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Founded in 2005, with a proven track record
Experts in commercial heritage work
Based in historic Ulverston
Our story and commitment
We launched Greenlane Archaeology Ltd in 2005 as an independent, approachable firm based in Ulverston, Cumbria, and rooted in the local area. Since then, we've worked with individuals and commercial partners to deliver professional archaeological services across the northwest. Whether you need a heritage assessment for planning, a building investigation for a listed property, or help with genealogical research, our team is ready to help. Our experience, resources and track record mean we handle larger commercial projects with the reliability you need. When you want expertise combined with a genuine connection to the local community, you'll find it with us.
What you gain from our expertise
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Established in 2005 as a limited company
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Qualified professionals for all project sizes
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Capacity for large commercial and individual client work
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Desk-based and heritage assessments tailored to your site
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Building investigations and walkover surveys
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Post-excavation finds assessment and analysis
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Genealogical and house history research
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Ethically and environmentally responsible methods
Our team of qualified professionals
Our archaeologists are experienced, fully qualified, and maintain high professional standards with strong academic training and extensive commercial experience across excavation, evaluation, building recording, surveys, and desk-based assessment. Greenlane Archaeology Ltd has delivered professional projects across a wide range of sites, including post-mediaeval analysis, landscape studies, reporting, illustration, and post-excavation assessment. Membership of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists underpins our commitment to ethical practice. Let us apply this experience to deliver clear, reliable results that support planning, research, and understanding of the historic environment across varied sites.
Meet our team
Dan Elsworth — Director, MA (Hons), ACIfA, FSA
Dan graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 with an honours degree in Archaeology and began his career in 1999 with the Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, which later became Oxford Archaeology North in 2001. Over more than seven years, he progressed to Project Officer, gaining extensive experience in excavations, surveys, building investigations, desk-based assessments, and conservation and management plans, primarily across North West England. Dan has a strong interest in the archaeology and history of the region and has published several articles on these subjects.
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At Greenlane Archaeology, Dan oversees project management while also contributing to fieldwork and assessments when required. He is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
Jo Dawson — Director, MA (Hons), ACIfA
Jo graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2000 with a joint honours degree in Archaeology and Mathematics. Since then, she has built a continuous career in commercial archaeology, beginning with Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD), before working with Headland Archaeology in Edinburgh and Oxford Archaeology North in Lancaster. Throughout her career, Jo has contributed to a wide variety of archaeological projects.
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Since co-founding Greenlane Archaeology in 2005, Jo has managed numerous projects across South Cumbria, specialising in planning and pre-planning work, desk-based assessments, and evaluations of varying scales. She now focuses primarily on report quality control and post-excavation assessments. She is also an Associate member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
Tom Mace BA (Hons), MA (Distinction), MCIfA
Tom has extensive experience across a diverse range of archaeological projects, including watching briefs, excavations, evaluations, building recordings, report writing, and illustration production. Before joining Greenlane Archaeology in 2008, he worked with Archaeological Solutions and Oxford Archaeology North, developing broad expertise in both fieldwork and project delivery.
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At Greenlane Archaeology, Tom works on a wide variety of projects and plays a key role in producing illustrations for reports and publications, alongside contributing to post-excavation assessments. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
Dot Boughton — PhD, MPhil, MSt
Dr Dot Boughton (PhD, MPhil, MSt) graduated from the University of Oxford in 2001 with an MSt and MPhil in Anglo-Saxon Archaeology, and in 2015 she completed a PhD on the Earliest Iron Age socketed axes in Britain at the University of Central Lancashire (Preston). Dot’s professional career started in 2005 when she became the Portable Antiquities Scheme’s Finds Liaison Officer for Lancashire and Cumbria, a position she held until 2017. Dot also worked for Oxford Archaeology (North) as a Finds and Archives Project officer, Curator (Archaeology) for Lancashire Museums and Assistant Curator (Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust, Carlisle). Dot’s finds specialism lies in metalwork of all periods, but she has also dealt with large Roman and post-mediaeval pottery assemblages, coins and small finds of other types. Having worked in both museums and commercial units with finds, archives and, in general, collections management, she understands both environments and is able to efficiently liaise between both to facilitate finds deposition.
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Lower Brook St,
Ulverston, LA12 7EE