Headland Archaeology
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| Founded | 1996, UK |
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| Headquarters | Edinburgh , UK |
Key people | Andy Norton (Managing Director) |
Number of employees | c. 200 |
| Website | www |
Headland Archaeology Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RSK Group. Headland provides archaeological services and heritage advice to the construction industry.
Registered archaeological organisation
Headland Archaeology Ltd was established in 1996.[1] Headquartered in Edinburgh, this company expanded as a provider of commercial archaeology services in the UK. Expansion into the Irish market led to the establishment of Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd in 2000,[2] in County Cork.
Restructuring of the companies in May and June 2008 involved the renaming of Headland Archaeology Ltd as Headland Group Limited. A new company, Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited,[1] was founded at this time to give, in conjunction with Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd, a coherent structure to the group based on trading areas.
The acquisition of Hereford-based Archaeological Investigations Ltd in 2010[3] expanded its UK operation. Archaeological Investigations Ltd was subsequently assimilated as a regional office of Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited by October 2010,[4] with the underlying company dissolved in September 2012.[5] The company opened a southeast office in 2011, initially in Leighton Buzzard later moving to Silsoe in Bedfordshire, and a northern office based in Beeston, Leeds in 2015. In December 2011, there was a management buyout of Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd.
The Headland Group was acquired by the RSK Group[6] in March 2019[7][8] but continues to trade as Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited.
By 2001, Headland Archaeology Ltd had become a Registered Archaeological Organisation[9] with the Institute for Archaeologists (reference number RAO40). This registration has been continued and was transferred to Headland Archaeology (UK) Limited during the company re-organisation in 2008.
