Dr Neil Faulkner - Founder of SHARP
1958 - 2022
Neil was an archaeologist, a historian, and a political activist.
Neil set up SHARP in 1996 with plans to explore ideas regarding democracy and accessibility in archaeology. SHARP was to be a democratically run, open to all project that would give the same opportunities to an inexperienced novice as to a professional archaeologist. From the beginning, the excavator who discovered a find or feature of great importance was always the one to excavate and record it. Neil believed that archaeology is for the many, not the few.
SHARP continues to operate this way today and is now one of the largest and longest-running archaeological research and training projects in Britain.
Neil is missed deeply by all who knew him, but his legacy lives on through SHARP.
Meet The Team
Sam Atkins
Archaeological Craefts,
Committee Member,
Treasurer
Ray Baldry
Human Remains Team
Terry Baxter
Site Information, Merchandise,
Committee Member
Dr Sophie Beckett
Human Remains Team
Nick Coneybear
Excavation Team
Tom Cross
Environmental Archaeology Team
Alfie Davies
Excavation Team
Gareth Davies
Post-Ex Team,
Landscape Archaeology Team,
Committee Member
Connor Brogan
Excavation Team
Sophie Cabot
Excavation Team
David Crease
Landscape Archaeology Team,
Excavation Team
Daniel Cockling
Excavation Team,
Post-Ex Team,
Media Team,
Committee Member
Mandy Everitt
Site Facilities Team
Chris Garrod
Site Manager
Joe Greenacre
Excavation Team
Tiggy Harris
Media Team,
Committee Member
Anj Beckham
Post-Ex Team
Dr Ellie Blakelock
Excavation Team,
Post-Ex Team,
Media Team,
Committee Member,
Secretary
Emily Blackmore
Excavation Team
Yvonne Bolton-Smith
Excavation Team,
Committee Member,
Chair
Hannah Hassal
Post-Ex Team
Emily Hogan
Environmental Archaeology Team
Steve Horn
Excavation Team,
Site Team,
Committee Member
Lorraine Horsley
Human Remains Team
Bill Howard
Finds Team,
Post-Ex Team,
Committee Member
Mike Lapworth
BERT Tutor,
Excavation Team
Karen Kavanagh
Archaeological Craefts
Alvin Kellock
Excavation Team
Dr Lucy Koster
Human Remains Team,
Committee Member
Eleanor Lees
Excavation Team,
Committee Member
Katharine Maeer
Excavation Team,
BERT Tutor
Hugo Masse Gousseau
Excavation Team
Dr Katie McKinnon
Human Remains Team
Julia Paul
Human Remains Team
Gary Rossin
Post-Ex Team,
Modern Conflict Archaeology
Charlie Mijatovic
Post-Ex Team
Dr Naomi Payne
Finds Team
Hannah Russel
Excavation Team,
Dissertation Research
Owen Morgan
Excavation Team,
Post-Ex Team,
Committee Member
Simon Payne
Finds Team,
Post-Ex Team
Ann Smith
Finds Team,
Friends of SHARP,
Education Team,
Committee Member
Joe Ogden
Excavation Team,
Post-Ex Team
Keith Robinson
Landscape Archaeology Team
Brenda Stibbons
Finds Team
Pete Taylor
Finds Team,
Committee Member
Aster Wood
Excavation Team,
Human Remains Team
Cathy Wright
Excavation Team,
BERT Tutor
Ray Wright
Excavation Team,
Site Team