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.
Land off Salisbury Street, Amesbury, Wiltshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2007-02-01
Subjects: Early Medieval, Medieval, Post Medieval
The excavation revealed several features of probable late Saxon date, including a number of aligned ditches (property boundaries), a dog burial within a pit and other smaller pits. Some of these features can be correlated with recorded documentary evidence. Medieval features include an east to west aligned ditch just to the north of the present day northern boundary wall of the former Redworth [...]
Historic Environment Guidance for the Offshore Renewable Energy Sector.
Published: 2007-01-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
This report was commissioned by COWRIE (Collaborative Offshore Windfarm Research Into the Environment). COWRIE is a registered Charity set up to raise awareness and understanding of the potential environmental impacts of the UK offshore windfarm programme. It was created following the completion of the second licensing round for UK offshore windfarms, and is funded by developers' non-refundable [...]
Annual Report to BMAPA 2005-2006
Published: 2006-11-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest.
HMS/m A1, Bracklesham Bay - Designated Site Assessment
Published: 2006-04-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Diving investigations concentrated on an assessment of the wreck itself, supported by a photographic and video survey. A measured plan of the remains was produced. Two anomalies close to the site were also investigated, with one proving to be a corroded metal buoy and the other being a metal object of unknown function but not considered to be a part of the vessel. The hull structure was [...]
England's Historic Seascapes - Intertidal and Marine Historic Characterisations in Liverpool Bay
Published: 2006-03-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to develop a methodology for undertaking Historic Landscape Characterisations (HLC) for the intertidal and marine zones.
Protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest.
Published: 2005-08-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
In 2003, the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and English Heritage (EH) jointly published Marine Aggregate Dredging and the Historic Environment: Guidance Note. The Guidance Note sets out the character and importance of the marine historic environment, and describes best practice in dealing with archaeological matters in the course of planning marine aggregate [...]
Dolphin Hotel, 34-35 High Street, Southampton - Archaeological Evaluation Report
Published: 2003-06-01
Subjects: Early Medieval, Medieval, Post Medieval, Romano-British
Trench 1 was not fully excavated to the natural brickearth, though where revealed the brickearth was found to be cut by a series of stake holes; two of which yielded Romano-British and Anglo-Norman pottery. Medieval and Post-medieval dumps, levelling episodes and the cobbled remnant of a 19th century stable block floor sealed these features. Trench 2 revealed substantial evidence of domestic [...]
Former Car Clinic, Back of the Walls, Southampton - Archaeological Evaluation Report
Published: 2003-06-01
Subjects: Medieval, Post Medieval
The evaluation partially revealed two ditches, conceivably corresponding to the inner and outer town ditches east of the line of the town wall. These were cut through brickearth. One rim sherd of medieval pottery and ceramic building material were recovered, along with a fragment of bone, from redeposited brickearth lying between the line of the town wall and the inner ditch. No evidence of the [...]
Marine Aggregate Dredging and the Historic Environment Guidance.
Published: 2003-04-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Assessing, evaluating, mitigating and monitoring the archaeological effects of marine aggregate dredging.
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology on the Sea-bed: Marine Aggregate Dredging and the Historic Environment.
Published: 2002-01-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), as part of its commitment to ensuring the environmental sustainability of marine aggregates extraction, has initiated a project with the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) to ensure effective and practical consideration of the historic environment in the licensing of marine aggregate extraction. This [...]