Reports
Our reports library includes fieldwork, geophysical, geoarchaeological, marine and post-excavation reports from our archaeological and heritage projects across the UK.
There are 220 Reports listed.
Roman Close, Sholden Deal, Kent - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2019-12-31
Subjects: Bronze Age, Iron Age, Medieval, Post Medieval
The archaeological strip, map and sample investigation revealed a system of ditched enclosures or field systems, two trackways, pits and postholes. The majority of the features were undated, however six are were dated comprising of one prehistoric pit, one Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age ditch, and three post medieval pits and one modern ditch. The features identified primarily date to the [...]
Former Oaklands School, Fairisle Road, Southampton - Archaeological Evaluation Report
Published: 2019-12-31
Subjects: Iron Age, Romano-British
The evaluation successfully identified four ditches, two pits, one hearth and a post-hole. Three of the ditches and one of the pits have been dated by pottery to the late Iron Age/early Roman period. Environmental samples recovered are possibly suggestive of industrial activity in the vicinity (through the presence of a small quantity of slag). There was also nothing to suggest the processing [...]
Station Road, Normanton, West Yorkshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-11-30
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
The archaeological elements excavated were predominantly structural remains of railway buildings and turntables that can be identified on the 1846 Ordnance Survey map of Normanton, but also included evidence of the later 19th-century development of the site into an area of sidings.
Land at Hunters Moon, Easton Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-11-30
Subjects: Bronze Age, Iron Age, Post Medieval
Area 1a contained a ring ditch, which probably represented the remains of an earlier Bronze Age round barrow. A small quantity of re-deposited cremated human bone recovered from the ring ditch may have derived from a disturbed grave within its interior. The ring ditch was superimposed over an earlier, small oval / open ended enclosure gully of uncertain date or function. Many small pits and [...]
Annual Report to BMAPA 2018-2019
Published: 2019-11-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
British Marine Aggregate Producers Association, Historic England and The Crown Estate. Marine Aggregate Industry Protocol for the Reporting of Finds of Archaeological Interest.
Sylvester Gardens, Sheffield, South Yorkshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-10-31
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
The archaeological remains were predominantly structural and related to industrial development of the site from the early to mid-19th-century through to the demolition of standing remains in 2018. In additional to industrial buildings, a series of stone foundations excavated in the north of Area 2a correlated to early or mid-19th-century worker’s housing seen on historic mapping. Two early [...]
Holy Trinity Church, Edale, Derbyshire - Historic Building Record
Published: 2019-10-01
Subjects: Post Medieval
The historic building recording has established that the Holy Trinity Church was built in 1885 as designed by architect William Dawes, Manchester. The primary construction included the South Porch. The tower and spire were completed four years later but formed part of the original design. This church was the third to be built in Edale. The first two stood across the road within the old graveyard. [...]
Kings Gate Primary School, Amesbury, Wiltshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-09-30
Subjects: Bronze Age, Iron Age, Romano-British
The features identified within the Kinggate Primary School mitigation area were relatively small in number, and comprised a single grave, prehistoric pits, apparently short linear features and postholes. The most significant of the features being a Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age pit containing numerous finds, including fragment of burnt wooden planks, and single Romano-British grave containing [...]
Glossop Road, Gamesley, Derbyshire - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2019-09-30
Subjects: Neolithic, Romano-British
The excavation was carried out to investigate the proposed course of a Roman road, believed to pass through the area on a north-west to south-east alignment. During the strip, map and record exercise no evidence of a Roman road was observed. A modern recut within the field boundary was also recorded. A soil sample taken from the earlier ditch was found to coal/clinker, slag and hammerscale, [...]
Galloper Wind Farm Onshore Works, Sizewell Gap, Leiston, Suffolk - Post Excavation Report
Published: 2019-09-01
Subjects: Bronze Age, Iron Age, Romano-British, Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
The earliest evidence of activity at the Site is of Bronze Age date. The Early Iron Age saw low level activity confined to the north eastern region of the Site, suggesting a pattern of rural open settlement. There is little evidence of enclosure or landscape division at the time. Most evidence of settlement at the Site is of Romano-British date with several phases of enclosures and land [...]
Elms Field, Wokingham - Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief Report
Published: 2019-07-31
Subjects: Iron Age, Medieval, Post Medieval
The strip, map, record was targeted on a number of features identified within a single trench during the evaluation, including an Iron Age pit, and a number of post-medieval features including two intercutting pits, a ditch and sub-circular feature interpreted as a cess pit or well or similar. The strip, map, record found further Iron Age features including a waterhole, a four post structure, a [...]
Land west of Ham Lane, Lenham, Kent - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-07-31
Subjects: Bronze Age, Iron Age, Post Medieval
The archaeological investigation revealed a low level of activity provisionally dated to the prehistoric and post-medieval periods. A total of 11 distinct archaeological features were recorded, comprising a field boundary ditch, a drainage ditch and a ditch terminus, three ditch segments and five pits including a placed pottery vessel. A number of tree throws dispersed across the site were [...]
Land South of Tull Way, Thatcham, West Berkshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-07-31
Subjects: Romano-British
The south-western and northern excavation areas both contained pits and ditches which predominantly dated to the early Romano-British period. The ditches were all likely to be field boundaries, with the possibility that some of them were flanking ditches for trackways. The pits were predominantly small refuse pits. Artefacts have been found dating from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval [...]
Land adjacent to 10 Walworth Road, Picket Piece, Andover, Hampshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-07-31
Subjects: Bronze Age, Iron Age, Medieval, Neolithic, Romano-British
The excavation was focused on two areas of archaeological consideration based upon a previous evaluation conducted by Wessex Archaeology in April 2019. Area A contained several discrete prehistoric features arranged along an east-west axis with artefactual evidence of struck flint from the Neolithic/Bronze Age periods. A single sherd of Romano-British pottery was also recovered. The excavation [...]
Land off Hillside Road, Castle Gresely, Swadlincote, Derbyshire - Archaeological Evaluation Report
Published: 2019-07-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
The evaluation area spanned three fields. The north-western field contained several ditches, with two large ditches appearing across three trial trenches that were indicative of a bivallate hilltop enclosure. Adjacent shallower ditches potentially formed internal features. The archaeological remains in the eastern field comprised ditches and a pit, and were indicative of a small enclosure. The [...]