Dee Archaeological Services - DAS

22/05/2026

18/05/2026

7km of books and crucial study spaces are at risk. Cardiff Uni wants to repurpose the busiest library on campus into classrooms. Help protect our library and sign the petition today.

06/05/2026

We are so pleased to say we are back at the park as part of the training excavation with University of Chester and Grosvenor Museum and Stretton Watermill!!

02/05/2025

Thank you Cheshire West and Chester Council and the university of Archaeology, University of Chester for inviting us back to help train this years students. A wonderful opportunity to get to know the next generation of archaeologists, as well as, be part of the amazing archaeology Chester has to offer.

14/02/2025

Here at Dee Archaeology we are always keen to learn new skills and improve existing ones.

This week we meet up with staff from Cardiff University in Mid-Wales to see a demonstration on the use of cart magnetometers and their potential for future projects. Along with our neighbouring colleagues at Heneb: Clwyd-Powys Archaeology, we spent the morning learning about the pros and cons, and the potential impact this could have on site work. The weather held out and the scenery was stunning, so watch this space.

07/02/2025

Finds Friday!

Its that time again and fresh from our site in Cheshire the base of a beautiful Samian Ware dish.
Undecorated Samian vessels were produced in vast quantities and distributed across Britain. Often seen in the forms of bowls dishes and cups, with a makers stamps on the base, sadly our piece is missing this part of the pot.

The next steps for this sherd will be to come back to the office to be processed. This involves washing, cataloguing and assessing the base ready to add into the report along with all the other finds.

Image of complete pot from Amgueddfa Cymru: (https://museum.wales/collections/online/object/590faa59-e49f-330b-b403-d3deab1e6717/Roman-samian-cup-stamped/?field0=with_images&value0=1&field1=string&value1=roman%20wine&page=3)

Image of common undecorated forms from: Bedoyere, G. 2012. Pottery in Roman Britain