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Bath Abbey
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05.06.2018

Bath Abbey Footprint Project

Wessex Archaeology is working below Bath Abbey recording the foundations and the earlier archaeology including Saxon burials and Romano-British remains. The Bath Abbey Footprint Project is a Heritage Lottery Fund project to repair the Abbey’s collapsing floor, install a new eco-friendly heating system using Bath’s hot springs, and provide new, imp...
Excavation on site at MOD Durrington
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01.03.2018

MOD Durrington

On the site of the former MOD Headquarters in Durrington, a programme of archaeological excavation and watching brief (2000−2012) was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology ahead of the site being redeveloped into residential housing by Persimmon Homes South Coast. This revealed archaeological evidence spanning thousands of years and as far back as the l...
Recording the intertidal wreck Maidens
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29.01.2018

Project SAMPHIRE

Wessex Archaeology's Project SAMPHIRE (Scottish Atlantic Maritime Past: Heritage, Investigation, Research and Education) was a great success with over 100 new sites revealed and recorded through the innovative approach to community engagement. Project SAMPHIRE, which was funded by The Crown Estate Stewardship Fund, also won the prestigious Eur...
Diver taking measurements in the English Channel
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29.01.2018

Diving Contracts for National Curators

Undertaking work on marine heritage assets on behalf of Historic England, Cadw, Department of the Environment Northern Ireland and Historic Environment Scotland. This work has involved the archaeological assessment of many wreck sites, either to assess their significance as a precursor to possible scheduling, protection or designation, to undertake...
Geophysical survey in advance of High Speed Two
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24.01.2018

High Speed Two

HS2 is Europe’s largest infrastructure project. It includes the biggest track-building programme seen in the UK since the Victorian era. It also affords the opportunity for the country’s largest ever archaeological investigation. Wessex Archaeology has undertaken extensive geophysical survey work and is currently opening hundreds of evaluation tren...