I got my first experience of archaeology in 1983/84, working as a site assistant at the Roman settlement at Sapperton and the important Iron Age centre at Sleaford. I left archaeology in 1984 to study History and Politics at the University of Warwick, but returned to it in 1988 and worked for the Museum of London (Dept. of Greater London Archaeology). I have been involved in archaeology ever since.
In 1994 I returned to Lincolnshire to work for the City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit where I was responsible for a large number of projects in and around the City, most notably excavations on the site of a Carmelite Friary at the former St Markís railway station. The Unitís field team was disbanded in 2004, since when I have worked on a freelance basis.
I am interested in archaeology of all periods, but am particularly interested in landscape archaeology and the archaeology of gardens.
I studied archaeology at Bournemouth University and graduated in 2003. I then worked for the Norfolk Archaeological Unit for two years, during which time I excavated a variety of urban and rural sites in Norfolk. In 2005, I moved to Cambridgeshire, where I spent a year excavating an Iron Age farmstead and field-system in St Neots, and worked on a variety of other sites in Cambridgeshire and Milton Keynes. Last Easter I moved back to Norfolk and spent six months excavating the monastic guest hall at Norwich cathedral.
My main archaeological interests are the Roman period and making archaeology more publicly accessible. I am also involved with the Young Archaeologists' Club.