Clifford Jones - Author and Publisher
Archaeologist Public Lecturer
E-mail: wtecp@hotmail.co.uk
Research Strands
North West Roman Britain, Western Hadrianic Frontier Studies, Theory and Method.
Research Interests: Roman Occupation West Cumbria, Landscape Archaeology, Community Archaeology & Tourism, Coastal Archaeology.
Excavation director: Project Management and funding strands.
General research interests
- Roman military establishment in West Cumbria
- Landscape archaeology with emphasis on fieldwork
- Agricolan to Trajanic campaigns in West Cumbria
- Coastal archaeology, particularly the lands around the Irish Sea and Solway
- Experimental archaeology, new methodologies and approaches to excavation
- Public interpretation, community involvement
- Commercial tourism studies
- Archaeology and commercial regeneration funding strands
Dates
- 2009 - Fieldwork Wasdale
- 2009 – Isel Hall, Cockermouth
- 2009 – Fieldwork Saltcoats, Ravenglass
- 2008 - Excavation at Ullock ; site preliminary works
- 2007 - Ravenglass, geo-resitivity survey
- 2006 - Drigg, preliminary excavation of Roman fort
- 2005 - on going, instigated Calder Hall nuclear power station preservation
- 2005 - on going, MoD Boughton Moor, landscape Project
- 2005 - Gosforth Hall. Excavation of 10th century structures in grounds of Hall
- 2004 - on going, Gosforth Holy Well Survey
- 2003 - Drigg & Sellafield BNFL sites pre nuclear use, on going
- 2003 - Fieldwork Irton Hall, Cumbria
- 2002 - on going, Sellafield environs, landscape study
- 2002 - Muncaster Castle Archaeological Project
- 2002 - “Action Archaeology” Community Project. Carnegie Trust funded
- 2000 - on going, Grindledyes, Northumberland
- 1998 - on going, AP interpretation of Cumbria
- 1998 - on going, West Cumbrian Roman Military Sites
- 1997 - on going, Waterborne transport Eskdale Cumbria
Other
- 2003 - 2003, BNFL Sellafield AP interpretation
- 2001 - 2002, Potential Anglo Saxon Royal Demense, Headington Oxford
- 2001 - 2002, Roman Pottery (Whiteware) Kilns, Headington Oxford
Recent Publications
- ">Walking the Eastern Hadrianic Way, Ravenglass to Ambleside", Buckland Jones Archaeological Press 2009
- “Hadrian’s Coastal Way” a guided walk Ravenglass to Bowness on Solway. The History Press, 2008
- “Geophysical Survey at Brighouse Ravenglass, Cumbria September – October 2007” jointly with Timescape Surveys
- "Drigg Roman Fort & Ford, trial trench findings" Public Notes 2006
- “Community Archaeology: an integral part of Hadrian's Wall tourism development” Cumbria Tourism 2005
- "Gosforth Hall: Preliminary Report on 10th c structures" 2005
Notable Previous Projects
- Neatham, Alton, Hants 1970-1975
- Greensand Forts of S.E England 1970-1979
