I have lived in the West Country all my life. I left school at 16 and have worked for a major bank throughout. I am married with one daughter aged 11. I first became interested in archaeology after senior school trips to Avebury, Caerleon and Caerphilly Castle, but my interest in history nosedived at the age of 14 when Watts engine and the South Sea Bubble were on the agenda. At school I also enjoyed the subjects of physical geography and geology. I’ve always been fascinated by death in its various guises, which is why I have a great interest in forensic science, spawned from reading many fictional crime novels and then real-life crime from an early age, moving onto the memoirs of forensic pathologists. My other interests including old maps, ancient manuscripts and books, aerial photography, photographic history, together with the effect of religion on society and computer and facial reconstruction, also form part of the archaeological umbrella. I also enjoy listening to a wide variety of music, travelling and drinking copious amounts of fine wine. I am a member of the National Trust, English Heritage and the Council for British Archaeology.
Special Interest Areas
Osteo-archaeology, archeopathology, landscape archaeology, Dark Ages through to Medieval.