A team from Headland's Edinburgh office has recently discovered the remains of a medieval knight or noble in the car park of the former University of Edinburgh's Archaeology department, coincidently where most of the team studied. The burial relates to the Dominican Friary built on...
Headland’s discovery of a 19th century mort-safe in West Bromwich has hit the headlines across the West Midlands following its appearance in Grave Trade on the History Channel on Tuesday night. The story has featured on the BBC and ITV websites....
Headland's osteologists Tegan Daly and Jason Murphy will feature in the first episode of the History Channel’s new series about death and burial, 'Grave Trade'. The programme features the excavation by Headland Archaeology of a ‘mort-safe’ at a 19th century Baptist cemetery in West Bromwich....
For the past 3 months, staff from Headland Archaeology's South & East team have been excavating a 3.5ha Romano-British industrial settlement site in advance of the construction of a reservoir in Woburn, Bedfordshire. Evaluative work undertaken by Headland in late 2011 identified that the densely...
Headland is currently in the process of undertaking a post-excavation analysis and publication of a multi-period site excavated by Headland in 2011 as part of the advance archaeological works for the Forth Replacement Crossing. In conjunction with the presentation of the initial results of the...
Headland on behalf of our client Watkin Jones Group is pleased to invite the general public to join the archaeological team on site at West Tollcross, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh where current excavations are taking place revealing several 19th century industrial buildings. The site will be open...
Headland Archaeology Project Manager James Newboult was joined by our client Nic Rumsey of Carisbrooke Investments for an interview with BBC West Suffolk radio. The interview will feature in two programmes. The first will be aired between 7:15 and 7:30 on Monday 9th July and the...
Headland's South & East office is now 8 weeks into our excavation at Haverhill in Suffolk. We have revealed a multi-phase rural Roman settlement comprising enclosures, post-built structures, round and rectangular buildings. These phases of settlement will, upon analysis reveal much about the transition from...
Headland Archaeology's South & East team are undertaking excavation of a Romano-British settlement at Haverhill, Suffolk. The work has already attracted some positive attention in the local press: Haverhill Research Park and Haverhill Echo. Evidence revealed suggests the multi-phase site is centred around a hilltop rectilinear...