Project reports
- Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- OS map Standish Hall Corn Mill
- Arley Hall and Water Mills
- Greatacre Excavation
- Roman Mining
- Millgate Excavation
- Lost Parts of Standish Hall
- Wigan Pier
- The Roman Roads in the Wigan Area
- Historic Graffiti Survey
The History of Wigan
- The Heritage of Wigan
- Prehistoric Wigan
- Celtic Wigan
- Roman Wigan
- Medieval Wigan
- The Battle of Wigan Lane
- Early Mining
- Early Textiles
- Later Mining
- Later Textiles
- Image Problem
- Wigan Pier
- Wigan Now
Questions and Answers
- More Dyeworks on Wingates Lane
- Burning Wells in Hindley
- DIY Resistivity Equipment
- Dyeworks on Wingates Lane
- Siege of Lathom House
- Bankes and the Royal Society
- Bankes Family
- Dutton's Farm
- Further Haigh Hall
- Samian Pottery
- Haigh Hall
- Rivington Pike
- Old Bryn Hall
- Further to "Was Wigan Coccium"
- Ancient Battle site
- Was Wigan Coccium
- Winstanley Hall
- Walled Wigan
- Metal detecting
Newsletters
2026
- 291 Processing the Burials at Aspull October
- 290 Yet Another Burial at Aspull September
- 289 Aspull Ring Ditch Update July
- 288 Aspull Ring Ditch Progress June
- 287 Aspull Ring Ditch Restart May
- 286 Treasure: History Unearthed April
- 285 Peel Hall Higher Ince March
- 284 Haigh Hall - Cultural Heritage Centre February
2025
- 283 Ring Ditch Digging Season Ends November
- 282 Aspull Ring Ditch Update October
- 281 Anglezarke Trip September
- 280 Aspull Ring Ditch Lifting of Urn2 July
- 279 Aspull Ring Ditch Developments June
- 278 Aspull Ring Ditch Progress May
- 277 Cleworth Hall Success April
- 276 Battle of Spion Kop March
- 275 Mosley Common Update February
2024
- 274 Ring Ditch Shut Down November
- 273 More Discoveries at Aspull October
- 272 Smithills Moor and Winter Hill Tour September
- 271 Graveyard Mysteries Revealed July
- 270 Aspull Ring Ditch Progress June
- 269 Aspull Ring Ditch Restart May
- 268 Eckersley's Mills Development April
- 267 Aspull Ring Ditch Coring Survey March
- 266 More Roman Road Potential February
2023
- 265 Aspull Ring Ditch Closure November
- 264 Aspull Ring Ditch Second Pot October
- 263 Aspull Ring Ditch Burial September
- 262 Aspull Ring Ditch Mound July
- 261 Aspull Ring Ditch Progress June
- 260 Church Tower Survey Complete May
- 259 Aspull Ring Ditch Project Restart April
- 258 Thornborough Henges Result March
- 257 All Saints Church Tower Project February
2022
- 256 Aspull Ring Ditch Date November
- 255 Aspull Ring Ditch Update October
- 254 Worsley Delph September
- 253 Aspull Ring Ditch Revealed July
- 252 A Vindolanda Adventure June
- 251 Aspull Ring Ditch Success May
- 250 Aspull Ring Ditch Project Starts April
- 249 Brunanburh at Wigan? March
- 248 Bamfurlong Hall February
2021
- 247 Roman Road at Mosley Common November
- 246 Aspull Ring Ditch October
- 245 Lancashire Mining Museum September
- 244 Burscough Return July
- 243 Tenon Topped Stone Gateposts June
- 242 Aspull Field Survey May
- 241 Canal Basin Research Project April
- 240 Town Centre Survey March
- 239 Martland Mill Mystery Solved February
2020
- 238 Dark Lane Coring Survey November
- 237 Searching for the Source October
- 236 River Project Progress September
- 235 Burscough Roman Fort Scheduled August
- 234 The River Douglas - a River in Time July
- 233 Brimelow Farm - Early Days June
- 232 Standish Hall Update May
- 231 Revealing Magna April
- 230 Vindolanda March
- 229 St Wilfrid's Ledger Stones February
2019
- 228 Excavating Patrick's Mound December
- 227 Roman Milestone Recognised November
- 226 Dark Lane Excavation October
- 225 Bolton Museum and Holcombe Moor September
- 224 Revealing the 'Fort in the Wood' August
- 223 Toddingtons GM Festival of Archaeology July
- 222 Road to Ribchester Revisited June
- 221 Fort In The Wood May
- 220 St Wildrid's Survey Completed April
- 219 Eye in the Sky March
- 218 Roman Road Revealed February
