Archaeological strip, map and sample

Strip, map and sample | Strip, map and record | excavation

Archaeological excavation, otherwise known as strip, map and sample or strip, map and record usually takes place as the result of an imposed Planning Condition by a Local Authority (in line with Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework), or part of Scheduled Monument or Listed Building Consent.

An excavation usually occurs due the the detection of preserved archaeological remains during the evaluation process, or as the result of significant remains being uncovered during a Watching Brief and is used as a mitigation strategy to deal with the archaeological remains present before the development proceeds.

Usually, a mechanical excavator will remove the modern overburden from the investigation area under archaeological supervision. Once the archaeological remains are observed, the remainder will be excavated by hand and recorded. 

A scheme will usually also require specialist analysis such as environmental sample analysis, pottery analysis etc. A client will be provided with a list of all specialists utilised by us in this process.

Excavation may also produce the need for publication (again usually a Planning Condition) which Vindomora Solutions Ltd undertake in-house.

Vindomora Solutions Ltd offer a full excavation and publication service, calling on a number of specialists (where required) to make sure the work is completed as soon as possible to the highest quality in order to inform the planning process.

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See Section 16 for archaeology and heritage

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The Blair Mick Project...

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Test pitting the Causey West Bank Haulage Engine yesterday and today to check for solid structures beneath the rubble.

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Its amazing what can be found in modern clearance cairns (piles of stone cleared from the local area by farmers/landowners). In this one was this lovely likely Neolithic/Bronze Age cup-marked stone (unrecorded in the area), as well as the remnant of a stone marked as 'standing stone' in the Historic Environment Record...

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Its amazing what can be found in modern clearance cairns (piles of stone cleared from the local area by farmers/landowners). In this one was this lovely likely Neolithic/Bronze Age cup-marked stone (unrecorded in the area), as well as the remnant of a stone marked as `standing stone` in the Historic Environment Record...

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The Long Stone on Longstone Hill, Northumberland. The 1866 mapping shows the stone, but it does not appear in the Northumberland County Council Historic Environment Record for the area. The stone lies north of a Bronze Age funerary cairn field (Scheduled).

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The Long Stone on Longstone Hill, Northumberland. The 1866 mapping shows the stone, but it does not appear in the Northumberland County Council Historic Environment Record for the area. The stone lies north of a Bronze Age funerary cairn field (Scheduled).

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The 'Shepherd's Cairn' on Lucker Moor, Northumberland. Described in the Historic Environment Record as a Post-medieval funerary monument.

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The `Shepherd`s Cairn` on Lucker Moor, Northumberland. Described in the Historic Environment Record as a Post-medieval funerary monument.

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'Archaeopup' Luna popped into the office this morning, but decided she didn't fancy helping with the latest report writing...

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`Archaeopup` Luna popped into the office this morning, but decided she didn`t fancy helping with the latest report writing...

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