Archaeology Data Service

  • July 2008: 107 new Grey Literature reports in the online library - The ADS are pleased to announce the release of an additional 107 Grey Literature reports (unpublished field work).This includes reports from Birmingham Archaeology, Colchester Archaeological Trust, Highland Archaeology Services, Aberdeen City Council Archaeological Unit, and also from Stephen Haigh appearing in the library for the first time. As ever, these reports cover a very wide geographical spread and touch upon every conceivable archaeological time period. The total number of reports in the library is 2215 and there are a further 92 awaiting processing and release in the next few weeks.
  • July 2008: England's Historic Seascapes released. - The ADS and English Heritage are pleased to announce the online release of England's Historic Seascapes. This is a programme of projects funded through the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund to develop a nationally-applicable method for assessing and mapping the historic character of our present coastal and marine environment: Historic Seascape Characterisation (HSC). Development of a robust, nationally-relevant HSC methodology presents many challenges which have been addressed through two rounds of pilot projects, their areas selected to include a broad range of the historic and management contexts encountered in England's coastal and marine zones. It is the results of these pilot programmes that are presented here.
  • June 2008: Lake District National Park HER now on-line. - The ADS and Lake District National Park Authority are pleased to announce the availability of the Lake District Historic Environment Record (HER) online. With the objective of making this HER accessible to a wider audience, it is hosted by ADS where it is integrated into their searching and delivery mechanisms. This was made possible through a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the implementation of the Access to Archaeology Project. This HER is now fully cross-searchable with all the other HERs and National Monuments Records made available through the ADSs ArchSearch interface.
  • June 2008: The Archaeology of Glastonbury Abbey on-line updated - The ADS and the Trustees of Glastonbury Abbey are pleased to announce an update to the Archaeology of Glastonbury Abbey archive. This update comprises a report produced by Jerry Sampson in 1995 which records in detail the evidence for a complex painted scheme covering many of the wall surfaces in the 12th century Lady Chapel. The report is made available for download as a series of pdf files.