Dr Paul Belford FSA MCIfA

Dr Paul Belford FSA MCIfADr Paul Belford FSA MCIfADr Paul Belford FSA MCIfA

Dr Paul Belford FSA MCIfA

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Training, teaching and mentoring

I have provided teaching, training and mentoring for students and colleagues over many years. This has included a variety of ‘visiting lecturer’ roles, exploring a range of topics with postgraduate and undergraduate students. Some key themes have included:


  • Heritage management
  • Archaeological theory, method and practice
  • Historical archaeology and landscape archaeology
  • The archaeology of industrial landscapes and processes


More recently I have worked with Dr Gerry Wait to develop a series of workshops on archaeological ethics. This has developed from a session at the annual Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) conference into a series of stand-alone workshops. Many of these have been delivered remotely as a strand of CIfA Continuing Professional Development.  

I have a long-standing and deeply-held commitment to the widest possible public engagement with archaeology and cultural heritage.


One of my proudest achievements at the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust has been to restore outreach and engagement as a central part of our work. I have done this by creating a dedicated post, and increasing resources to support it. This has energised public engagement across all other departments too. I am pleased to have increased funding for this area of work by over 300% during the last eight years.


Prior to joining CPAT I had gained over 20 years' experience managing and delivering outreach and public engagement events and projects. These were often in areas of social and economic deprivation, and included:


  • Public open days and events on commercial projects
  • Dedicated community-focussed projects
  • Community-led archaeology and cultural heritage projects

Since the early 2000s I have also run a series of international training excavations and field schools. Highlights include:


  • A  five-year programme of research, excavation and survey training in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, in partnership with the University  of Birmingham and Wilfrid Laurier University (Ontario).


  • Four  seasons of fieldwork, including geophysical survey and excavation, on hillforts in the England-Wales border area, in partnership with Cadw and Saxion University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands).


  • Three seasons of historical archaeology fieldwork across five different sites in Bermuda, with the  University of Bristol and the Bermuda National Trust; field school participants from the UK, US, New Zealand and Canada.

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Dr Paul Belford

cultural heritage • archaeology • landscape • environment

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