Archaeology undertook archaeological monitoring work during the construction of an electricity supply line for the Great Western Railway. This work uncovered a large, and previously unknown, Romano-British settlement to the north of Beanacre, Wiltshire. 

HMS Campania

Sidescan sonar detail of HMS Campania
Sectors
  • National Agencies

A Historic Marine Protected Area (HMPA) that Wessex Archaeology has worked on is that of HMS Campania, located in the Firth of Forth. Originally designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 on 1 December 2001, HMS Campania became a HMPA in 2013 when the Act was superseded in Scotland.

Renewables: Offshore Windfarms

Offshore Windfarm under construction
Sectors
  • Energy

Wessex Archaeology is the trusted market-leading provider of archaeological services to the offshore renewables sector. Since 2002 we have delivered the archaeological component of over 70% of all marine development projects in UK waters.

Nemo Link Interconnector

Removing concretion from a cannon recovered from the Nemo Link Interconnector project
Sectors
  • Energy

The construction of the electrical interconnector between the UK and Belgium, consisting of underground cables connected to a converter station in each country, allows for the flow of electricity between the two countries to trade it more easily. Wessex Archaeology were contracted through J-Power solutions to support the Nemo Link Interconnector by providing archaeological services for the project. 

Wool Bridge, Dorset

Wool Bridge, Dorset after renovation work
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Wessex Archaeology's Heritage consultancy team were commissioned by Dorset County Council’s Highways Department to carry out recording and archaeological works at Wool Old Bridge, a stone bridge of five arches which crosses the River Frome in Wool, Purbeck.

Shugborough Estate

Historic Building recording at Shugborough Estate
Sectors
  • National Agencies

The Wessex Archaeology Heritage team have begun their initial phase of work at the Shugborough Estate, a National Trust property in Staffordshire. The site is rare in its completeness; the estate has survived with all major buildings including the mansion house, servants' quarters, historic farmyard and walled garden.

Concrete Sound Mirror, Cinque Ports Training Area

Concrete Sound Mirror, Cinque Ports Training Area
Sectors
  • Defence

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Landmarc Support Services Limited on behalf of Defence Estates to undertake archaeological recording of a sound mirror at Cinque Ports Training Area, Hythe, Kent, with a Study Area of a 1km radius centred on NGR 613621 134459. The aim of the work was to provide a baseline description and condition report of the sound mirror to aid future study and research.

The ‘Great Yorkshire Way’

Surveying on site at the 'Great Yorkshire Way'
Sectors
  • Transport

Between 2012–2014 staff from Wessex Archaeology’s Sheffield office undertook investigations along the 4.5 km-long course of a new road which revealed Iron Age and Roman remains near Rossington, South Yorkshire.

Photogrammetry at St Mary-le-Port Church

The church of St Mary-le-Port in Bristol
Sectors
  • Local Authorities

Wessex Archaeology recorded the ruins of the church of St Mary-le-Port, Bristol ahead of a series of conservation works to help preserve the remains of this important structure. With the site presenting safety issues, we developed a unique and simple solution to successfully survey the entire site.

Digging a causewayed enclosure at Datchet 2018

Flint tools from excavations at the causewayed enclosure, Datchet 2018
Sectors
  • Minerals

Archaeological excavations at Riding Court Farm Quarry, Datchet. This season’s fieldwork included exposing the Early Neolithic causewayed enclosure full circuit and interior.

W1 Wraysbury: Where it all began

St Andrew's Church Wraysbury: Where it all began
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeological Committee (which went on to become Wessex Archaeology) had its very first excavation back in 1979. W1 Wraysbury proved to be a relatively typical archaeological site, similar to many of the subsequent archaeological investigations undertaken throughout our 40 year history, but looking back at where we started offers an interesting insight. 

The Beacons of the Past

The Beacons of the Past
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology is proud to announce that it has been commissioned by The Chilterns Conservation Board to supply reconstruction painting of six Iron Age hillforts. We are one of a series of artists engaged to bring the past to life, by reconstructing one of the largest collections of hillforts in the UK. 

Under Richmond Castle

Richmond Castle from the air
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to undertake a geophysical survey to understand more about the history of Richmond Castle, one of the earliest Norman fortresses in England, as part of their programme of reinterpretation.

