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Celebrating Hampshire HistoriansWaterman, Dudley Mark1918 – 17 May 1979Dudley Waterman was born in Southampton. On leaving school he worked in an architect’s office and became a skilled draftsman, taking part in numerous local excavations including Roman Clausentum and Saxon Hamwih. His upbringing in Hampshire coincided with the ‘golden age’ of archaeological advancement and among his mentors were Heywood Sumner, Williams-Freeman and OGS Crawford. This opportunity to learn from established figures continued into 1938, when he was part of the survey team led by Mortimer Wheeler, visiting hillforts in Brittany in the company of Ralegh Radford and Martyn Jope. After World War II he taught draughtsmanship at the Institute of Archaeology in London, before being appointed archaeological curator at York Museum. This was followed by a move back south to take on the post of Curator at Carisbrooke Castle, on the Isle of Wight. In 1950, Waterman was appointed as joint head of the Archaeological Survey of Northern Ireland, where he was to truly make his mark. The Archaeological Survey of County Down, twelve years in the making, appeared in 1966, and was the first of its kind in Ireland. Hand in hand with the fieldwork, went excavation, publication and, ultimately, management of the historic resource. In an obituary notice, E M Jope recalled that Waterman was part of the generation who ‘bridged the interspace between the old world of highly percipient men, whose professions lay in other fields, and the ‘new’ world of professionalism in archaeology itself. The latter he was responsible for shaping with the highest precepts…’ Sources
PortraitContribution to county’s historyEarly work on excavations in Southampton (Clausentum and Hamwih) – curator at Carisbrooke Castle. Relevant published works
Critical CommentsOther CommentsContributorDave Allen, March 2023 Key WordsRoman Clausentum, Saxon Hamwih, draughtsmanship, Institute of Archaeology If you are able to add anything to this entry, please send your ideas to celebrating@hantsfieldclub.org.uk.
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