To aid ongoing research into the Bronze Age crouched burials of Oxfordshire, we used 3D photogrammetry surveying to maximise the data collected and allow our experts, and anyone else who might be interested, to study each individual in detail and from the comfort of their desk.
Read MoreThe archaeological investigations at Cholsey have finally come to an end and our multi-office team have returned to their London, Cambridge, Newark and Warwick offices to enjoy their next adventure.
Read MoreA wonderful compilation of aerial footage across various sites by our UAS operator Ryan.
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Joe Brooks’ LAMAS presentation on the Great Kitchen at Westminster Abbey, revealed during 2017-2018 excavations in advance of the redevelopment of the Adrian Boult Music School, Westminster.
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is nature and we’ve asked staff to submit photos which we’ll be sharing this week to lift everyone’s spirits!
Read MoreLast week we looked at the recording side of archaeology and mentioned the quantities and detail of data produced on a site this scale. This week, as we bring the onsite investigations towards their conclusion, we thought it was time to provide some of our initial broad-brush findings.
Read MoreOur MHFA team have witnessed first-hand what an impact the pandemic has had on people’s mental health. Seeing the stress of lockdown and working during a pandemic has strengthened our resolve to keep a strong network of support going for any staff who are struggling and need someone to talk to. In order to strengthen that support network, we now have more trained MHFA members on the team, ready to listen and give support to staff whenever they need it.
Read MoreAs our investigations at Cholsey come to a close, we thought we’d take the opportunity this week, to focus on an aspect of archaeology often ignored, the site archive. While everyone enjoys the excitement of finding new things, we are also in the process of data collection with every feature, deposit and investigation given unique identification numbers.
Read MoreWe undertook preliminary desk-based assessment and multiple phases of fieldwork from 2016 to 2020 ahead of this major road scheme. We are now in the final stages of work on the project, carrying out analysis and preparing a publication of the historic glassworks site excavated. Details of our investigations have just been uploaded onto the Sunderland City Council website.
Our DBA showed that the proposed road crossed the former sites of a brick and tile works, Deptford Chemical Works, Wear Bottle Works, various shipyards, Vulcan Iron Works, Lambton Railway, Sunderland Flint Glass Works, Trimdon Iron Works, Hetton Company Railway and a coal depot. Monitoring, watching brief and evaluation ascertained that almost all traces of these had been lost to early 20th century redevelopment.
There were, however, significant remains in other areas, including those of the Sunderland Flint Glass Works, where we found the surviving bases of two glass cones, the chimneys for which can be seen on this lithograph from 1860.
Analysis and further documentary research are currently being undertaken for a paper in Archaoelogia Aeliana which represents the final stage of our work on the project.
See the full article on the Sunderland City Council website here for more details.
