Historic Landscapes and Mental Well-being

Timothy Darvill is Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Bournemouth University and leads the research on the Human Henge project; Kerry Barrass is a researcher on the project; Laura Drysdale is the Director of the Restoration Trust and project manager of Human Henge; Vanessa Heaslip is a Principal Academic in the Department of Nursing and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University and leads the participant monitoring programme on Human Henge; and Yvette Staelens is a visiting research fellow at Bournemouth University and was the programme facilitator for Human Henge.

• Foreword – by Sara LuntChapter 1 Introduction: Heritage and well-being – by Timothy Darvill, Kerry Barrass, Laura Drysdale, Vanessa Heaslip, and Yvette StaelensChapter 2 Mental well-being and historic landscapes: The heritage context – by Liz Ellis and Alice KershawChapter 3 Therapeutic landscapes past and present: The mental health context – by Toby SutcliffeChapter 4 Inclusion and recovery: Archaeology and heritage for people with mental health problems and/or autism – by William RathouseChapter 5 Walking with intent: Culture therapy in ancient landscapes – by Laura DrysdaleChapter 6 Monuments for life: Building Human Henge at Stonehenge and Avebury – by Timothy DarvillChapter 7 ‘What did you do today mummy?’: Human Henge and mental well-being – by Yvette StaelensChapter 8 High value, short intervention historic landscape projects: Practical considerations for voluntary mental-health providers – by Daniel O’DonoghueChapter 9 Human Henge: The impact of Neolithic healing landscapes on mental health and well-being – by Vanessa HeaslipChapter 10 A place to heal: Past perceptions and new opportunities for using historic sites to change lives – by Martin Allfreyii Chapter 11 People making places making people – by Briony CliftonChapter 12 ‘The archaeological imagination’: New ways of seeing for mental health recovery – by Rebecca L HearneChapter 13 Prehistoric landscapes as transitional space – by Claire NolanChapter 14 Messing about on the river: Volunteering and well-being on the Thames foreshore – by Helen JohnstonChapter 15 Between the Barrows: Seeking a spirit of place – by Christopher Howard ElmerChapter 16 The Roman Baths: A place of recovery – by Paul MurtaghChapter 17 ‘The People Before Us’ Project: Exploring heritage and well-being in a rapidly changing seaside town – by Lesley Hardy and Eleanor Williams Chapter 18 Landscapes of mental health: The archaeology of St Wulstan’s Local Nature Reserve, Malvern, England – by Andrew Hoaen, Bob Ruffle, and Helen LoneyChapter 19 Archaeology and mental health: War memorials survey in Ceredigion – by William RathouseChapter 20 Waterloo Uncovered: From discoveries in conflict archaeology to military veteran collaboration and recovery on one of the world’s most famous battlefields – by Mark Evans, Stuart Eve, Vicki Haverkate-Emmerson, Tony Pollard, Eleonora Steinberg, and David UlkeChapter 21 Crafting, heritage and well-being: Lessons from two public engagement projects – by Zena KamashAfterword – by Alex Coulter