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- Arbeia Roman Fort at South Shields - An article on the excavation with plans and photographs (one showing the reconstructed gatehouse) originally published in Current Archaeology 133.
www.archaeology.co.uk/timeline/roman/arbeia/arbeia.htm
- Archaeology in Colchester - Excavations by the Colchester Archaeological Trust in Britain's first Roman town: a site in the town centre in Summer 2000 and a high status burial site 1991-97 at Stanway.
www.colchester-arch-trust.co.uk/list_excavations.htm
- Arthur's O'on - J.K. Gillon gathers together illustrated accounts of this remarkable beehive-shaped Roman building in Scotland which survived until 1743.
members.fortunecity.com/gillonj/arthursoon
- Birmingham Roman Roads Project - Using archival, archaeological and geophysical research methods to track down lost Roman Roads in Birmingham and set them in context. Led by Peter Leather, University of Birmingham, School of Continuing Studies.
web.bham.ac.uk/leathepd
- Bulldozer Unearths Fine Roman Mosaic - An illustrated article in the Telegraph on the discovery of one the largest and most spectacular Roman mosaics found in Britain.
news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/11/08/nmos08.xml
- Caistor Roman Town, Norfolk - Tour by Sue White, Landscape Archaeology Section, Norfolk Museums Service. Interactive plan leads to history and illustrations of finds. Hosted by the University of East Anglia.
www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/researchareas/JWMP/CaistorRomanTown/crtp1.html
- Calleva Film Project - A documentary by Sean Caveille about Roman Silchester and the archaeological excavation of it. People involved, production diary, introduction to Roman Silchester with plan, soundtrack clip.
www.timesequence.com
- Dorchester Roman Aqueduct - Training excavations for Bournemouth University and Yeovil College students. Plans, summary report and bibliography by Bill Putnam and Ian Hewitt.
csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/consci/text_dor/putnam.htm
- Fishbourne Roman Palace - One of the greatest Roman buildings in the Empire. The site and museum are owned by Sussex Archaeological Society, which offers a gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs, including one of the model, visitor information and reports of the latest excavations.
www.sussexpast.co.uk/fishbo/fishbo.htm
- Gresham Street, London - The Museum of London Archaeology Service excavation of two Roman water-lifting machines - a discovery unique in Britain. This dig featured in a Channel 4 programme by the makers of Time Team.
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/frames.shtml?www.museumoflondon.org.uk/MOLsite/forum/spit_co1.html
- Housesteads Fort - A virtual guided tour of the former Vercovicium on Hadrian's Wall using photographs by Sion McElveen.
www.geocities.com/sionmc/fort/fortplan.htm
- Kingsweston Roman Villa, Bristol - Reconstruction drawing, plan, photograph of mosaic, brief description and access arrangements from Bristol City Council.
www.bristol-city.gov.uk/mus/kings.html
- Piercebridge - An outline history of the ancient Roman settlement at Piercebridge, County Durham, with images of artefacts discovered: jewellery, coins, pottery, figurines.
www.piercebridge.com
- Roman Britain - Enthusiast Kevan White presents clickable maps, leading to data on each site. He also gives information on the period, the British tribes, and references.
www.roman-britain.org
- Roman Britain - Roman expert Guy de la Bédoyère provides the texts from 'Roman Inscriptions of Britain', with a catalogue of gods and goddesses drawn from them. Also an illustrated guide to Hadrian's Wall, details of Roman army units in Britain, artist's reconstructions, information on his books.
www.bedoyere.freeserve.co.uk
- Roman Gask Project - Programme by the University of Manchester to study the Roman frontier on and around the Gask Ridge in Perthshire, Scotland. Progress attractively presented in maps, gazetteer and reports.
www.morgue.demon.co.uk/Pages/Gask
- Roman Roadside Settlement at Nettleton - Lincolnshire County Council gives a brief outline of its excavations in conjunction with the Universities of Durham and Sheffield. Plan of Roman Lincolnshire.
