OASIS Logo

OASIS

The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
universi1-198128: Photographs from an Archaeological Watching Brief for the Installation of Wind Turbines at Junction 18 of the M1, Northamptonshire, June - August 2014. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-198128: Photographs from an Archaeological Watching Brief for the Installation of Wind Turbines at Junction 18 of the M1, Northamptonshire, June - August 2014

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
southwes1-536513: Digital Archive from a Visual Buildings Record (Level 1) and Archaeological Watching Brief at Church View Farm, Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall, November 2025. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-536513: Digital Archive from a Visual Buildings Record (Level 1) and Archaeological Watching Brief at Church View Farm, Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall, November 2025

South West Archaeology Ltd
preconst1-523179: Photographs from an Archaeological Evaluation at Corbridge Road, Hexham, Northumberland, 2024. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-523179: Photographs from an Archaeological Evaluation at Corbridge Road, Hexham, Northumberland, 2024

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
universi1-188666: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Station Road, Irchester, Northamptonshire, August 2014. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-188666: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Station Road, Irchester, Northamptonshire, August 2014

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
preconst1-522394: Photographs from an Archaeological Evaluation at Welwyn Road, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, November - December 2023. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-522394: Photographs from an Archaeological Evaluation at Welwyn Road, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, November - December 2023

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
universi1-195823: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at 17 Mill Lane, Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, January 2014. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-195823: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at 17 Mill Lane, Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, January 2014

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
preconst1-502682: Photographs from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Stotts Road and Eastfield Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, September and October 2021. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-502682: Photographs from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Stotts Road and Eastfield Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, September and October 2021

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
universi1-316162: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Observation, Investigation, Recording and Analysis of Works at 34 Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, April 2018. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-316162: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Observation, Investigation, Recording and Analysis of Works at 34 Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, April 2018

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
acarchae2-373846: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording at Polgrean Place, St Blazey, Cornwall, November 2019. Copyright: AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
acarchae2-373846: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording at Polgrean Place, St Blazey, Cornwall, November 2019

AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
essexcou1-85745: Digital Archive from Archaeological Excavation at Area C/E, Priors Green, Takeley, Essex, April to May 2010. Copyright: Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
essexcou1-85745: Digital Archive from Archaeological Excavation at Area C/E, Priors Green, Takeley, Essex, April to May 2010

Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
PreviousNext

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 →

Funded by
Historic England Logo
Historic Environment Scotland Logo
Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy