Whilst we continue to explore our trenches in the walled garden a lot of our attention has been on the area known as the Killing ground, a small area outside the south wall that stood the brunt of the French attack. Several trenches have been opened here and after removing about 6 inches of the topsoil and metal detected the …
Day 1 update – We’re back and the finds are ‘firing’ in!
The countdown is over, we’re finally here at Hougoumont Farm and it feels so good to back. What was instantly noticeable since our visit in April was the development of the farm complex, particularly the superb renovation of the Gardner’s House where our site ‘hut’ is based for the next two weeks. Well done Project Hougoumont for such a fantastic …
Fieldwork objectives, July 2015
Summary of fieldwork objectives, July 2015 The forthcoming fieldwork will build upon the results of the evaluation in April. An important objective of this two-week exercise will be the continued use of excavation to ground-truth anomalies identified in the geophysical survey carried out by our team from the University of Ghent. During the evaluation, three of these anomalies, two to …
Siborne’s Large Model
Waterloo Uncovered is primarily a fieldwork-based operation, attempting to challenge and prove/disprove the many hundred historical accounts of the Battle. We also get the chance to work with lots of interesting organisations and people and our new video documents one of these collaborations. We have been allowed exclusive access to Siborne’s Large Model, a huge physical model of the battlefield …
YouTube channel now live!
Watch videos about Waterloo Uncovered on our new YouTube channel (search Waterloo Uncovered on YouTube). We’ll be posting content from our April recce and from the excavations in July. Enjoy! To launch it TV’s Peter Ginn gives an intro:
A first hand account of developments at Hougoumont
For an opening salvo, it hasn’t been half bad. The Waterloo Uncovered team has been hard at it for three days now, and already Hougoumont farm is starting to yield up some of its secrets. Of course, it has thrown up more questions than it has answered but, at this stage, that’s the idea. However, excitingly, Dr Tony Pollard and his international, multi-faceted (and multi-talented) team …
Aerial Laser Imaging Throws New Light on Waterloo Battlefield
Aerial images, using the latest laser detection technology have been released by Belgian archaeologists that reveal hidden features from the battlefield site.