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  • HS2 archaeology: Bringing communities behind the hoardings at St Mary's Church Field Museum dig

    Inside a specially constructed tent the size of a football pitch, archaeologists working on behalf of HS2 are currently excavating the remains of the former parish church of St. Mary the Virgin. This is a once in a generation opportunity to excavate the ruins of a medieval church and churchyard.

  • HS2 Uncovering St Mary's Church: Introduction to the site - Episode 1

    Archaeologists in Buckinghamshire working on the HS2 project have been excavating a medieval church and burial ground in Stoke Mandeville.

  • Behind the Hoardings: Constructing Whitechapel station platform tunnels

    Whitechapel is one of Crossrail’s most ambitious new stations but it is also one of the most challenging, with a raft of improvements being delivered in a tightly constrained and highly populated area. Over the past three years, a team of around 250 people have been working 24/7 to create around 1 kilometre of new platforms and passageways for the new station.

  • Behind the hoardings: Constructing Crossrail's eastern running tunnels, 3 October 2014

    Tunnel machine Ellie has started her 900 metre journey from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, towards Victoria Dock Portal in east London. Over the next three months the 1,000 tonne machine, named after four-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds OBE, will complete one of Crossrail’s shortest but most complex tunnels, in close proximity to the Jubilee line, Docklands Light Railway, River Thames and River Lea.

  • Behind the hoardings: Crossrail Archaeological finds

    The construction of Crossrail through the heart of London is resulting in one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever undertaken in the UK. Crossrail currently operates over 40 worksites and archaeological investigations will be carried out at each site ahead of main construction works to build the central stations.

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