2018
- 217 Aerial Photography December
- 216 Bolton's Egypt November
- 215 Resistivity Month September
- 214 Brimelow GM Archaeological Festival July
- 213 Brimelow Farm Restart June
- 212 Roman Road Open Day May
- 211 Roman Road Revealed at Landgate Farm April
- 210 St Wilfred's Historic Graffiti March
- 209 Pipeline Confusion February
2017
- 208 Romans Green - Blackrod December
- 207 Prehistoric Rivington & Anglezarke November
- 206 Search for a Douglas River Lock October
- 205 Summer Trips September
- 204 GM Federation Festival of Archaeology July
- 203 Toddington Lane Developments June
- 202 Mrs Pendlebury's 'Milestone' May
- 201 Roman Road from Wigan to Ribchester April
- 200 North West Historic Graffiti Project February
2016
- 199 Roman Road and the Bryn Development December
- 198 Brimlow Return November
- 197 Garstang Excavations Preview October
- 196 Summer Trips September
- 195 Treasure the Extraordinary to the Everyday July
- 194 Brimlow Farm GPR Survey June
- 193 Possible Roman Road at Row High Wood May
- 192 Sunken Barge Revealed April
- 191 What ever happen to Standish Hall March
- 190 Canal & Railway Revealed by Lidar February
2015
- 189 Ground Penetrating Radar December
- 188 The Carbon Landscape Project November
- 187 Lost Roman Road Found - with Lasers October
- 186 Bersham and The Poulton Project September
- 185 More Progress at Kirkless July
- 184 Kirkless Progress June
- 183 Uncovering Kirkless Steelworks May
- 182 Pingot Progress April
- 181 Dig Greater Manchester so far March
- 180 Wingates Road Culvert February
2014
- 179 Haigh Canal & Railway December
- 178 Gidlow Research November
- 177 Withinreap Farm Survey October
- 176 Sandal and Castleshaw Trip September
- 175 Bourne Hill Survey July
- 174 Searching for the Pingot Viaduct June
- 173 Rectory Project Ends May
- 172 Kirkless Survey Completed April
- 171 Haigh Hall Potential March
- 170 Photographic Archive February
2013
- 169 Rectory Update December
- 168 Silverdale Hoard Comes Home November
- 167 Kirkless Return October
- 166 North Wales Delights September
- 165 Rectory Return July
- 164 Pingot Return June
- 163 Kirkless Survey May
- 162 Friends of Kirkless April
- 161 Plane Table Surveying March
- 160 Research and Survey Projects February
2012
- 159 Pingot Valley December
- 158 Potential Site at Gazebury November
- 157 Summer(!) Trip to Penrith September
- 156 Archaeology Fair at Bolton Museum July
- 155 Wigan History Day June
- 154 Rectory Update May
- 153 Etherstone Hall Dig April
- 152 GMAU - End of an Era March
- 151 Silverdale Viking Hoard February
2011
- 150 Witchcraft at Cleworth Hall December
- 149 Cleworth Hall Farm Survey November
- 148 Roman Wigan in Virtual 3D October
- 147 Bryn Alyn, Wroxeter and Shrewsbury September
- 146 Coppull Moor Lane Geophys July
- 145 Discovering Coccium June
- 144 Dig Greater Manchester May
- 143 Rectory Return April
- 142 Roman Road Potential March
- 141 Building Survey Project Underway February
2010
- 140 Standish Wood Lane Revisited December
- 139 Secrets of Old Frog Lane Revealed November
- 138 Standish Wood Lane Survey October
- 137 A Day in York September
- 136 Planning Policy Shake Up July
- 135 Rectory Update June
- 134 Bottling Wood Excavations May
- 133 Wigan's New Museum Opens April
- 132 New Flood Defence for Wigan March
- 131 Museum of Wigan Life February
2009
- 130 Winstanley College at the Rectory December
- 129 Church Yard Watching Brief November
- 128 Rectory Excavation Underway October
- 127 Rectory Geophys Results September
- 126 New Equipment August
- 125 In Search of Old Frog Lane July
- 124 The Dinner Hour, Wigan June
- 123 Demise of the UMAU May
- 122 Roman Fort in Wigan - New Evidence April
- 121 The Ainsbrook Hoard March
- 120 Ancient Bridge found in Golborne February
2008
- 119 Return of the Federation December
- 118 Wigan Hall (Rectory) DBA November
- 117 Sutton Mill Investigation October
