wessexarchaeology

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting to carry out an archaeological evaluation of land scheduled for development at Pococks Field, Kings Drive, Eastbourne Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex which is centred on NGR 560250 100500. A total of eight archaeological test-pits were excavated (six hand-dug and two machine dug) which all contained a consistent sequence of colluvium overlyi...

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting to undertake a programme of archaeological trial trenching on land located at Copland Community School, High Road, Wembley, London Borough of Brent, Greater London, hereafter referred to as ‘the Site’. The land is to be developed as a new school on an area of approximately 1.1ha centred on NGR 518750, 185150. No archaeological sites or fin...

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting on behalf of George Wimpey, South Midlands to undertake an archaeological field evaluation of 3ha of land adjacent to Houghton Road and located to the west of Orchard House, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, NGR 529925, 272365. The area either side of the Houghton Road has previously produced numerous findspots of prehistoric worked flint. In the m...

Gardiner and Theobald LLP commissioned Wessex Archaeology in London to undertake an archaeological evaluation at the Godolphin and Latymer School, Iffley Road, London W8, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, at NGR: 522970, 178860. The evaluation was undertaken as a condition of planning consent for the development of the site from disused land immediately to the north of St. Johns...

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to carry out an archaeological watching brief on works at the former Forest Lodge School site in Collier Row, Romford centred on NGR Ref 549250, 191728. The watching brief was carried out as a condition attached to a planning consent from the London Borough of Havering for the redevelopment of the Site to provide residential properties. Large parts of the Si...

Wessex Archaeology in London was engaged by Zaks Ltd to undertake an archaeological watching brief during the machine excavation of trenches for poured concrete foundations at the former Cockneys Public House, 610 Old Kent Road, in the London Borough of Southwark, centred on NGR 534250/177750. Remains dating to the Romano-British and post-medieval periods were revealed during an archaeological...

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Environ UK Ltd, to undertake an archaeological excavation at Site C, Snelshall East, Milton Keynes, NGR 483494,233268. The excavation followed three previous phases of work by Wessex Archaeology comprising Desk-Based Assessment, Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Evaluation and comprised the final fieldwork stage to fulfil the archaeological condition o...

The ALSF Round 2 Wrecks on the Seabed study (Wessex Archaeology, 2006b) highlighted that there may be merit in developing a clearer understanding of the relationships between marine archaeological sites and their associated benthic ecology. These relationships are particularly relevant in the context of archaeological mitigation strategies generally adopted for wreck sites within aggregate extr...

Two panel produced for national archaeology week.

Do you know your pottery? This sheet was produced as a simple guide to dating pottery.