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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
molanort1-501349: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Darsdale Nursing Home, Raunds, Northamptonshire, February 2021. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-501349: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Darsdale Nursing Home, Raunds, Northamptonshire, February 2021

MOLA Northampton
archaeol3-532807: Images from a Building Survey at Town Farm, Glanton, Northumberland, February 2025. Copyright: Archaeological Services Durham University
archaeol3-532807: Images from a Building Survey at Town Farm, Glanton, Northumberland, February 2025

Archaeological Services Durham University
stephenh1-532718: Digital archive from an Analytical Buildings Record (level 3) at Pheasant Field, Borwick, Lancashire, March 2025. Copyright: Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
stephenh1-532718: Digital archive from an Analytical Buildings Record (level 3) at Pheasant Field, Borwick, Lancashire, March 2025

Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
molanort1-528551: Site Images and Records from an Archaeological Evaluation and Excavation at Leathermills Sluice, Ecton, Northamptonshire, 2018. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-528551: Site Images and Records from an Archaeological Evaluation and Excavation at Leathermills Sluice, Ecton, Northamptonshire, 2018

MOLA Northampton
molanort1-408257: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Dadford Road, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, 2020. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-408257: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Dadford Road, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, 2020

MOLA Northampton
molanort1-507187: Site Images and Records from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Church Lane, Brafield on the Green, Northamptonshire, April 2022. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-507187: Site Images and Records from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Church Lane, Brafield on the Green, Northamptonshire, April 2022

MOLA Northampton
molanort1-377416: Site Images and Records from a Programme of Archaeological Work at Rectory View, Hargrave, Northamptonshire, 2019-2021. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-377416: Site Images and Records from a Programme of Archaeological Work at Rectory View, Hargrave, Northamptonshire, 2019-2021

MOLA Northampton
cotswold2-521622: Digital Archive from Archaeological Excavation at Marham Park, Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 2016 to 2017. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-521622: Digital Archive from Archaeological Excavation at Marham Park, Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 2016 to 2017

Cotswold Archaeology
stephenh1-530782: Digital Archive from an Analytical Buildings Record (level 3) at Lakeland Farm, Anderton, Lancashire, January 2025. Copyright: Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
stephenh1-530782: Digital Archive from an Analytical Buildings Record (level 3) at Lakeland Farm, Anderton, Lancashire, January 2025

Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
cotswold2-531842: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance, Meppershall Water Pipeline, Central Bedfordshire, May to June 2023. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-531842: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance, Meppershall Water Pipeline, Central Bedfordshire, May to June 2023

Cotswold Archaeology
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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.

Publius Horatius by Hendrick Goltzius (Stecher_in) – 1586 – Albertina, Austria – Public Domain.https://www.europeana.eu/item/15508/DG74442 The OASIS form is shortly to be redeployed (by the end of 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 … Continue reading Update: September 2023 →

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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