- 116 Heber Street Rescue August
- 115 Moore's Yard Excavation July
- 114 Joint Service Centre Potential June
- 113 Ince C of E Primary School Dig May
- 112 Presbytery Garden Dig April
- 111 Potential for Wigan's Northern Crescent March
- 110 St Williams Excavation February
2007
- 109 Memorial Survey Success December
- 108 Grant Awarded November
- 107 Leaway Excavation October
- 106 Ribblehead Viaduct September
- 105 Lady Hill Excavation July
- 104 Walmesley Park Go-Ahead June
- 103 The Lady Hill Project May
- 102 Survey Success at St William's School April
- 101 Higher Ince Land Remediation March
- 100 One Hundredth Edition February
2006
- 99 WAS Goes Technical December
- 98 Chorlton Fold Excavation November
- 97 Doughty Mill, Proof at Last October
- 96 Vindolanda and Hadrian's Wall September
- 95 Roman Warriors in Wigan July
- 94 Community Archaeology at its Best June
- 93 Haigh Dog Kennel Revealed May
- 92 Blacking Mill at the Pier April
- 91 Thornborough Success March
- 90 Roman Tombstone in Lancaster February
2005
- 89 Thornborough - Decision Delay December
- 88 Roman Bath House November
- 87 French Foray October
- 86 Ancient Chester Revealed September
- 85 Roman Road Eccles July
- 84 Wigan 'Excavation Special' June
- 83 Ellesmere Park Success May
- 82 Hypocaust Found in Wigan April
- 81 Roman Ditch in Ship Yard March
- 80 Roman Remains Found February
2004
- 79 Grand Arcade Wigan December
- 78 End of the Road for Wigan's Pier November
- 77 Dog Kennel in Haigh Hall October
- 76 Hidden Treasures of North Wales September
- 75 Roman Road to Wigan July
- 74 Return of the Kings June
- 73 Chester's Amphitheatre May
- 72 Museum of the Year Award April
- 71 Viking Boat Burial March
- 70 Chorley's Jubilee February
2003
- 69 Lancashire Archaeology in Crisis December
- 68 Friends of Thornborough November
- 67 WAS Goes Underground (in France) October
- 66 Prehistoric Atherton September
- 65 A Local Dig for Local People July
- 64 In search of "Coccium Way" June
- 63 Hatton Fold Excavation May
- 62 Time Team's Test Pit Challenge April
- 61 Roman Road Atherton March
- 60 The Gask Frontier February
2002
- 59 Chester Amphitheatre December
- 58 Romano-British Lancs November
- 57 Small Brook Resistivity October
- 56 Searching for Romans September
- 55 Neanderthals in Norfolk July
- 54 Resitivity Meter June
- 53 Winstanley Hall May
- 52 Grand Arcade April
- 51 "Booze Cruise" March
- 50 Research Framework February
2001
- 49 Three-way Collaboration December
- 48 High Legh Successful November
- 47 Look Back in Angers October
- 46 "Licensed to Dig" September
- 45 Sunken Treasure July
- 44 Silbury Hill June
- 43 Roman Armoury May
- 42 New Discoveries April
- 41 Megaliths March
- 40 French Trip February
2000
- 39 Spanish Delights December
- 38 Arley Golf Course November
- 37 Internet Success October
- 36 Medieval Standish September
- 35 Geophys Success July
- 34 Roman Road Relocated June
- 33 Pipeline Opportunity May
- 32 Angers Special April
- 31 WAS Online March
- 30 AGM 2000 Resistivity Meter February
1999
- 29 Low-cost Geophys December
- 28 Sea Henge Preserved November
- 27 Britain's Bloodiest Battle October
- 26 Tribute to a Gentleman September
- 25 Miles Standish July
- 24 Mary Rose Medicines June
- 23 Arley Grows Up May
- 22 Prehistoric Finds in Wigan April
- 21 A Dowsing Success March
- 20 Oldest Football Game February
1998
- 19 Standish Well December
- 18 Thebes Revisited November
- 17 Doughty Mill October
- 16 King Arthur September
- 15 Wigan: What's in a Name? July
- 14 Roman Arley June
- 13 Bleach Works May
- 12 Kagemi April
- 11 Egyptian Splendour March
- 10 Luxor February
1997
- 9 Stanton Drew December
- 8 Treasure Act November
- 7 Occupation In The Arley Valley October
- 6 Second Mill At Arley September
- 5 Saxon Helmet July
- 4 Road To Roman Wigan May
- 3 Abram April
- 2 The Prehistoric Collection March
- 1 New Software February