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.
Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London Borough of Camden - Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design
Published: 2023-02-01
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological evaluation and excavation prior to below ground works associated with a basement extension to The Shaftesbury Theatre. The archaeological investigations were carried out at The Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London Borough of Camden WC2H 8DP, centred on NGR 530132 181352. The evaluation comprised the excavation [...]
Annual Report to BMAPA 2021-2022
Published: 2023-02-01
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.
Heatherside Junior School, Fleet, Hampshire - Ground Penetrating Radar Survey Report
Published: 2023-01-01
Subjects: Geophysical Survey
A Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey was conducted over land at Heatherside Junior School, Fleet, Hampshire (centred on NGR 481097 153477). The site comprises a grass school playing field, within the town of Fleet, 6 km west of the town of Farnborough, Hampshire, covering an area of 670 sq. m. The ground penetrating radar survey identified anomalies of archaeological origin, and those [...]
75 The Avenue, Southampton - Archaeological Evaluation Report
Published: 2023-01-01
Subjects: 20th Century, Palaeolithic, Post Medieval
The trial trench evaluation revealed no evidence for any archaeological features or artefacts predating the late post-medieval and recent/modern periods, and features that were recorded can be shown to relate to buildings or property boundaries shown on the 1st and latter editions of Ordnance Survey mapping and predating the use of the site in the modern era as a car dealership. No evidence was [...]
Dredged Up - Issue 32
Published: 2023-01-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Archaeology Finds Reporting Service Magazine Issue 32 Spring 2023
Landscape Improvement Project, Godlingston Hall, Ulwell, Swanage, Dorset - Archaeological Watching Brief
Published: 2022-12-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief during the excavations associated with the replacement of the current overhead 11kV and 33kV electricity cables with underground cables as part of a landscape improvement programme. The trenches into which the new cables were to be laid were to be excavated by means of a mole plough. In consultation with the [...]
East Leeds Orbital Route, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design
Published: 2022-12-01
Subjects: Early Medieval, Iron Age, Medieval, Romano-British
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake archaeological works along the East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR), a 7 km-long road connecting the A6120 Outer Ring Road at Red Hall in the north-west to the new Manston Lane Link Road at Thorpe Park in the south-east (the ‘Scheme’). The route extends from NGR 434320 438569 (SE 34320 38569) to 438323 434624 (SE 38323 34624).
A303 Sparkford to Ilchester Dualling Scheme, Somerset - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2022-12-01
Subjects: Iron Age, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Romano-British
Archaeological remains dating from the Mesolithic to post-medieval periods were recorded, covering approximately 8,000 years of human history. The earliest evidence from the excavation dates to the earlier prehistoric period, probably the Mesolithic or Early Neolithic, and was represented by a small group of worked flints found residually within later features. These finds, including tools and a [...]
Old Sarum Cottages, Portway, Salisbury, Wiltshire - Archaeological Evaluation
Published: 2022-10-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological evaluation, to fulfil the planning condition requirements attached to the development of the Site. The Site comprised a 0.1-hectare parcel, adjacent to Old Sarum Cottages, The Portway, Salisbury, Wiltshire (centred on NGR 414573, 133323). The works consisted of the excavation of three evaluation trenches, which did not reveal any [...]
Land to rear of Barclays Bank, Mount Folly, Bodmin - Archaeological Watching Brief
Published: 2022-10-01
Subjects: Post Medieval
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief during groundworks associated with the erection of three residential dwellings on land to the rear of Barclays Bank, Mount Folly, Bodmin, Cornwall. The stripping of soil within the specified areas onto the underlying natural geology was monitored. Four archaeological features were recorded consisting of two [...]
Hallgate Lane, Pilsley, Derbyshire - Archaeological Watching Brief Report
Published: 2022-10-01
Subjects: Early Medieval, Iron Age
The watching brief has revealed the continuation of former field boundary ditches recorded in evaluation trenches 1 and 2. Radiocarbon dating of environmental material has revealed that these ditches were of Late Iron Age date. The environmental assemblages may be indicative of the burning of turves for fuel. A wheat grain recovered from one of the ditches was also radiocarbon dated and found to [...]
Epperstone Water Pipeline, Chapel Lane, Nottinghamshire - Archaeological Watching Brief
Published: 2022-09-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake a watching brief on works associated with the installation of a new water main. The pipeline crossed around 500 m of agricultural land, north of Epperstone, Nottinghamshire and centred on NGR SK 65184 49333. The natural mid-reddish brown silty clay substrate was reached 0.2–0.4 m below ground level within the service channel, sealed beneath [...]
Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2022-09-01
Subjects: 20th Century, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Eight ditches, four pits and two quarry pits were recorded during the excavation, with a further six pits and a posthole identified during a trial trench evaluation in 2021. Four of the pits, all of which were small and shallow, are attributable to the later Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. Two pairs of shallow, truncated ditches probably formed the remains of trackways, at least one of which was [...]
Ashington Station Platform, Ashington, Northumberland - Historic Building Record
Published: 2022-09-01
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
Northumberland County Council have requested that a Historic England Level 1 (basic visual) historic building record be made of the platform and wall prior to their demolition.
Oadby to Arnesby (Leicestershire) Trunk Main Renewal - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2022-09-01
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
Iron Age features, principally ditches, and an 18th or 19th-century brick kiln had been identified along the pipeline route by earlier magnetometer survey and evaluation trenching. These features formed the focus of the archaeological mitigation works. A watching brief was maintained on a further five areas. Remains identified within these comprised an alluvial feature, a boundary of probable [...]