Meet our Worcestershire Archaeology team

Nina O’Hare
Nina leads the Outreach team, which delivers a wide range of heritage projects and events for communities across Worcestershire and beyond. Recent grant funded projects she has delivered include Market Gardening Heritage, Small Pits Big Ideas and Roots in Time. Nina joined the service in 2015 as a field archaeologist and has worked in the Outreach team since 2017.

Pete Lovett
Peter has worked on many archaeological sites over the last decade and more, including large rural settlements and deeply-stratified urban excavations. He leads the fieldwork and post-excavation reporting of archaeological sites, and well understands the logistical requirements of archaeology within the construction industry.

Robin Jackson
Robin leads our commercial archaeological team delivering projects for both commercial and public sector clients. He has worked in archaeology for over 30 years and has particular experience of working on behalf of the mineral extraction industry and on large-scale infrastructure projects. His research interests lie in prehistoric archaeology and river valley landscapes.

Rupert Lotherington
Rupert joined WA in October 2022 bringing a wealth of experience derived over the previous 16 years. Over this period, he has been responsible for the delivery of archaeological projects within the mineral extraction and housing development sectors as well as for small private developers and utility infrastructure. He enjoys finding innovative and bespoke heritage solutions which maximise information gain whilst delivering cost efficiency for our clients. Rupert has a particular love of Roman archaeology and Industrial heritage.

Samantha Elwell
Sam is a late convert to archaeology. She completed her undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Heritage studies with the University of Worcester in 2020 and has a MA in Antiquity and Archaeology from the University of Birmingham. She has worked for Museums Worcestershire and within commercial archaeology. Her primary interest lies within pottery studies.

Tim Cornah
Tim has experience in leading archaeological projects including watching briefs, evaluations, excavations, desk based assessments and building recording projects in rural and urban settings. His particular interest is in medieval and later timber framed buildings.
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