Meet the Andover Fieldwork Team Leaders

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Spearheaded by Richard Greatorex, the new Andover Fieldwork team is dedicated to bringing the very best in efficiency and expertise:

Chris ElisChris Ellis – Senior Project Officer
Chris is one of the most experienced site directors in the country having spent the last 20 years focussing on projects in south and east England. These include leading the team on the A120 Stansted to Braintree and the A46 road schemes; major prehistoric sites in Kent and Cambridgeshire; numerous projects on Salisbury Plain for Defence Estates; and also projects in London, Newbury, Southampton and Salisbury to name but a few.

Chris brings with him not only a huge breadth of experience and knowledge but also an enthusiasm and commitment to consistent high quality delivery.

Matt Nichol – Project Officer
Matt has acquired a wealth of multi-period, field experience since 1999 encompassing archaeological evaluation, excavation, survey and assessment work in both urban and rural environments, including spells on international projects such as in Macedonia. Matt has acted as a Senior Archaeologist supervising watching briefs, controlled stripping, trial trenching, test-pitting and large scale open area excavation with large teams of archaeologists. His expertise also encompasses archaeological report writing and publication, as well as forensic archaeology. He has many years’ experience of working in the counties of Hampshire and Wiltshire.

Charlotte Haines – Site Supervisor
Charlotte has over seven years experience of commercial archaeological work in Britain. For the last three years she has been directing a variety of excavations, including large scale infrastructure projects such as Hinkley Point, Somerset. In addition she has directed and reported on a wide variety of evaluations and excavations.


Contact the Andover Fieldwork Team:

If you have a project that we could help with, please contact Richard Greatorex on 07703 684031, or email richard.greatorex@cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk

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