Bournemouth University Archaeological Research Consultancy
Protecting the past, supporting the future
During the month of July, Bournemouth Archaeology was involved in an exciting Festival of British Archaeology project in collaboration with the New Forest National Park Authority as part of their wider Heritage Lottery Funded ‘New Forest Remembers – Untold Stories of World War II’ project. This project was established in 2012 to address the lack… Read more » about New Forest Remembers – Park Farm Dig, Hampshire
This week the Bournemouth Archaeology team, all kitted out in our new branded polo shirts, attended the RegenSW Bournemouth Renewable Energy Marketplace at Bournemouth’s International Centre, the biggest renewable energy exhibition and conference in south England. Like any development, the construction of renewable energy infrastructure can be impacted on by the presence of archaeology, so… Read more » about Bournemouth Archaeology and the Renewable Energy Sector
Over a very wet and cold winter Bournemouth Archaeology has been working on a geophysical survey in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, on the supposed site of the Benedictine Abbey around which the village grew. Following liaison with English Heritage and the granting of a Section 42 licence our geophysical survey team have been carrying out a… Read more » about Cerne Abbas Archaeological Investigations Project, Dorset
Bournemouth Archaeology has just completed an archaeological mitigation project for one of the UK’s largest solar PV installations, situated at Shelswell Park, near Bicester in Oxfordshire. The 15ha site will have around 18,000 solar panels and will be capable of generating enough electricity to power around 1,000 homes.