Lepe D-Day

Lepe D-Day WWII remains on shoreline
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology is pleased to announce that it has been commissioned by the New Forest National Park Authority to create 3D reconstructions of the WWII remains at Lepe County Park.

Galloper Offshore Wind Farm: The SS Carica Millica

SS Carica Millica - Galloper Offshore Wind Farm
Sectors
  • Energy

Wessex Archaeology has worked with innogy on the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm since 2010. During the pre-construction marine geophysical surveys, a ships bell was discovered sitting on the seabed, belonging to the SS Carica Millica.

Palaeolandscapes of the Gulf of Mexico

Palaeolandscapes of the Gulf of Mexico
Sectors
  • Research

Wessex Archaeology has been involved in a research project in the USA, investigating palaeolandscapes in the Gulf of Mexico. The project was designed by Dr Amanda Evans of Coastal Environments Inc. (CEI) and focuses on using geophysical and geoarchaeological survey techniques to identify submerged landscapes on the north-western Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.

De-risking the Dunwich Bank wreck

Multibeam echo-sounder image of the Dunwich Bank wreck site
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeology have been commissioned by Historic England to undertake survey and excavation of the mysterious wreck located off the coast of Dunwich, Suffolk. It is one of a handful of shipwrecks protected under law as nationally important archaeological sites.

Excavations at Wessex Court, Dorchester

Roman-British Black Burnished Ware vessels from Wessex Court
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

The results of two relatively small scale, yet highly productive excavations on a site in central Dorchester in 1989 and 1990, are now available.

St Katherine, Bristol: The lost hospital

The lost Hospital of St Katherine, Bristol
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology has carried out a trial trench evaluation, followed by a small excavation ahead of the redevelopment of the site by City and County Bedminster Ltd, which has uncovered the remains of St Katherine's medieval hospital.

The Festival of Archaeology

The Festival of Archaeology with Phil Harding and Lorraine Mepham
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

‘Phil Hardings Dig’, the excavation at the museum in 2019, marked the fourth consecutive year that Wessex Archaeology has delivered this activity in partnership with Salisbury Museum as part of The Festival of Archaeology. Watch the video to see how this years dig went.

Yatton: A trackway to the past

Reconstruction of Yatton: A trackway to the past
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology's excavation work at Yatton, ahead of construction work for a Primary School and housing development, has discovered a trackway, which was in use during the Iron Age and Romano-British periods, with settlement enclosures lining the route. 

Noss on Dart D-Day remains in 3D

Aerial view of the hauling slips at Noss on Dart
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

In the 75th D-Day anniversary year, Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by CBRE Ltd, on behalf of Premier Marinas Ltd to carry out a programme of archaeological recording of a former D-Day landing craft maintenance facility at Noss on Dart, Devon.

Buried secrets of the Bible, Jordan

Bronze Age remains at Tel el-Hammam
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

In October 2018, a team from Wessex Archaeology travelled to Amman, Jordan. Our project was to provide 3D mapping and interpretation for production company, Caravan Media, as they filmed a new television series called ‘Buried secrets of the Bible’ for National Geographic.

Prehistoric activity and a Romano-British settlement at Poundbury Farm

Enamelled silver disc brooch from Romano-British enclosure ditch at Poundbury Farm
Sectors
  • Residential

Between 2006 and 2013, the Duchy of Cornwall commissioned Wessex Archaeology to undertake various archaeological investigations in advance of development at Poundbury Farm, Dorchester.

Winnersh Relief Road

Evaluation trial trenching at Winnersh Road
Sectors
  • Transport

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Balfour Beatty to undertake an evaluation at Longdon Road, Winnersh. Read the full report here.

Virtual Reality experience Romano-British lifestyle

Heritage Interpretation Virtual Reality from Wessex Archaeology
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology’s Studio team are now creating Virtual Reality (VR) experiences as part of our new package of Heritage Interpretation services.

Virtual Reality experience Saxon homelife

Virtual Reality 3D assets from our virtual experience of Saxon homelife
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

To build on the success of the Roman Villa Virtual Reality (VR) created in 2019, Wessex Archaeology have just released their latest VR experience. Welcome to the Late Saxon Hall.

