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 …
Waterloo dig aims to help soldiers readjusting to civilian life
Article by Carey Reed, from PBS News, May 2015.
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:
Musket balls discovered from first shots fired at Battle of Waterloo
Article by Camilla Turner, from The Telegraph, April 2015.
Waterloo Uncovered on BBC
After a fantastic media day on site yesterday Waterloo Uncovered has been featured on today’s Breakfast. The BBC’s Robert Hall has also posted this great video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-32508327/waterloo-archaeologists-search-killing-zone
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.