The M74 publication on the Birth of Glasgow has won the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s award for 'Best Commercial Publication'. This was a multi-million pound project in the heart of Glasgow undertaken jointly by Headland Archaeology and JV partners Pre-Construct Archaeology with Michael Neville pulling...
How many roads must an archaeologist walk down before we can say that the archaeological potential of the site has been adequately characterised? And how many turbines does it take to ensure that the renewables target will be met by 2020? Whilst the answers to...
'Great projects, amazing locations and a great team of archaeologists are what make all the difference, and if the project can make a substantive contribution to our understanding of the past, then so much the better. Inchmarnock was one of those projects: an uninhabited island,...
Headland is currently working on three of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe and there are some unique opportunities for staff of all grades from excavators to senior managers (visit our careers page). The team is growing very rapidly and we haven’t seen this level of activity since...
A major monograph has just been published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The Birth of Industrial Glasgow: the Archaeology of the M74 describes the findings of excavations along the route of the new road extension linking the M74 with the M8 which now cuts through...
Picture the scene: a cold Winter’s day, a biting north-easterly wind with occasional snow flurries. It’s early afternoon on Thursday 25th January 2001. The team has been on site now for just over two weeks, monitoring topsoil stripping on behalf of Muir Construction for an...
We were very pleased to attend the official opening of the Vine Farm Solar Park in Cambridgeshire, given our long-term involvement in the project's enabling works. Vine Farm, one of the biggest solar parks in the UK, is owned by Baywa.re Renewable Energy, who having built the park, will...
In summer 2015 we had the rare opportunity to excavate St Peter's burial ground in Blackburn. Headland was commissioned by Capita on behalf of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in advance of the construction of the Freckleton Street Link Road in Blackburn. St Peter’s burial ground was opened in 1821 and saw...
Archaeological excavations by our south & east-based team have unearthed an early Norman house thought to date from the 11th Century. The dig is taking place in the village of Cheveley near Newmarket, close to the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border; ahead of a new housing development. Headland's team have...
The historic origins of Edinburgh’s Gorgie are being revealed as Headland's team digs into the foundations of an industrial mill. The site is being excavated in advance of redevelopment for student accommodation by ‘UK Student Accommodation 1 Limited’ in response to a condition of planning...