Headland Archaeology Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RSK Group. Headland provides archaeological services and heritage advice to the construction industry.
Company history
Headland Archaeology Ltd was established in 1996. Headquartered in Edinburgh, this company expanded as a provider of commercial archaeology services in the UK. Expansion into the Irish market led to the establishment of Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd in 2000, in County Cork.
Restructuring of the companies in May and June 2008 involved the renaming of Headland Archaeology Ltd as Headland Group Limited. A new company, Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited, was founded at this time to give, in conjunction with Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd, a coherent structure to the group based on trading areas.
The acquisition of Hereford-based Archaeological Investigations Ltd in 2010http://www.herefordshirepartnership.com/documents/Bulletin_-_May_10.pdf Accessed 20 September 2012 expanded its UK operation. Archaeological Investigations Ltd was subsequently assimilated as a regional office of Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited by October 2010,http://www.headlandarchaeology.com/news.html Accessed 20 September 2012 with the underlying company dissolved in September 2012. The company opened a southeast office in 2011, initially in Leighton Buzzard later moving to Silsoe in Bedfordshire, and a northern office based in Beeston, Leeds in 2015. In December 2011, there was a management buyout of Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd.
The Headland Group was acquired by the RSK Group in March 2019 but continues to trade as Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited.
Registered archaeological organisation
By 2001, Headland Archaeology Ltd had become a Registered Archaeological OrganisationInstitute for Field Archaeologists 2001 Yearbook and Directory. Cathedral Communications Ltd with the Institute for Archaeologists (reference number RAO40). This registration has been continued and was transferred to Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited during the company re-organisation in 2008.
Projects
The following are a selection of Headland Archaeology projects.
Major projects UK A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme M74 northern extension to M8, 19th century urban and industrial sitesDrew, D, 2011 'The Glasgow I used to know', Henry Ling: Dorset Scottish Parliament, EdinburghHolyrood Archaeology Project Team (2008) Scotland's Parliament Site and the Canongate archaeology and history. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The Newbridge chariot, EdinburghCarter, S. and F. Hunter (2003), Antiquity 77, pp. 531-535. Verreville Glass and Pottery Works, Glasgow The Inchmarnock Project, monastic settlement, Argyll and ButeLowe, Chris 2008 Inchmarnock. An Early Historic Island and its archaeological landscape, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Whithorn Priory, a Medieval priory
Ireland Carlow Bypass N9/N10Finding Hidden People - the Archaeology of a Current Road Project: N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme. Retrieved: 21 December 2022.Paying Respects: The Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of an Early-Middle Bronze Age Cremation Cemetery from Ballybar Lower, Co. Carlow - N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme. Retrieved: 21 December 2022. N25 Waterford BypassEogan, J & Twohig, E (2011), Cois tSiuire - nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir Valley, NRA Scheme Monographes 8, National Roads Authority: Dublin N7 Dual Carriageway Nenagh to Limerick
Archaeological excavations
Dubton Farm, Brechin, Angus. A wood-lined souterrain inside an Iron Age roundhouse. Balblair Cist, Beauly, near Inverness, Bronze Age burial cairnDutton, A., Clapperton, K. and S. Carter (2007). ‘Rock art from a Bronze Age burial at Balblair, near Inverness.’ Proceedings of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries 137, pp. 117-136 Bewell Street, Hereford Burgh by Sands, Aballava, Hadrian's Wall Roman fort Carrowkeel, N6 road scheme, Ireland. Early Christian and medieval settlement and cemeteryB. Wilkins and S. Lalone (2009), 'An early medieval settlement/cemetery at Carrowkeel, Co. Calway.' The Journal of Irish Archaeology, vol. XVII, pp. 57-83. Cowgate, Edinburgh. Medieval town wallDalland, M. (2004) '144-166 Cowgate.' Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, p. 52. Doune, Stirling, Roman fortMoloney, C. (1999) 'Doune Primary School, Doune (Kilmadock Parish), Roman Fort, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland p. 87 Captain's Cabin, Dunbar, East Lothian, multi-phase settlementMoloney, C. (2001) New evidence for the origins and evolution of Dunbar; excavations at the Captain's Cabin, Castle Park, Dunbar, East Lothian, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland 131, pp. 283-318 Cathedral Close, Hereford CathedralBoucher A, Craddock-Bennett L, & Daly T. 2015 Death in the Close: A medieval Mystery Edinburgh: Headland Archaeology Gasswater, East Ayrshire, medieval turf buildingBaker, L (2000) 'Gasswater Opencast Coal Scheme, Cronberry', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, p. 23 Giles Street, Leith, Edinburgh. Medieval remains Holm, Inverness, Bronze Age cists Grassmarket, Edinburgh Hackness battery, Longhope, Orkney Shanzie Souterrain, Alyth, Perthshire. Iron Age underground structureColeman, R and Hunter, F (2002) "The excavation of a souterrain at Shanzie Farm, Alyth, Perthshire" Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal vol 8 (2002), 77-101. Straiton Quarry, Newport-on-Tay, Fife. Bronze Age cremation burials Park Square Campus, University of Bedfordshire, Luton Perceton, North Ayrshire, Medieval Manor Upper Forth Crossing, Kincardine, Clackmannan. Prehistoric and medieval remains Queensferry Crossing, Edinburgh and Fife. Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, and medieval remains
Environmental archaeology Clonycavan Man, Ireland Geoarchaeological Regional Review of Marine Deposits along the Coastline of Southern EnglandTimpany, S, 2009 Geoarchaeological Regional Review of Marine Deposits along the coastline of Southern England. English Heritage, Research Department Report Series 4-2009 ISSN 1749-8775 Isle of Bute Master Chronology Newrath, County Kilkenny, multi period wetland site N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford scheme, pH analysis of burnt mounds Old Croghan Man, Ireland Ötzi, The Tyrolean Ice man, analysis of his last mealHolden, T G 2002 The food remains from the colon of the Tyrolean Ice Man, in Dobney, K & O’Connor, T (eds.) Bones and the Man: Studies in honour of Don Brothwell. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 35-40
Heritage management Irish Battlefields Project Ewyas Harold Priory, HerefordshireKimber, M 2012 A Tale of Two Priories in Ewyas. Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd. Edinburgh
Historic buildings
The Arnol Blackhouses, Isle of LewisHolden T 2004 The Blackhouses of Arnol. Historic Scotland Research Report. Edinburgh The Dirleton Radar Station, East LothianHolden, T & Brown, I 2008 ‘A Wartime Legacy: Dirleton Radar Station’. Transactions of the East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists Society. XXVII, 117-130 Dunnet, Brotchie's farm steading, CaithnessHolden, T 2003 'Brotchie's Steading (Dunnet parish), iron age and medieval settlement; post-medieval farm', Discovery Excav Scot, 4, 2003, 85-6. Gasworks, Kilkenny, Ireland. Retort house Kerse House, Grangemouth,Robertson, A 2012 The rediscovery of ‘Carss Castell’: A medieval hall-house within, Kerse House, Grangemouth. Vernacular Building 36, pp. 41-60 country house of Sir Lawrence Dundas Kisimul Castle, Isle of Barra Moirlanich Longhouse, Killin, thatching & vernacular building.Holden, T G 2012 Moirlanich Longhouse, Killin: Changing techniques in thatching. Vernacular Building 35, 39-47. Temple Mains Farm, Innerwick, farm steading, East Lothian Waverley Mill, Galashiels
Industrial archaeology Madelvic works, Edinburgh Mount Pleasant Pipeworks, Woodville, DerbyshireCradock-Bennett, L (2007) ‘John Knowles & Co. Mount Pleasant Works, Woodville Woodlands’, Hereford Archaeology Series - Archaeological Investigation and history of the works, ref 757, 969. ROF Rotherwas, Hereford Shrubhill Tram Depot, EdinburghBain, K (2008b) 'Shrub Hill Transport Depot, City of Edinburgh (Edinburgh parish), evaluation', Discovery Excav Scot, New, vol.9
Maritime archaeology City of Adelaide clipper - laser scanAtkinson, D 2012 Laser Scan Survey and Historic Vessels, The IFA Yearbook Vol 12, pp. 18 Leamington Wharf, Union Canal, EdinburghColeman, R (2000), 'Union Canal, Leamington Wharf', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, p. 57. A Zulu Herring Drifter at the Scottish Fisheries Museum - laser scan
References
External links http://www.headlandarchaeology.com