CURRICULUM VITAE
HEATON, Michael John
DoB: 9th May 1959, Warrington, Cheshire, U.K.
Status: Married, British citizen, Sole Trader (Vat Registered)
Address: Michael Heaton Heritage Consultants, Eversfield House, Station Road,
WARMINSTER, Wiltshire. BA12 9BP
phone/fax: 01985 847791
mobile: 07710 457024
e-mail: mike@michaelheaton.co.uk
Insurances Jelf Insurance Group, Clarendon House, Queens Road, READING, Berkshire. RG1 4BN
Accountant Duncan Pierce, Marsh Accountancy, Preston House, 51 East Street, WARMINSTER, Wiltshire. BA12 9AU.
EDUCATION
Current Bath University. MPhil Architectural History and Theory (p/t)
2004-2007 (p/t) UWE Bristol. Grad Dip Building Surveying (Distinction and RICS Prize)
2002-2003 (p/t) City College, Bath. City and Guilds 3D Autocad (43501-3)
1998 - 1999 (p/t) City College, Bath. City and Guilds, AutoCAD (43501-1)
1996-1998 (p/t) University of Bournemouth. PgDip Building Conservation
1977-1981 University of Bradford B Tech (Hons) Archaeological Sciences.
1971-1977 Sandbach School, SANDBACH, Cheshire.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Member (MIFA): Institute of Field Archaeologists.
Member (IHBC): Institute of Historic Building Conservation
Certificate of Training in The Implementation of Health and Safety Management Regulations 1992 (Hinton & Higgs Ltd) .
Certificate of Training in Project Management in Archaeology. (English Heritage/Soton Univ/Bournemouth Univ)
ASSOCIATIONS
Member: Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
Director: Warminster Preservation Trust Ltd.
Trustee: Warminster Civic Trust
Trustee: Construction History Society (Council member)
Member: Vernacular Architecture Group
Advisor: Wild Trout Trust (riparian habitat diversity projects)
Member, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
Member, Ecclesiological Society
Member, Society for the Protection of Ancient Building
EMPLOYMENT
Current: Sole Proprietor, Michael Heaton Heritage Consultants . Providing professional and technical support in the planning and management of works affecting historic buildings and archaeological sites; Archaeological assessment and evaluation of development proposals; Metric survey, palaeopathological analysis and recording of historic buildings; Consultancy and Project Management of archaeological projects.
Archaeological Advisor to The Wild Trout Trust, an environmental charity promoting riparian habitat diversity.
Member, Historic Churches Commission for the Catholic dioceses of southern England.
Priory Archaeologist, Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset.
Visiting Lecturer. Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol
To November 1996: Senior Project Officer, Wessex Archaeology, Old Sarum, Salisbury.
To August 1986: Freelance archaeological supervisor/excavator
To July 1981: Education and Vocational experience.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
European history, particularly its manifestations in natural and man-made heritage, and the origins of the English landscape; Angling, principally chalk stream dry-fly, but the spey casting is improving; Music, mainly 18th century Germans and early 20th century Americans; Fencing (epee). Organiser of each year's Construction History Society exhibition at the Great Dorset Steam Fair
PUBLICATIONS and CONFERENCE PAPERS
Excluding short summaries, interim notes, contributions and non-publication planning reports. Summaries of some non-publication reports are posted at: www.archaeology.demon.co.uk/list.html
Heaton, M.J., 1983, 'Diggers can't be choosers', The Guardian (Essay on the working conditions of archaeological excavators)
Heaton, M.J., 1985, 'Crossed wires on protecting the past', The Guardian (Essay on the complex of issues arising from the events at Stonehenge 1985)
Heaton, M.J., 1990, 'Carl Heron', The Daily Telegraph (Essay on archaeological research at Cardiff University)
Healy, F., Heaton, M.J., and Allen, M.J., 1992, 'Excavation of a Mesolithic Site at Thatcham, Berkshire', PPS, 58.
Heaton, M.J., and Hearne, C.M., 1992, 'Site Investigations at Beddington Lane, Sutton, Surrey,' The London Archaeologist, 7, No. 1
Heaton, M.J., 1992, 'Two Mid-Saxon Grain Driers and Later Medieval Features at Chantry Fields, Gillingham, Dorset' Proc Dorset Natur Hist Archaeol Soc, 114.
