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.

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.

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.

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.

Wessex Archaeology's Terrestrial Geophysics team, use Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey to create an image of below ground features in three dimensions. The technique’s ability to work over most surfaces and within buildings means GPR is often the only effective geophysical survey option.