Hailed as the birthplace of the city, excavations on the site of Sheffield Castle have revealed archaeological features and structures that heat up the city’s industrial heritage ..read more

In 1963 a small-scale archaeological excavation took place on the site of HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire when it was a different institution with items found dating back to the Bronze Age. Sixty years later men from HMP Erlestoke, now a category C prison, have been taking part in a community dig with a difference ..read more

Work to begin excavating the site of Sheffield Castle as part of Sheffield City Council’s Castlegate regeneration project, which will see a section of the castle’s remains permanently displayed for the first time in more than four centuries. Throughout April and May 2024, the community is invited to experience and discover the site’s archaeology first-hand ..read more

An area of buried prehistoric woodland, plant and insect remains, has been discovered on land cared for by the National Trust on Exmoor in Somerset ..read more

Wessex Archaeology has made the Historic England's First World War Submarine Wreck Project report available for free download ..read more

Winter storms don’t just cause havoc for modern infrastructure; they also have the potential to damage historic structures, as seen at North Berwick Harbour, where the harbour walls were breached during Storm Babet in November 2023. These weather events also uncover buried archaeology along our coastlines. The removal of sediment from the shoreline can expose archaeology or indeed disperse the remains of underwater heritage sites, from shipwrecks to crashed aircraft ..read more

Archaeological discoveries from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated for National Grid’s Viking Link project - the world’s longest land and subsea interconnector sharing energy with the continent - feature in BBC’s Digging for Britain this January ..read more

Our archaeologists, working in the basement below the National Trust's 18th-century Bath Assembly Rooms, have revealed the remains of a rare Cold Bath ..read more

As the third and final season of Operation Nightingale excavations at Avon Camp comes to a close, our Technical Specialist Phil Andrews talks grave goods, a deviant burial, and a sword bead with no sword, in this round up of excavations at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Avon Camp ..read more

As part of ongoing work with Operation Nightingale, Technical Specialist Phil Andrews discusses how the recent excavations at the deserted village of Imber revealed a poignant slice of agricultural life ..read more