Unlocking the Past: Archaeology from Aggregates in Worcestershire

This project was undertaken by Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service (WHEAS) and funded by English Heritage through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund programme. Local group and museum collections from aggregate production areas of south Worcestershire were assessed as part of a project designed to 'unlock' their potential. Many of these had never been studied previously, while others warranted re-consideration in the light of limitations of previous analysis and/or advances in archaeological knowledge and techniques of analysis.

Assessment of the collections has identified several regionally important assemblages and numerous lesser assemblages along with one nationally significant archive collection, that from Cruso Hencken's excavations at Bredon Hill 1935-7.