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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
archaeol5-512274: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard, Ellison Street, Hebburn, 2022. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-512274: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard, Ellison Street, Hebburn, 2022

Archaeological Research Services Ltd
universi1-197477: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Survey and Recording of Rampart Erosion at Burrough Hill Hillfort, Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire, 2013. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-197477: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Survey and Recording of Rampart Erosion at Burrough Hill Hillfort, Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire, 2013

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
molanort1-501166: Digital Archive from a Historic Building Recording at Saxon Brickworks, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, January - February 2021. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-501166: Digital Archive from a Historic Building Recording at Saxon Brickworks, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, January - February 2021

MOLA Northampton
archaeol20-543547: Digital Archive from a Magnetometry Survey at Red Barn, Sheepdrove Farm, Lambourn, West Berkshire, April 2026. Copyright: Archaeological Surveys Ltd
archaeol20-543547: Digital Archive from a Magnetometry Survey at Red Barn, Sheepdrove Farm, Lambourn, West Berkshire, April 2026

Archaeological Surveys Ltd
archaeol27-501793: Images from Historic Building Recording and Watching Brief at Robertsend Court, Longdon, Worcestershire, May 2020. Copyright: Archaeology Warwickshire
archaeol27-501793: Images from Historic Building Recording and Watching Brief at Robertsend Court, Longdon, Worcestershire, May 2020

Archaeology Warwickshire
abherita1-527860: Images from a Historic Buildings Record at The Barn, Newlands Farm, Little Hucklow, Derbyshire, December 2024. Copyright: AB Heritage Limited
abherita1-527860: Images from a Historic Buildings Record at The Barn, Newlands Farm, Little Hucklow, Derbyshire, December 2024

AB Heritage Limited
archaeol27-531213: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Fencote House, Broadway, Worcestershire, June 2020. Copyright: Archaeology Warwickshire
archaeol27-531213: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Fencote House, Broadway, Worcestershire, June 2020

Archaeology Warwickshire
oxfordar2-392444: Digital Archive from Evaluation Trenching and Borehole Monitoring at Chester Northgate Redevelopment, Chester, 2017-2018. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology North
oxfordar2-392444: Digital Archive from Evaluation Trenching and Borehole Monitoring at Chester Northgate Redevelopment, Chester, 2017-2018

Oxford Archaeology North
preconst1-134327: Digital Archive from a Trial Trench Evaluation at the University of Reading, Bridges Hall, August 2012. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (Winchester)
preconst1-134327: Digital Archive from a Trial Trench Evaluation at the University of Reading, Bridges Hall, August 2012

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (Winchester)
fieldsec1-259658: Digital Archive from Archaeological Investigations at Cathedral Square, Worcester, Worcestershire, March - August 2015. Copyright: Worcestershire Archaeology
fieldsec1-259658: Digital Archive from Archaeological Investigations at Cathedral Square, Worcester, Worcestershire, March - August 2015

Worcestershire 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.

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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