3. The Founding of GMAU by Archaeotea published on 2020-12-12T13:14:22Z In the third episode Mike Nevell looks at the founding of the Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit (GMAU) in 1980. GMAU was the forerunner of the present-day Greater Manchester Archaeological Advisory Service who advise the ten local authorities in the Manchester city region on archaeology impacted by the planning process. GMAU was responsible for pioneering archaeological work across Greater Manchester throughout the 1980s, conserving the Roman forts at Castleshaw and conducting the first excavation of a late prehistoric and Romano-British rural settlement in the county, at Great Woolden in Salford. Presented by Mike Nevell, produced by Elizabeth Nevell, edited by Richard Nevell. Genre Learning