Patrick Clay Email & Phone Number

Retired. Formerly a director at ULAS.After gaining considerable archaeological experience on a wide variety of sites since graduating in 1973, Patrick Clay was appointed as a Field Officer with Leicestershire Archaeological Unit in 1978 and Project Manager in 1990. He was joint founder of ULAS in 1995 where he was a Director. He has directed numerous projects including excavations of round barrows and Iron Age settlements. He has published over twenty archaeological reports, his particular interest being prehistoric and alluvial archaeology, and completed doctoral research into prehistoric settlement and land-use in the East Midlands claylands in 1996. Since 1990 he has managed over 1000 archaeological projects including numerous major fieldwork programmes. He has also acted as a consultant for various organisations including providing Proofs of Evidence for Public and planning enquiries. ULAS is an independent professional archaeological unit embedded in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester University - a leading UK department with a top 5 research rating. It is a registered organisation with the Institute for Archaeologists (IfA) offering a comprehensive archaeological service and also holds the Investors in People standard. ULAS has an excellent reputation in commercial archaeology projects and has a wide and varied client base having worked with national bodies as well as corporate developers and local authorities. The unit has particular expertise in urban archaeology and in achieving design solutions to enable development to proceed with the minimal impact to underlying archaeology. ULAS also has an exceptional range of in-house specialists and being based within the University of Leicester has further access to scientific services and academic advisors covering all periods and types of archaeology. ULAS offers a free consultancy service with all contract work.

Listed skills include Archaeology, Research, Field Work, Excavation, and 21 others.

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  Gateway Grammar School, Leicester