Reports on our historic England funded projects
Archaeology National Mapping Programme
Cotswold Hills NMP report 2011 (PDF, 8.5 MB)
Frampton On Severn NMP report 2007 (PDF, 4.6 MB)
Leadon Valley NMP report 2008 (PDF, 3.6 MB)
SE Warkwickshire and Cotswolds HLS NMP report 2013 (PDF, 9.4 MB)
Severn Estuary RCZAS NMP report 2008 (PDF, 3.9 MB
Severn Vale NMP report 2016 (PDF, 9.1 MB)
Turning the Plough Two update report 2012 (PDF, 2.5 MB)
Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
Severn RCZAS Phase 1 report v3 2009 (PDF, 10 MB)
Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 2010 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Severn RCZAS Phase2a pilot report 2010 (PDF, 3.1 MB)
Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 2013 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Severn RCZAS Vol 1 main text 2013 (PDF, 5.9 MB)
Severn RCZAS Vol 2 Plates 2013 (PDF, 19.8 MB)
Severn RCZAS Vol 3 Appendices 2013 (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Archived Projects
Historic Landscape Characterisation
Forest of Dean Archaeological Survey
Stage 1 report (PDF, 5.2 MB)
Stage 1 Report Appendices (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Stage 2 Report (PDF, 7.4 MB)
Stage 2 Appendix P (PDF, 2.1 MB)
Stage 2 Appendix Ri (PDF, 2 MB)
Stage 2 Appendix Rii (PDF, 10.9 MB)
Scowles Report (PDF, 41.9 MB)
Forest of Dean Survey Stage 3A - Lidar (PDF, 25.6 MB)
Forest of Dean Survey Stage 3B phase 1 (PDF, 19.5 MB)
Forest of Dean Survey Stage 3B phase 2 (PDF, 25.6 MB)
Forest of Dean Archaeological Research Framework 2017 (PDF, 8.3 MB)
Woodland Archaeology Seminar
1 Angela Simco woodland seminar paper (PDF, 3 MB)
2 Jonathan Wordsworth woodland seminar paper (PDF, 4.7 MB)
3 John Roberts woodland seminar paper (PDF, 597.2 KB)
Session 1: Digest of the discussion and comments (PDF, 24.6 KB)
1 Jim McNeil woodland seminar paper (PDF, 1008.8 KB)
2 Nicola Bannister woodland seminar paper (PDF, 1.5 MB)
3 Tim Hoverd woodland seminar paper (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Session 2: Digest of the discussion and comments (PDF, 22.4 KB)
Past landscapes beneath the trees
This conference discussed recent developments in the way lidar can be used to identify archaeological sites in woodland. Lidar is a form of aerial survey in which short pulses of laser energy are fired from an aircraft towards the ground, and the time taken for these to be reflected back to the aircraft is measured. This information can be used to create accurate maps of the topography of the ground surface and recent developments in the way the data is processed can separate out the laser pulses which had not been blocked by the trees. This has enabled the micro-topography of the ground surface, normally concealed by woodland cover, to be mapped and has revolutionised the speed with which archaeologists can identify and record possible archaeological features which survive as earthworks within woodland.
Past Landscapes Beneath the Trees Programme - September 2010 (PDF, 123.8 KB)
Past Landscapes Beneath the Trees Morning Session - September 2010 (PDF, 15.8 MB)
Past Landscapes Beneath the Trees Afternoon Session - September 2010 (PDF, 19.7 MB)
Read more about Lidar from the Foresty Commission and Historic England.