Caroline Hardie MA MIFA IHBC
Director and Senior Consultant

Caroline has over twenty years experience in the historic environment, thirteen of which as County Archaeologist and Head of Conservation for Northumberland. She has an MA in Archaeology from Glasgow University and is a Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists and the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. She recently won a County Durham Environment Award for the Restoration of Scargill Castle. She is the former Chair of the Council for British Archaeology Northern Region and has also been an archaeological adviser to the Diocesan Advisory Committee for Northumbria, The Regional Advisory Committee for the Forestry Commission, a member of Council for the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and a member of the Environmental Support Group for the MOD’s Otterburn Training Area.

Caroline’s profession in the historic environment started in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow then joining the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) working in Kent, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. She later spent 16 years in local government, first as assistant County Archaeologist in North Yorkshire, then County Archaeologist for Northumberland, eventually managing the Conservation Team, dealing with the natural, marine and historic environment. In that capacity she led a number of conservation projects including the restoration of historic buildings and their presentation to the public.

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