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. 

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. 

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

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.

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

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.