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Warwickshire Museum Field Archaeology Projects Group
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Based in Warwick at Warwickshire Museum Field Services in The Butts, the Field Archaeology Projects Group undertakes all kinds of archaeological research in Warwickshire and neighbouring counties for a mixture of public sector and private clients. During 2007 work took place at over 90 sites and involved a mixture of desktop assessments, historic building recording, fieldwalking and earthwork survey, site evaluations, archaeological excavations, and salvage recording and watching briefs.

Under the direction of the County Archaeologist, the Group employs eleven core staff, a principal field archaeologist, an archaeological operations manager, three archaeological project managers, two project officers, two archaeological illustrators and two senior field technicians. Other excavation staff are employed as necessary and volunteer help is always welcome. The Warwickshire Museum has carried out excavations around Warwickshire since the 1960s and collectively the Group offers unrivalled expertise in the archaeology of Warwickshire.




Excavation of Iron Age settlement at Walton, Wellesbourne

Excavation of an Iron Age settlement at Walton, Wellesbourne
Post-excavation work takes place at the Butts office

Post-excavation work takes place at the Butts Office. Site drawings are prepared for publication using a mixture of traditional pen and ink and modern computer-assisted techniques
Much of the work carried out results from the requirements of the planning process, and the Group aims to offer a high quality service to developers requiring archaeological work at competitive rates. Current and recent clients include English Heritage, Warwick Castle Ltd, Transco plc, Severn Trent Water Ltd, RMC Western Aggregates, Smiths Concrete, Ennstone Johnston, Wilcon Homes (Midlands) Ltd, Laing Homes Ltd, Birmingham City Council, Coventry City Council, Stratford District Council, Warwick District Council, Warwickshire County Council Resources - Property and Economy and Environment Departments.


Warwickshire Museum Field Services are an Institute of Field Archaeologists Registered Archaeological Organisation.

Contacts

To contact Warwickshire Museum Field Archaeology Projects Group click here.
Surveying deserted medieval settlement earthworks at Hunningham

Surveying deserted medieval settlement earthworks at Hunningham
Current and Recent Projects

To find out more about some recent archaeological projects click here.


Project Reports


All projects carried out result in written reports. Those with important archaeological results are also published in archaeological journals, mainly the Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society.

Annual summary reports of the group's fieldwork are produced and short summaries are also published in West Midlands Archaeology, Britannia, Medieval Archaeology, Post-medieval Archaeology and the Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report.

To see lists of project reports from 1999 to 2007 and annual summary reports from 1999 to 2007 click here
foundation trench across the warwick medieval town ditch

Warwick, Kings High School 2002 - Observation of foundation trench across the medieval town ditch






Field Archaeology Projects Group, Warwickshire Museum Field Services
The Butts, Warwick, CV34 4SS Tel: 01926 412280/412278 Fax: 01926 412974
E-mail: fieldarchaeology@warwickshire.gov.uk