"Recent archaeological discoveries at Baddesley Clinton", a lecture by Stephen Wass"

Stephen Wass was commissioned by the National Trust to review the gardens and park at Baddesley Clinton in the light of new LIDAR images they had commissioned. During the course of the this work several new sites were discovered and the whole history of the gardens rewritten. The talk will provide an overview of the images and highlight the main discoveries.

This is the latest in a series of garden archaeology projects undertaken by Stephen and follows on from work at Hanwell Castle, Farnborough and Stowe amongst others. Many of these have been the subject of previous guided visits by Warwickshire Gardens Trust. The talk on Baddesley Clinton will be followed by a similar visit lead by Stephen on April 19th.

Stephen Wass, operating as 'Polyolbion Archaeology' has an M.A. in Historical Archaeology from the University of Leicester gained during work with the National Trust on a major archaeological survey of Farnborough Park, Warwickshire. His current project, as part of a programme of D. Phil. research at the University of Oxford, is to explore and investigate the extraordinary seventeenth century 'theme park' in the gardens around Hanwell Castle. He is also an accredited member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA).

Image by Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net"