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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
oxfordar3-371733: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation West of 35-40 Stutton Close, Stutton, Suffolk, 2019-2020. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-371733: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation West of 35-40 Stutton Close, Stutton, Suffolk, 2019-2020

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oxfordar2-535994: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Brewery Lane and West Lane, Formby, Merseyside, August to November 2025. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology North
oxfordar2-535994: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Brewery Lane and West Lane, Formby, Merseyside, August to November 2025

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universi1-501983: Site Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at 1 Howard Street and 24-26 Glasshouse Street, Nottingham, June 2021. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-501983: Site Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at 1 Howard Street and 24-26 Glasshouse Street, Nottingham, June 2021

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
oxfordar2-531583: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Oak Street, Crewe, Cheshire, 2025. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology North
oxfordar2-531583: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Oak Street, Crewe, Cheshire, 2025

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oxfordar2-530878: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation and Strip Map Record at Moat Farm, Wrexham Road, Marlston Cum Lache, Chester, January to February 2025. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology North
oxfordar2-530878: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation and Strip Map Record at Moat Farm, Wrexham Road, Marlston Cum Lache, Chester, January to February 2025

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thearcha4-536203: Digital Archive from Analytical Historic Building Recording (Level 3) at the former Eagles Pub, Harley Road, Cressage, Shropshire, May 2025. Copyright: The Archaeology Co.
thearcha4-536203: Digital Archive from Analytical Historic Building Recording (Level 3) at the former Eagles Pub, Harley Road, Cressage, Shropshire, May 2025

The Archaeology Co.
archaeol27-277764: Images from an Archaeological Strip Map and Sample at Upton Marina, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, July - October 2016. Copyright: Archaeology Warwickshire
archaeol27-277764: Images from an Archaeological Strip Map and Sample at Upton Marina, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, July - October 2016

Archaeology Warwickshire
oxfordar3-508208: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation at Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, 2016-2021. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-508208: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation at Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, 2016-2021

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oxfordar2-535992: Images from Archaeological Building Recording at Morecambe Masonic Hall, Derby Street, Morecambe, Lancashire, May - September 2025. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology North
oxfordar2-535992: Images from Archaeological Building Recording at Morecambe Masonic Hall, Derby Street, Morecambe, Lancashire, May - September 2025

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oxfordar2-537087: Digital Archive from Desk Based Assessment, Walkover Survey, Watching Brief and Evaluation Work at Cheshire Boreholes, Delamere, June 2001 to July 2003. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology North
oxfordar2-537087: Digital Archive from Desk Based Assessment, Walkover Survey, Watching Brief and Evaluation Work at Cheshire Boreholes, Delamere, June 2001 to July 2003

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OASIS is an online reporting form enabling heritage practitioners to provide information about their investigations to regional Historic Environment Records (HERs) and respective national heritage organisations.

As well as being an information-gathering tool, researchers may share reports with HERs for public release in the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) Library.

The ADS, in addition to making the reports available online for access to the wider public, undertakes the curation and archiving of the digital files, ensuring long-term preservation.

The OASIS form is shortly to be redeployed September 2023) with a number of improvements requested by users. These are primarily based on the Search, Results, and Summary pages. A full list is below: A more open-ended piece of work has been sorting out author records between OASIS and the ADS Library. A more detailed … Continue reading Update on recent improvements →

Over the last two years we’ve been developing a separate application known as the OASIS Dashboard. The Dashboard is a ‘sandbox’ application that focusses on presenting the user with more views and ways of interacting with OASIS data. Funding for the Dashboard was via a grant from the University of York ESRC Impact Acceleration Account, … Continue reading The OASIS Dashboard →

Over the period December 2022 to January 2023 all Scottish OASIS records were copied into the new OASIS database. From this point forward OASIS V should be used for creating new records and editing existing records. This process took much longer than originally anticipated due to some improvements that were required on the mapping of … Continue reading OASIS V now live in Scotland →

One of the many requirements for the new OASIS system was the ability to link together individual projects that belong to the same scheme of works or research project. This could be defined as: However, the definition of a project is always tricky! OASIS itself sets no definitions on what a ‘project’ is, as this … Continue reading Guidance for linking large-scale projects or phases of work →

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