Reports
Our reports library includes fieldwork, geophysical, geoarchaeological, marine and post-excavation reports from our archaeological and heritage projects across the UK.
There are 318 Reports listed.
Annual Report to BMAPA 2005-2006
Published: 2006-11-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest.
Defence Estates, Durrington, Wiltshire - Report on Archaeological Field Evaluation
Published: 2006-09-01
Subjects: Iron Age Settlement, Romano-British Settlement
Archaeological features were found in five of the trenches, in the north of the Site, two of these trenches were located in a paddock, the other three were located to the north of the trackway bisecting the field to the rear of the Red House. The recorded features consisted of pits and ditches primarily of Iron Age and Romano-British date. The same area of the Site was found to contain [...]
HMS/m A1, Bracklesham Bay - Designated Site Assessment
Published: 2006-04-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology, Wreck Site
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: Characterisation, 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, Procedure
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 [...]
Nether Poppleton, City of York, Yorkshire - Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
Published: 2005-06-01
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon Artefacts, Medieval Settlement, Medieval Structure, Post-Medieval Settlement, Post-Medieval Structure
The archaeological evaluation was successful in achieving a number of the aims of the project, including establishing the presence of part of the vallum monasteria, the surrounding boundary ditch which encompassed monastic sites. This ditch contained sherds of pottery dated to c. AD 450-850 and is likely to date to the Early/Middle Anglo-Saxon period. The trenches around St. Everilda’s were [...]
St Osyth, Essex - An Archaeological Evaluation and an Assessment of the Results
Published: 2005-06-01
Subjects: Early Medieval Religious Site, Early Medieval Settlement, Medieval Religious Site, Medieval Settlement
Small quantities of prehistoric, Roman and Saxon material were recovered, adding to our scant knowledge of these periods in St Osyths’ history. The Domesday Survey mentions St Osyth, which was clearly a thriving settlement before the founding of the first Abbey on the site in AD 1121. The early medieval period saw a marked expansion in St Osyth’s prosperity and in population. Time Team’s work [...]
St Côme de Fresné, Arromanches, France - Report On An Archaeological Evaluation And An Assessment Of The Results
Published: 2005-04-01
Subjects: Military Artefacts, Modern Structure
The aim of this exercise was to investigate two of the intended objectives of the 1st Battalion of the Dorset Regiment on D-Day - the positions known as Point 54 and Puits d’Herode as part of a programme for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The main aim of these archaeological investigations was to examine these fortified positions in order to establish whether there was any evidence [...]
Wemyss Caves, Fife, Scotland - Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
Published: 2005-03-01
Subjects: Bronze Age Ceremony, Iron Age Ceremony, Medieval Artefacts, Post-Medieval Structure
The Wemyss Caves are well known for their Pictish carvings – the largest single collection of Pictish carvings known – which occur in five of the nine recorded caves. Five trenches were excavated within the interior of three of these caves (Jonathan’s Cave, the Well Cave and Sliding Cave), with a further two trenches sited outside the entrance of Well Cave. Furthermore, a section of the eroding [...]
Picket Farm, Picket Lane, South Perrot, Dorset - Report on an Archaeological Fieldwalking Exercise and Evaluation, and an Assessment of the results
Published: 2005-02-01
Subjects: Bronze Age Ceremony, Neolithic Ceremony, Post-Medieval Agriculture, Romano-British Ceremony
A fieldwalking exercise undertaken as part of the project recovered small quantities of prehistoric, Roman and medieval pottery and prehistoric worked flint, with much larger quantities of Post-medieval pottery and ceramic building material. None of these appeared to show any significant concentrations. A small-scale metal detector survey undertaken in the area of the known concentration of [...]
Chenies Manor, Chenies, Buckinghamshire - An Archaeological Evaluation of a Tudor Manor House and an Assessment of the Results
Published: 2005-01-01
Subjects: Medieval Structure, Post-Medieval Structure
The evaluation revealed evidence for a phase of 12th and 13th century occupation on the Site, in the form of a number of features cut in to the natural drift geology of the site. Two parallel ditches were excavated in Trench 2, whilst removal of areas of the Tudor and Post-medieval garden soil in Trench 12 revealed two substantial features that may represent either pits or ditch termini. [...]
New Moreton Farm, Standish, Gloucestershire - Interim Report on an Archaeological Evaluation
Published: 2004-12-01
Subjects: Iron Age Settlement, Romano-British Funerary Site, Romano-British Settlement
The main evidence for Iron Age activity was recorded in Trench 4, in the form of a penannular gully, c. 15m across with an east facing entrance, probably bounding a roundhouse. As well as a possible entrance structure, a deposit of several Iron Age pots, animal bones, burnt and unburnt stone and other materials had been placed in one of the gully terminals. The gully was subsequently cut by a [...]
South Cliff Farm, South Carlton, Lincolnshire - An Archaeological Evaluation and as Assessment of the Results
Published: 2004-05-01
Subjects: Bronze Age Funerary Site, Early Medieval Funerary Site, Medieval Settlement, Romano-British Agriculture
The archaeological evaluation was designed to investigate the extent and date of an Early-Mid Saxon cemetery, found by a metal detector, and the site of a deserted medieval village at Middle Carlton. The project was undertaken using surface collection at Middle Carlton and the cemetery field with geophysical survey and twelve machine dug trial trenches. The surface collection produced pottery [...]
Myncen and Goldfields Farms, Minchington, Dorset - Assessment of the Results from the Archaeological Evaluation
Published: 2004-05-01
Subjects: Bronze Age Settlement, Iron Age Agriculture, Romano-British Funerary Site
The evaluation comprised a geophysical survey and the excavation of 11 test trenches located to examine geophysical anomalies and known archaeological features previously highlighted in investigations by the East Dorset Antiquarian Society and Bournemouth University.
Whitestaunton Manor House, Whitestaunton, Somerset - An Archaeological Evaluation and an Assessment of the Results
Published: 2004-05-01
Subjects: Romano-British Structure
The evaluation consisted of four trenches excavated within the Scheduled Area to re-examine the remains exposed in 1882. An additional nine evaluation trenches and six areas of geophysical survey were undertaken outside the Scheduled Area, in the grounds of the Manor House and in the fields beyond, in an attempt to locate other structures or features of Roman date and to provide a context for the [...]