Martin Brown

Martin is an archaeologist within the Historic Environment Team at Defence Estates, which is responsible for providing archaeological advice across the MOD. Martin has been a paid archaeologist since 1987 and has worked in local government, for English Heritage and the Museum of London, amongst others and in places as diverse as London, Sussex, the Fens and Italy.

Martin is a founder member of No-Mans-Land, the European Group for Great War Archaeology. He led the team at Serre on the "Wilfred Owen" dig that was broadcast in the series "Ancestors" in 2004. Martin has worked on Great War sites in Britain, France and Belgium. Martin is, with Andy Robertshaw, co-convenor of the annual Battlefield Archaeology conference at the National Army Museum and an adviser to the All-Party War Graves and Battlefield Heritage Group.

Martin's media work includes a variety of TV and radio programmes discussing archaeology, including "Timefliers", "Inside Out", "Tales from the Grave" and "Country Tracks". He has published on the defence of Sussex, on defensive monuments as European heritage and on Great War practice trenches, as well as on Archaeology and Folklore, chalk hillfigures and why good site visits should include pubs and/or tea shops. He has led archaeological tours, including battlefield tours in Sussex and to the Somme (à velo) and is well-known for his guided walks that bring the archaeology and history of Sussex to life, sometimes literally.