Reports
Our reports library includes fieldwork, geophysical, geoarchaeological, marine and post-excavation reports from our archaeological and heritage projects across the UK.
There are 337 Reports listed.
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.
Oliver's Meadow, Gordon's Lodge Farm, Hanslope, Nr Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire - Report on an Archaeological Evaluation and as Assessment of the Results
Published: 2005-10-01
Subjects: Medieval Settlement, Medieval Structure
The results of the Time Team excavations, in conjunction with the ongoing excavations of GLAFS appear to indicate that the two enclosures belong to an enclosed medieval rural settlement. The presence of high status fragments of stonework indicate the presence of a substantial masonry building, but no evidence of this has yet been identified. There is little evidence for activity on the site [...]
Skipsea Grange, Skipsea, Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire - Report on an Archaeological Evaluation and an Assessment of the Results
Published: 2005-09-01
Subjects: Early Medieval Artefacts, Early Medieval Settlement, Iron Age Artefacts, Medieval Artefacts, Medieval Settlement, Post-Medieval Agriculture
The evaluation revealed that the extensive archaeological remains on the site belong to several different phases of activity. The earliest of these appears to date to the Iron Age. Although the sherds of pottery recovered from these features are very similar to sherds of Saxon pottery, there is some evidence to support an Iron Age attribution to these sherds. Small quantities of unstratified [...]
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 [...]
Practical Archaeology Training Course, Down Farm, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset - Excavation Report
Published: 2005-02-01
Subjects: Bronze Age Artefacts, Bronze Age Ceremony, Bronze Age Enclosure, Bronze Age Settlement, Iron Age Artefacts, Iron Age Enclosure, Iron Age Settlement, Romano-British Artefacts
This report summarises the results of all the archaeological investigations to date carried out at Home Field, Down Farm, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset (NGR. ST 9980 1461). It includes the archaeological excavations carried out in Home Field by M. Green (Landowner and archaeologist) between 1985-88 and 1995. A brief summary by M. Green of the results of the 1985/86 excavations have already been [...]
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 [...]
Site C, Snelshall East, Milton Keynes - Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment
Published: 2004-08-01
Subjects: Desk-Based Assessment
It can be shown that the Site has been used for agricultural purposes from at least the medieval period, being situated on the periphery of areas of probable Roman settlement activity, known Anglo Saxon cemetery use and the well documented extent of the Deserted Medieval Village of Tattenhoe. Consequently it recommended that though the Site has little demonstrable potential it may be considered [...]
Hatfield Park Farm, Takeley, Essex - Archaeological Evaluation and Excavation Assessment Report
Published: 2004-08-01
Subjects: Early Medieval Artefacts, Early Medieval Settlement, Prehistoric Artefacts, Romano-British Artefacts
From March to May 2004 Oxford Wessex Archaeology evaluated and excavated the 0.75ha site of the access road entrance and associated working areas to a proposed golf course at Hatfield Park Farm, Takeley, Essex. A number of archaeological features were found concentrated towards the north end of the Site. They consisted principally of ditches and gullies all on the same orientation and all [...]
203 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 - Archaeological Evaluation Report
Published: 2004-06-01
Subjects: No Archaeological Features
Trenches revealed material relating to the destruction of the former Duke of Clarence Public House and its ancillary buildings, prior to which the Site appeared to consist of a top/subsoil horizon overlying a London clay natural. No archaeological features were present on Site and there is thought to be little or no threat to archaeologically significant deposits by the approved development.