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