Hawkes, J.W., and Heaton, M.J., 1993, Jennings Yard, Windsor: a Closed-Shaft Garderobe and Associated Medieval Structures, Wessex Archaeology Monograph Series 3
Hearne, C.M., and Heaton, M.J., 1994, 'Excavation of a Late Bronze Age Settlement in the Upper Thames valley at Shornecote Quarry near Cirencester' TBGAS CXII
McKinley, J.I., and Heaton, M.J. 1996, 'Maddington Farm, Shrewton: A Romano-British Farmstead and Associated Cemetery' WAM 89
Mepham, L. N., and Heaton, M.J., 1997, ' A pottery kiln at Ashampstead, Berkshire', Medieval Ceramics
Bellamy, P., Davies, S.M., Woodward, P.J., and Heaton, M.J., 2002 'Excavations at Alington Avenue, Dorchester 1985', Proc Dorset Natural Hist Soc Monograph Series.
Heaton, M.J., and Cleal., R.M.J.., 2000, 'Beaker pottery from five pits at Crescent Copse, Salisbury Plain, and the effects of arboreal fungi on archaeological remains' , WAM 93
Heaton, M.J., and Moffatt, R.W., 2002, ‘ A possible outer bailey ditch to Marlborough Castle....etc., WAM 95
Heaton, M.J., 2003, ‘Neolithic Pits at the Beehive, Salisbury,’ WAMS 96
Heaton,M.J., and Davenport, P., 2004, ‘ A Late medieval Timber Frame building at 22 High Street, Bath.’, PSANHS
Heaton, M.J., and Moffatt, R.W., 2004, ‘Excavations at Barton Farm, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.’ WAMS 97
Heaton, M.J., 2004, ‘Habitat improvement and archaeology’, Salmo Trutta 7
Heaton, M.J., 2004, ‘Mells Barns’, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, 147
Heaton, M.J., Hinton, P., and Meddens, F., 2006, ‘Finishing some one else’s story’, The Archaeologist, 59
Heaton, M.J., 2006, ‘Costing the earth….Alternatives to the ‘Fixed Price’’, The Archaeologist, 59.
Heaton, M.J., 2006, ‘Were House, Warminster: The oldest fire station in the world?’, Wiltshire Natural History and Archaeological Magazine, 99
Heaton, M.J., 2006, ‘Show me yours: Cost comparison in Archaeology’, The Archaeologist, 60
Heaton, M.J., 2007, ‘Abbotsbury Barn Roof’, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 128
Heaton, M.J., 2007, ‘W(h)ither the profession?, The Archaeologist, 67
Heaton, M.J., 2008, 'W(h)ither the Profession II: The economic, legal and organisational context of successful commercial archaeology' (Paper given at Annual Conference of the Institute of Field Archaeologists, Swansea University, 18-20 March 2008)
Heaton, M.J., 2008, 'Crinolines and Scaffolding: The value of church records to the historical study of women in construction', Construction History Society Newsletter, No. 81 May 2008. (ISSN 0951 9203) www.constructionhistory.co.uk
Heaton, M.J., 2009, Building palaeopathology: practical applications of archaeological building analysis, Structural Survey , Vol 27, No.2. Winner 'Outstanding Paper 2010' award, Emerald Literati Network Awards 2010
Heaton, M.J., 2009, ‘They don’t build ‘em like they used to: the defective flyers of Christchurch Priory’, Construction History Society Newsletter No. 84 April 2009.
Heaton, M.J., 2009, ‘Dunster Castle Roof’, Construction History Society Newsletter No 86 Dec 2009
Heaton, M.J., 2010, ‘Hidden Treasures: Archaeological survey of fire-damaged buildings’, Building Conservation Journal Oct-Nov 2010, (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
Heaton, M.J., 2010, ‘The value of Construction History to building refurbishment projects’, NBS E-News (http://www.thenbs.com/topics/DesignSpecification/articles/valueofconstructionhistory.asp)
Heaton, M.J., 2011, ‘Commissioning and Control of Archaeological Works in Development Projects’, NBS e-news http://www.thenbs.com/topics/ContractsLaw/articles/commissioningControlOfArchaeologicalWorks.asp)
Heaton, M.J., 2011, ‘The Temple of Apollo, Stourhead’, Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 104 pp265-269
Heaton, M.J., 2011, ‘Building recording: What’s the point?’, Context 122 November 2011. (Institute of Historic Building Conservation)
Heaton, M.J., 2011, 'The archaeological and historical context of river restoration', Salmo Trutta 14 (Wild Trout Trust)
