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OASIS

The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
cotswold2-540234: Images from a Visual Building Recording and a Descriptive Building Recording at Bristol Zoo, College Street, Clifton, Bristol, October 2025. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-540234: Images from a Visual Building Recording and a Descriptive Building Recording at Bristol Zoo, College Street, Clifton, Bristol, October 2025

Cotswold Archaeology
onsitear2-532501: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at The Ship Inn, Low Road, Aldborough, North Yorkshire, July 2023. Copyright: On-Site Archaeology
onsitear2-532501: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at The Ship Inn, Low Road, Aldborough, North Yorkshire, July 2023

On-Site Archaeology
archaeol3-534433: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Broadway House Farm, Bedlington, Northumberland, May-June 2025. Copyright: Archaeological Services Durham University
archaeol3-534433: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Broadway House Farm, Bedlington, Northumberland, May-June 2025

Archaeological Services Durham University
archaeol3-517480: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bluestone Solar Farm, Cockfield, County Durham, June-July 2023. Copyright: Archaeological Services Durham University
archaeol3-517480: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bluestone Solar Farm, Cockfield, County Durham, June-July 2023

Archaeological Services Durham University
stephenh1-535641: Images and Report from a Photographic Survey at Bridge House, Jubilee Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, July 2025. Copyright: Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
stephenh1-535641: Images and Report from a Photographic Survey at Bridge House, Jubilee Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, July 2025

Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
johnmoor1-421811: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation and Watching Brief from Naunton Downs Golf Course, Naunton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2020 to 2021. Copyright: John Moore Heritage Services
johnmoor1-421811: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation and Watching Brief from Naunton Downs Golf Course, Naunton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2020 to 2021

John Moore Heritage Services
archaeol11-542425: Images from Analytical Buildings Recording (Level 3) Work at Paleys Farm, Langcliffe, North Yorkshire, February 2026. Copyright: Archaeological Services WYAS
archaeol11-542425: Images from Analytical Buildings Recording (Level 3) Work at Paleys Farm, Langcliffe, North Yorkshire, February 2026

Archaeological Services WYAS
allenarc1-513917: Digital Archive from an Excavation at Station Road, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, October 2022. Copyright: Allen Archaeology Limited
allenarc1-513917: Digital Archive from an Excavation at Station Road, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, October 2022

Allen Archaeology Limited
colchest3-538152: Digital Archive from Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Tiptofts Farm, Cole End Lane, Sewards End, Essex, December 2025. Copyright: Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-538152: Digital Archive from Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Tiptofts Farm, Cole End Lane, Sewards End, Essex, December 2025

Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-538610: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at 5 The Street, Sheering, Harlow, Essex, 2025. Copyright: Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-538610: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at 5 The Street, Sheering, Harlow, Essex, 2025

Colchester Archaeological Trust
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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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