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lccconnect/highways/archaeology/nettleton.htm
- Roman Sites of the British Isles - Illustrated descriptions of some notable sites from The Heritage Trail. Including Richborough, Silchester, Wall, Wroxeter and the villas at Bignor and Lullingstone.
www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/alpha_lists/romanlist.htm
- Roman Town of Tripontium - Excavations by the Rugby Archaeological Society. Outline of work there under Jack Lucus. Location of finds. Publication.
members.lycos.co.uk/tripontium
- Roman Villas Found under Playing Field - The Telegraph reports on the remarkable discovery of twin villas with a fine mosaic at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire. Includes reconstruction drawing and photograph of the mosaic.
www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/18/nrome18.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/08/18/ixhome.html
- Roman Villas in England - Britain Express outlines the history and features of Roman villas in England, with diagrams. Brief details of major villas to visit.
www.britainexpress.com/architecture/roman-villas.htm
- Romano-British Sites and Museums - List of Roman forts, towns and villas in England, Scotland and Wales from 'Athena Review' vol.1, nos.1 and 2.
www.athenapub.com/rombrit1.htm
- See You at the Spa! - A re-analysis of Roman Bath's iconography led Martin Henig to envision the spa as a place used both by Romans and aspiring native Celts. Article in Archaeology.
www.archaeology.org//online/news/bath.html
- Silchester Roman Town, Hampshire - The University of Reading runs a training excavation here every summer. Clickable map of the Roman town showing excavations, photographs, background, interim reports, reconstruction.
www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/la/silchester
- The Bristol Area in Roman Times - Gary Malkin introduces Roman sites at Sea Mills, Kings Weston, Brislington, Keynsham and the Orpheus mosaic from Newton St Loe. Bibliography and related links.
members.tripod.com/garymalkin__1
- The Cotswold HyperGuide - Roman Sites - Brief details of significant Roman sites in the area: Bury Hill Camp, Cirencester, Lydney Temple and the villas at Chedworth, Great Witcombe, King's Weston and Woodchester.
www.digital-brilliance.com/hyperg/history/roman.htm
- The Danebury Environs Roman Project - Danebury Trust has been examining the Roman sites in the vicinity of the Iron Age hillfort at Danebury. Illustrated resumes of findings from the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford.
athens.arch.ox.ac.uk/schoolarch/institute/projects/danebury/project.htm
- The Defences of Chester - Computer reconstructions of the Roman town walls by Julian Baum and Tim Strickland.
www.julianbaum.co.uk/ChesterDefences/Main.html
- The Newstead Research Project - Outline and preliminary report from the University of Bradford on its investigation of the region surrounding the Roman fort of Trimontium near Newstead.
www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/field_proj/newstead/newstead.html
- The Roman Painted House at Dover, England - Roman archaeological site discovered in 1970 by the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit in Dover, and open to the public.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/2508/RPH.html
- The Roman Villa at Woodchester - An illustrated description by Graham Thomas of the Roman villa in the Cotswolds noted for its mosaics.
www.grahamthomas.com/history4.html
- The Wroxeter Hinterland Project - University of Birmingham Field Archaeology Unit used information technology and remote sensing to explore the hidden Roman city of Wroxeter, Shropshire. Gallery of expandable thumb-nail images; geophysical results, newsletters, Virtual Wroxeter Roman Fortress.
www.bufau.bham.ac.uk/newsite/projects/WH/base.html
- Trimontium Fort - At Newstead, near Melrose, Scotland. Expandable site plan and aerial photographs, history, description and visitor information provided by the Trimontium Trust.
www.trimontium.freeserve.co.uk/fort.html
- Verulamium - The Roman city at the present St. Albans was the third largest in Roman Britain. An introduction with historical outline, reconstruction drawing, photographs and links.
www.verulamium.com
- Virtual Wroxeter Roman Fortress - Interactive reconstruction requires Superscape's Viscape plug-in for your browser (downloadable free.) Viewing the fortress downloads a 500KB file. By Access to Archaeology, a British Telecom-sponsored project by the Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit.
www.bufau.bham.ac.uk/newsite/Projects/BT/default.htm
- Whitehall Farm Roman Villa and Landscape Project - Professional archaeologists, students and volunteers are uncovering a Roman villa and bath house complex at Nether Heyford in Northamptonshire. Results, project outline and community involvement.
www.whitehallvilla.co.uk
- Britannia - Well-organised gazetteer and bibliography of the Roman army in Britain, by Peter Green. Maps, photographs of selected sites. Typology, organisation of the Roman army, terminology.
www.morgue.demon.co.uk
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