Virtual Reality experience an excavation below Bath Abbey

Virtual Reality – Below Bath Abbey
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology’s Studio team are now creating Virtual Reality (VR) experiences based on real archaeological sites. This allows a much wider audience to visit a fully immersive digital version of archaeological sites.

Wichelstowe Southern Access Scheme

Wichelstowe Southern Access Scheme
Sectors
  • Transport

Wessex Archaeology have been commissioned by Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd. to undertake the archaeological excavation work during the construction of the Wichelstowe southern access road.

Larkhill Waste Water Treatment Works and Bulford Pumping Station

An archaeologist monitoring a digger
Sectors
  • Defence

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Ancala Water Services on behalf of the Ministry of Defence to undertake an archaeological watching brief during groundworks to monitor the removal of the Larkhill Spillway existing structures, chambers and pipework and reinstate the area to grassland.

Gideon Road, Wandsworth

Environmental archaeologist studying samples through a microscope
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake a palaeoenvironmental assessment of borehole BH8, comprising a thin c. 0.2m thick peat preserved below Holocene alluvium and sealed by made ground, on land at Gideon Road, Wandsworth, Greater London.

Oxton 15" Duplication, Clifton

Clifton, Nottinghamshire
Sectors
  • Water

A detailed gradiometer survey was conducted over land at to the north of A453, Clifton. The project was commissioned by NMCNomenca on behalf of North Midlands Construction PLC with the aim of establishing the presence, or otherwise, and nature of detectable archaeological features ahead of works for the installation of an underground service.

The Thames Plate Glass Company, Leamouth, London

The first casting hall at Leamouth
Sectors
  • Commercial & Industrial

Excavations undertaken in 2007 on the site of the Thames Plate Glass Company works at Leamouth have revealed fascinating insights into the manufacture and use of plate glass.

Along Came The Spider

Spider scanner and Doveridge Urn
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology have released a 3D model created using Structured Light Scanning of a 4000 year old pottery urn, recovered from a burial mound near Doveridge, Derbyshire.

Ebb & Flow

Ebb & Flow a walk through Salisbury
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Follow Claire and James in this video as they take a walk along the river banks of Salisbury during COVID social distancing. Find out how art, the environment and even just a spot of fresh air can improve your wellbeing during lockdown.

Hidden Figures of Salisbury

Hidden Figures of Salisbury
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology’s Studio was commissioned to create a 3D model of Phil Harding as part of the Safer and Supportive Salisbury project “Hidden Figures”.

Coleshill Virtual Reality Experience

Coleshill Hall Virtual Reality Experience
Sectors
  • Transport

Wessex Archaeology's Studio team have created a Virtual Reality experience based on the main dinning hall in Coleshill Manor c. 1640.

Remains of a Medieval Bridge at Ancrum, Scottish Borders

Richard of ADHS, Coralie of Dendrochronicle and Steph and Bob of Wessex Archaeology demonstrate the length and width of the stone platform under the 1784 Toll Bridge.
Sectors
  • National Agencies

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland to undertake a survey of the remains of a medieval bridge submerged in the River Teviot near Ancrum, Scottish Borders. The bridge remains represent the earliest dated in situ bridge remains in Scotland and are older than any bridge still standing.

Well-City Salisbury

Well-City Salisbury mosaic activity
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Well-City Salisbury is about connection – to the arts, to heritage, to our local area, to the landscape and to each other. This partnership project between Wessex Archaeology, ArtCare, The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Creative, supports people with low to medium mental health needs in the Salisbury area on their wellbeing journey through creative courses and opportunities.

Recording The Oldest Surviving Synagogue of the Welsh Valleys

Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) in partnership with the Foundation for Jewish Heritage to carry out a comprehensive laser scan of the exterior and interior of the oldest surviving synagogue in Wales, Merthyr Tydfil.

The Ostrich Pub, Bristol

The Ostrich Pub
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Walsingham Planning, on behalf of the Butcombe Brewing Company to undertake a Built Heritage Statement in support of a planning application at The Ostrich. The Ostrich is a Grade II listed pub located within the Redcliffe Conservation Area, Bristol. The building is significant for its architectural, historic, and archaeological interest, with contributions from its setting.

