6.2 Wetland Projects

Humberside

Van de Noort, R and Ellis, S, 1997, Second Annual Report: Humber Wetlands Survey (1995-96), School of Geography and Earth Resources, University of Hull
A brief introduction to the survey, describing the organisation and personnel of the project, and its finances is followed by summarises of fieldwork, publications, lectures and publicity, and other related research carried out in 1995-96.

Van de Noort, R and Ellis, S, 1997, Wetland Heritage of the Humberhead Levels: An Archaeological Survey, School of Geography and Earth Resources, University of Hull
Over 100 archaeological sites, ranging in date from the Early Mesolithic to Late Roman period, have been discovered during the course of the survey described here. The results of work are presented in 26 contributions under the headings of Introduction, Palaeoenvironmental programme, Archaeological programme, Overview, and related Appendices.

Lancashire

Middleton, R, Wells C E, and Huckerby, E, with 5 contributors, and GIS mapping by Dodds, J T, 1995, The wetlands of North Lancashire, Lancaster Imprints, 4
Archaeological and palaeological studies were carried out in North Lancashire between 1989 and 1993 as part of the North West Wetlands Survey. The areas covered include Over Wyre, Lytham Moss, the Central Fylde, the Lune Estuary Mosses, and the Arnside/Silverdale area. A considerable portion of the peat resources in North Lancashire remain relatively well preserved, with a few fragments surviving in exceptional condition; most of the peats, however, are either severely damaged or threatened by wastage. The mosslands of North Lancashire were found to be very different to wetlands in other parts of the country (ie Somerset Levels and the East Anglian Fens), exhibiting a greater range of peat types and topographical variation reflected in the past by differences in the relationship between humans and the mire ecosystems. The volume includes a review of relevant evidence from the late-glacial to the post-medieval period.

Greater Manchester

Hall, D, Wells C E, and Huckerby E, with contributions by Mayer, A and Cox C, and GIS mapping by Dodds, J T, 1995, The wetlands of Greater Manchester, Lancaster Imprints, 3
Archaeological, historical, and palaeological studies were undertaken in Greater Manchester as part of the North West Wetlands Survey. A detailed examination of Chat Moss mire, and survey results and stratigraphic studies of Carrington Moss, Red Moss, Ashton Moss, and Kearsley Moss are followed by descriptions of smaller mires for which there is now little surface evidence. The volume includes a full gazetteer of existing and former wetlands in the area, and a review of evidence from the late-glacial to the post-medieval period.

Norfolk

Healey, F, with 13 contributors, 1996, The Fenland Project, Number 11: The Wissey Embayment: Evidence for Pre-Iron Age Occupation Accumulated Prior to the Fenland Project, E Anglian Archaeol Rep, 78
This volume documents pre-Iron Age activity from the Norfolk fen edge between the rivers Wissey and Little Ouse. The evidence for substantial Early/Middle Neolithic settlement before the Fen-Clay transgression, and substantial Beaker and Early Bronze Age settlement after it (with virtually no Middle or Late Bronze Age settlement in the wetter conditions after c. 1100 cal BC) is described.