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Allen Archaeology is an independant professional commercial archaeological contractor and consultancy, established in 2005. From initial project design, through to final mitigation and reporting, we always provide the correct solution, within agreed timescales and budgets. With offices in Lincoln, Birmingham, Cambridge and Southampton, we provide a full range of archaeological services on a national basis.
Our key aim, from initial consultation to the fulfilling of archaeological planning conditions, is to provide a cost effective, risk-free and time efficient service for our clients.
Terms often used for work that we routinely deal with include:
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NPPF - The National Planning Policy Framework arrived in April 2012 to much fanfair from the Government. Chapter 12 of the framework deals with heritage issues and provides a clear statement of the role of the archaeological and historical sector in the planning process. Copies of the new policy can be downloaded from the Communities and Local Government Website from the following link:
http://communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/nppf
Allen Archaeology has recently completed a prestigious excavation at the Bishop's Palace in Lincoln in advance of the construction of a large attenuation tank, on budget and within the projected timescales. The site lies within a Scheduled Area, so the works have required careful consultation with the client and English Heritage to reach a successful conclusion.
The excavations have revealed significant new information with regard to the Roman city and later Saxon and Saxo-Norman occupation of the upper city, and include a monumental early Roman building and yard surface, later Roman quarrying and Saxon and later pits.
The artefact assemblage is particularly interesting, with fragments of decorative polished marble and painted plaster indicating the Roman building was of high status.
The company has also finished a large scale excavation within the city of Winchester recently, in advance of a high end housing development. The site exposed a number of surprises, including a series of medieval buildings cut into the chalk bedrock where a street had been terraced into the valley slope.
The buildings were remarkable well-preserved, with walls surviving to a height of 1m, and with the internal floors intact. Interestingly in one building it appears a fishing net was left when the building was abandoned, and although the net itself has deteriorated, around 40 medieval lozenge-shaped fishing weights have survived.
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