Excavation 2022: Return to Waterloo
Dig Diaries: 2022

UPDATE: Excavation of the Skeleton Discovered at Mont-Saint-Jean

Day Ten: Saying Goodbye

Day Nine: Regiments at Waterloo

Day Eight: Plancenoit and Beyond

The Face of War: Warriors of Waterloo Brought to Light by Military Veterans

Day Seven: Breaking News, Not Just Ground

Day Six: Welcoming our Supporters

Weekend in Waterloo

Day Five: Unearthed Discoveries

Day Four: A Day with Liam and Ash

Day Three: Site Spotlight on Mont-Saint-Jean

Day Two: Meet the Welfare Team

Day One: Breaking Ground

Modern Day Veterans Return to Waterloo

Waterloo Battlefield Virtual Tour with Phil Harding
We Need Your Support
In 2022, we were elated to return to the battlefield for the first time since 2019 with a team of 100 people, including 20 veterans and serving personnel from 4 different countries, and a welfare team of medical professionals. But excavation - and all the travel, food, equipment, accommodation and more it requires - comes at a cost.
We rely on the generosity of individuals and organisations to fund our programmes, which offer support to those who have served their country when they need it the most. Without donations from the public, we would not be able to carry out our work. If you can help us offset the costs of excavation, we would be incredibly grateful for any contribution you can make.
Donations in kind, such as equipment or transportation, are also more than welcome - please contact fundraising@waterloouncovered.com to discuss this further.
#WU22: Overview
This summer, we were given exclusive access to dig in the village of Plancenoit for the first time!
We explored this site looking for evidence of the bloody, back-and-forth fighting between Prussian and French troops that took place here, as the village continuously changed hands. The Prussian victory served as a major turning point in the battle, but has often been overlooked in historical accounts of the battle.
We also returned to Mont-Saint-Jean, which served as the Allies main field hospital during the Battle of Waterloo. Over the course of the Bbttle, it's estimated that some 6000 men were treated at Mont-Saint-Jean, and a gruesome 500 limb amputations were carried out.
When we first began excavating at Mont-Saint-Jean in 2019, we discovered a pit of amputated limbs, alongside evidence of the brutal nearby battle including an unexploded howitzer shell, a 6lb cannon ball, and hundreds of musket balls.