The Salisbury Sites: 40 years of Wessex Archaeology excavations

Salisbury Cathedral
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Since 1980, when an embryonic Wessex Archaeology was formed, archaeologists have been recovering information about Salisbury. Not much is known of this work – we think it’s about time you learnt about it.

300-year-old cannon recovered from sea bed goes on display

The cannon seen with accompanying artefacts (tampion etc) Credit Wessex Archaeology
Sectors
  • Energy

On the 17th July 2021, four years after its recovery from the seabed at the entrance of Pegwell Bay off the Kent coast, a 300-year-old fully conserved cast iron cannon was delivered to the National Grid Offices in Solihull for display within a bespoke case constructed by Armour Systems Ltd.

Lost & Found: Treasures in the Archive

Lost & Found: Treasures in the Archive
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Lost & Found is a project that takes its participants on a journey at a time when leaving your house, travelling and socialising, is restricted.  It has enabled participants to join Wessex Archaeology experts and together, embark on moments of learning, participation and discovery.

Excavation of an unusual Late Bronze Age settlement at Bitham Park, Wiltshire

thomson ecology drone photo
Sectors
  • Residential

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by RPS Consulting Services Ltd on behalf of Barratt David Wilson Homes to undertake a large-scale excavation as part of a planning condition for a housing development at Bitham Park, Westbury, Wiltshire.

Operation Nightingale 2021: Exercise Ring Giver

Exercise Ring Giver
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

In July 2021, the team from Wessex Archaeology reunited with friends from Operation Nightingale – a military charity which uses archaeology to aid in the recovery of ex-service men and women – for Operation Ring Giver on Salisbury Plain.

A Roman settlement at Somerton

A Wessex Archaeology staff member in orange hi-vis talks to a group of school children
Sectors
  • Education

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by BAM Construction Ltd to undertake an archaeological excavation on the outskirts of Somerton, ahead of construction work for a primary school that will replace the current King Ina Junior and Infants’ schools.

Bronze Age Roundhouse Virtual Reality Experience

Interior of Wessex Archaeology Bronze Age Roundhouse Virtual Reality Experience
Sectors
  • Public Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology recently completed a new Virtual Reality experience focusing on Bronze Age roundhouse remains found at Bitham Park in Wiltshire. This innovative new Heritage interpretation work from our in-house Studio has tangible benefits for a range of audiences and provides an insight into the details uncovered during excavation

St Peter’s Church, Castle Park, Bristol

St Peter's Church
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

St Peter’s is a ruined church in the middle of Castle Park, Bristol. Today this park is a leafy riverside oasis, but its modern appearance belies its true origins: this was once a densely built-up commercial district in the oldest part of Bristol.

Bath Abbey Photogrammetry: 3D Modelling Medieval Stained Glass & Flooring

Close up of Bath Abbey medieval windows recording through photogrammetry
Sectors
  • Heritage Conservation

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to produce a comprehensive 3D model of the restored Bath Abbey floor in addition to two separate models for the main stained-glass windows, the eastern and western windows.

Rare Fairey Barracuda Aircraft Wreck in Virtual Reality

Fairey Barracuda VR
Sectors
  • Energy

Wessex Archaeology has completed a new immersive Virtual Reality reconstruction of the Fairey Barracuda WW2 aircraft remains recovered at Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire in 2019.

A556 Knutsford to Bowdon improvement

A556 Knutsford to Bowdon improvement
Sectors
  • Transport

Since 2012 staff from Wessex Archaeology have been working on the A556 Knutsford to Bowdon road improvement project, commissioned by Costain Group PLC, on behalf of Highways England. Fieldwork took the form of evaluation trial trenching, watching briefs and a strip, map and record excavation.

Well-City, Salisbury

A group of Well-City participants walk through the countryside led by Phil Harding.
Sectors
  • Health
  • Public Archaeology

A social prescribing project, Well-City Salisbury was launched in October 2021 by Wessex Archaeology in partnership with Wiltshire Creative, The Salisbury Museum and ArtCare. The project is about connection – to the arts, the landscape, heritage, community and each other – and provides creative courses for adults and young people aged 14 onwards with low to moderate mental health needs.