Services

Where important finds, groups of finds or remains of environmental importance are discovered during a fieldwork investigation, a developer may be required to undertake specialist study or conservation before a planning condition is signed off. Archaeology Wales has an extensive team of in-house and external specialist with the experience to undertake such work quickly and […]

Specialist services offered by Archaeology Wales’s heritage consultants include ASIDOHL studies (Assessments of the Significance of the Impact of the Development on the Historic Landscape) and detailed Settings Assessments / Assessments of Visual Impact. All Archaeology Wales’s reports are compliant with The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016, and current policies and guidelines of the Welsh

Archaeology Wales staff have taken part in a number of community-led excavations and surveys (field-walking, metal detector, topographical and geophysical), providing on-site training for volunteers from local communities. Our aim is always to equip local groups with an array of new skills and knowledge, enabling them to develop a better understanding of their local heritage

Archaeology Wales staff have taken part in a number of community-led excavations and surveys (field-walking, metal detector, topographical and geophysical), providing on-site training for volunteers from local communities. Our aim is always to equip local groups with an array of new skills and knowledge, enabling them to develop a better understanding of their local heritage

Archaeology Wales has undertaken many desk-based studies of a more specialist nature. These include Conservation Management Plans, which are often undertaken as part of grant applications for Higher Level Environmental Stewardship Agreements, Conditions Surveys of historic buildings and other above ground remains, Heritage Statements, which assess the significance of above ground heritage assets, and Documentary

Archaeology Wales has carried out a wide variety of Desk Based Assessments, Appraisals and Cadw-compliant Historic Impact Assessments/Statements and for developments located across Wales. Our heritage specialists regularly produce detailed and technically accurate reports that help clients reduce unforeseen risks. We are used to assessing the nature and significance of bellow- and above-ground archaeological remains

Where archaeological remains are known to exist or a desk-based study indicates that they might be the next step is usually to cut Evaluation Trenches across the proposed development area. Archaeology Wales is very experienced in this type of work. We can deploy teams quickly and have a strong reputation for the quality and thoroughness

Archaeology Wales regularly organises open days and events to share the results of our work with members of the public. During the open days, tours are given by the people involved in the investigations, while finds and other discoveries are examined and explained at first hand. We use blogs to disseminate the results from some

In cases where excavation is unavoidable, Archaeology Wales will carry out such work to the highest professional standards and within pre-arranged timescales. Each project is run by a dedicated Project Manager, whose job is to co-ordinate all aspects of the work from setup to reporting and archiving. The size of our excavation teams and the

Because geophysical surveys are non-destructive they are often favoured by planning archaeologists as useful tools in assessing the potential of a site, particularly ‘green field’ developments. Archaeology Wales has several members of staff who are skilled in undertaking surveys of this type. For enhanced accuracy we use a ‘pair’ of Fluxgate Gradiometers, but we have