Using archaeological sites and historic landscapes to promote mental well-being represents one of the most significant advances in archaeological resource management for many years. Prompted by the Human Henge project (Stonehenge/Avebury World Heritage Site), this volume provides an overview of work going on across Britain and the near Continent.

Foreword – by Sara Lunt
Chapter 1 Introduction: Heritage and well-being – by Timothy Darvill, Kerry Barrass, Laura Drysdale, Vanessa Heaslip, and Yvette Staelens
Chapter 2 Mental well-being and historic landscapes: The heritage context – by Liz Ellis and Alice Kershaw
Chapter 3 Therapeutic landscapes past and present: The mental health context – by Toby Sutcliffe
Chapter 4 Inclusion and recovery: Archaeology and heritage for people with mental health problems and/or autism – by William Rathouse
Chapter 5 Walking with intent: Culture therapy in ancient landscapes – by Laura Drysdale
Chapter 6 Monuments for life: Building Human Henge at Stonehenge and Avebury – by Timothy Darvill
Chapter 7 ‘What did you do today mummy?’: Human Henge and mental well-being – by Yvette Staelens
Chapter 8 High value, short intervention historic landscape projects: Practical considerations for voluntary mental-health providers – by Daniel O’Donoghue
Chapter 9 Human Henge: The impact of Neolithic healing landscapes on mental health and well-being – by Vanessa Heaslip
Chapter 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 Clifton
Chapter 12 ‘The archaeological imagination’: New ways of seeing for mental health recovery – by Rebecca L Hearne
Chapter 13 Prehistoric landscapes as transitional space – by Claire Nolan
Chapter 14 Messing about on the river: Volunteering and well-being on the Thames foreshore – by Helen Johnston
Chapter 15 Between the Barrows: Seeking a spirit of place – by Christopher Howard Elmer
Chapter 16 The Roman Baths: A place of recovery – by Paul Murtagh
Chapter 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 Loney
Chapter 19 Archaeology and mental health: War memorials survey in Ceredigion – by William Rathouse
Chapter 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 Ulke
Chapter 21 Crafting, heritage and well-being: Lessons from two public engagement projects – by Zena Kamash Afterword – by Alex Coulter