Some of the Archaeology Service field projects

Look below to find out about some of our field projects. For more details, follow the links to the left of this page.

Please select the links on this page for more information on some of our field projects...

Sheinton

Sheinton is a small village about 14km southeast of Shrewsbury. In 2004-6 the Archaeology Service has been working with a local group exploring the archaeology and heritage of Sheinton. We have looked at an Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure and a Roman site close to the village.

The Stiperstones

The Stiperstones hills form part of the upland area of south Shropshire. The area comprises rough moorland and areas of unimproved pasture surrounding ridge-top peaks of frost-shattered tors of distinctive white quartzite sandstone.
In 2003 English Heritage and English Nature agreed to fund an archaeological survey of The Stiperstones hills by the Archaeology Service, Shropshire County Council. The principal aim of the survey was to map and assess the archaeological remains on the hills. The survey consisted of desk-based research and a field survey using Global Positioning System (GPS) survey equipment, and was carried out between October 2003 and March 2004. The survey recorded over 1500 archaeological features dating from the early Bronze Age through to the post-medieval period.

Acton Scott Heritage Project

This is a two year, Heritage Lottery Fund community project run by the Archaeology Service of Shropshire County Council. Community volunteers are taking part in a range of archaeological and historical techniques including surveying, field walking, excavation, historical research and interpretation. The aim is to explore major questions about the settlement and land use of the parish over the last 3000 years.

St Austin's Street, Shrewsbury

An archaeological field evaluation was carried out in June 2005 by the Archaeology Service, Shropshire County Council, on the former Central Garage site, 7 St Austin Street, Shrewsbury. The site lies within the historic core of the medieval town and in an area that is likely to have been in existence in Anglo-Saxon times and which continued to be developed throughout the medieval and post-medieval periods.

A trench was excavated across the frontage of 7 St Austin’s Street, revealing a series of pits of Anglo-Saxon date sealed by a yard soil of late medieval and early post-medieval date.

A small quantity of Saxon period Stafford-ware pottery was recovered from the site.