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.
Dredged Up - Issue 31
Published: 2022-06-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Archaeology Finds Reporting Service Magazine Issue 31 Autumn 2022
Land at Bordon Garrison, Bordon, Hampshire - Archaeological Evaluation
Published: 2022-05-01
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological evaluation of a 1.91 ha parcel of land located on land at the former Bordon Garrison, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 9HQ. The Site is part of a wider development site. A recent archaeological appraisal of the site had identified two largely linear banks relating to known 19th and 20th century boundaries, although the dating of these [...]
St John's Churchyard, John Street, Bristol - Archaeological Watching Brief
Published: 2022-05-01
Subjects: Post Medieval
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief during intrusive groundworks associated with public realm improvements at St John’s Churchyard, Bristol. The watching brief, undertaken as a condition of faculty approval for the improvement works, covered a 0.06-hectare area, centred on NGR 358847 173178. The archaeological works comprised monitoring the [...]
Northfleet Embankment West - Further Laser Scan and Photogrammetry Survey
Published: 2022-05-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology has been commission to undertake measured surveys of brick structural remains, exposed during the demolition phase of redevelopment works at the former Northfleet Cement Works, Gravesham. A brick kiln structure and associated features (the ‘northern kiln complex’) was exposed centred on NGR 562040 174790 during the ongoing watching brief phase in Area E. Deemed too unstable [...]
Former Fever Ward of Hexham Workhouse, Dene Avenue, Hexham, Northumberland - Historic Building Record and Archaeological Watching Brief Report
Published: 2022-05-01
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
The Fever Ward building presents a significantly altered mid-19th-century structure, originally appearing to have been largely open plan. The original layout of the building would have comprised open wards to each floor, with beds arranged against the walls and a walkway to their centre. Accounts of workhouse conditions attest to often multiple people forced to share single beds, and of the [...]
Market Strand, Falmouth, Cornwall - Archaeological Watching Brief
Published: 2022-05-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief during geotechnical works at Market Strand, Falmouth, Cornwall centred on NGR 180754 032988. The watching brief monitored the excavation of five slip trenches and one hand dug test pit. The geotechnical works were undertaken in order to identify any existing services that may be affected by the re-routing of a [...]
Westwood Cross: Phase 5B, Thanet, Kent - Archaeological Evaluation Report
Published: 2022-04-30
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
A total of 26 archaeological features were recorded in 11 of the 30 excavated trenches, comprising ditches, pits, postholes and a large quarry pit. None of the features could be solidly phased. A large palaeochannel was recorded running through the centre of the area, corresponding with a cropmark seen on aerial photography, and a former chalk quarry pit was identified in the southern corner.
Blenheim Palace: Queen Pool Restoration Project - Survey Data Analysis (Landform Area)
Published: 2022-04-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake analysis and interpretation of airborne LiDAR, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) photogrammetric data, and terrestrial laser scan data at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (NGR: SP 43536 17842). The analysis was required to provide a record of extant archaeological features of an approximately 16.3 ha area of land, prior to deposition of silt dredged from [...]
The Round House, Bridge Street, Evesham - Archaeological Watching Brief and Evaluation
Published: 2022-04-01
Subjects: Post Medieval
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief and evaluation at The Round House, 2 Bridge Street, Evesham, WR11 4RS. The works area is centred on NGR 403721, 243790. Excavations identified archaeological deposits in two test pits comprising brick structures of probable 19th century date, an undated stone structure and post-medieval backfill deposits. The [...]
Old Mills, Paulton, Midsomer North, Bath and North East Somerset - Archaeological Watching Brief
Published: 2022-04-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief of a 13.5 ha parcel of land centred on NGR 365000 155100, at Old Mills, Paulton, Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East Somerset, BS39 7SR. The watching brief comprised the monitoring and recording of nine geotechnical trial pits. No archaeological features or deposits were observed during the watching brief. Three [...]
Southampton Container Terminal Berth Access Dredge
Published: 2022-03-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was appointed to carry out an archaeological watching brief based on the previously prepared and approved written scheme of archaeological works for the proposed capital dredging area within Southampton Water known as the Container Terminal Berth Access Dredge. The project involved the extension of the existing tug manoeuvring area, targeted widening of the existing [...]
The Charter, Gravesend Car Parks, Gravesend, Kent - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2022-02-28
Subjects: 20th Century, Post Medieval
The excavations revealed structural remains associated with the 19th and 20th century activity within the site, with the majority of features recorded on either the 1840’s Tithe Map or the 1866 Ordnance Survey Map. No evidence for earlier activity was recorded during the excavation, although this does not preclude earlier activity within the area as the recorded 19th and 20th century activity [...]
Flowers Barrow, Lulworth, Dorset - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2022-02-10
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
The proposed investigation comprised the hand excavation of three excavation areas (trenches A, B and C) targeting the most at-risk areas of the Scheduled Monument, Flowers Barrow: multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill, Dorset (NHLE 1008141), which is currently on the Heritage at Risk Register (Historic England 2020). Due to the absence of a UXO clearance certificate no [...]
Swindon New Eastern Villages - White Hart Junction, Swindon, Wiltshire - Archaeological Monitoring and Recording
Published: 2022-02-01
Subjects: Iron Age, Post Medieval
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake archaeological monitoring and recording during the upgrade of the existing White Hart roundabout on the A419/A420. The monitored works were centred on NGR 418530 186361, at New Eastern Villages, White Hart Junction, Swindon, SN3 4HG. Five separate areas were monitored during the works; Ermin Way (trenches 1 and 5), the location of the rail [...]
Fort Widley, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Archaeological Watching Brief
Published: 2022-02-01
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief during the digging of a trench to enable the installation of a fibreoptic cable. The monitored works were centred on NGR 465677 106511, at Fort Widley, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3LS. The archaeological monitoring and recording comprised of one trench, 0.6 m x 0.28 m x 0.3 m. Three layers of building material and [...]