Graham Fairclough is an archaeologist and historian. He spent most of his career, between 1976 and 2012, working in heritage management in English Heritage and its predecessor. Over the years he has written widely on heritage management and landscape, in conference proceedings, academic journals and books. For the past 10 years he has been a researcher in Newcastle University’s School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and co-editor of the journal Landscapes. Between 1978 and 1982 he led the excavation of Edlingham Castle, in Northumberland.
Stephen Rippon is Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of Exeter. His current research interests cover the landscapes of Roman and medieval Britain, with a particular focus on the origins and development of regional variation in landscape character.
