This is Archaeology: Broken pots, mending lives - Archaeology as recovery for the military

Dickie Bennett

Director of Services, Breaking Ground Heritage

Dickie is a heritage wellbeing researcher and consultant, specialising in the development and delivery of heritage wellbeing interventions.

Richard Osgood

Archaeologist with the Ministry of Defence, Breaking Ground Heritage

Richard Osgood works as Senior Archaeologist for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), responsible for managing and preserving monuments and archaeological sites within the entire Ministry of Defence estate. Previously, he was Research Assistant to Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and also advised Philip Pullman on archaeology in the Northern Lights trilogy. Richard is a regular contributor on the BBC’s Digging for Britain and directs the archaeology of Operation Nightingale which utilises fieldwork to assist the recovery of military veterans.