We’ve pulled together a team of experts to help us in our investigations. You can read a little more about them here.

 

Brendon Wilkins MA MCIfA MIAI, DigVentures Co-founder and Projects Director

Brendon is an award-winning field archaeologist with over 15 years’ experience directing and managing large, complex sites in advance of major construction projects. With a consistent research and publication record, he has lectured internationally on wetland archaeology, Irish archaeology, and new advances in excavation methodology.

He has directed sites as varied as an historic cock-fighting pit and a complicated multiphase wetland site at Newrath, Co. Kilkenny. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Leicester, entitled: ‘Digging the Crowd: the future of archaeology in the digital and collaborative economies’.

Dr Benjamin Roberts B.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., University of Durham

Ben is an expert on Bronze Age archaeology, and previously worked at the British Museum as the Curator for the European Bronze Age collections. He is now a lecturer at the University of Durham’s Department of Archaeology, where his research interests include Neolithic, Bronze Age and Early Iron Age archaeology of Britain and western Europe, and the origins and early development of metal.

Ben is currently collaborating on a major AHRC funded project on ‘The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia’, and will be applying his expert knowledge on the Bronze Age to our project in Morecambe.

Stuart Noon BA, MA, MCIFA, Specialist Heritage Advisor

Stuart is a Specialist Heritage Advisor responsible for all aspects of archaeology and heritage consultancy advice, as well as a Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). Having worked on multiple Bronze Age sites in England, Ireland and Cyprus, and recorded over a hundred Bronze Age objects for PAS, he’s highly knowledgeable on the types of finds we’re expecting to make in Morecambe.

Involved in the project since the first finds were discovered, Stuart has joined up with DigVentures to carry out this ground-breaking investigation.