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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
acarchae2-421701: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Treboul Farm, St Germans, Cornwall, May 2021. Copyright: AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
acarchae2-421701: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Treboul Farm, St Germans, Cornwall, May 2021

AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
preconst1-511382: Image Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Percy Cottage, Rothbury, Northumberland, November 2022. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-511382: Image Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Percy Cottage, Rothbury, Northumberland, November 2022

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
universi1-345215: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Latimer Arts College, Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, 2019. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-345215: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Latimer Arts College, Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, 2019

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
colchest3-540177: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Hatches Farm, Hatches Farm Road, Little Burstead, Billericay, Essex, February 2026. Copyright: Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-540177: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Hatches Farm, Hatches Farm Road, Little Burstead, Billericay, Essex, February 2026

Colchester Archaeological Trust
networka2-374255: Image Archive from an Archaeological Strip, Map and Record Excavation at Deverell's Farm, Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, February - May 2018. Copyright: Network Archaeology Limited
networka2-374255: Image Archive from an Archaeological Strip, Map and Record Excavation at Deverell's Farm, Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, February - May 2018

Network Archaeology Limited
stephenh1-543247: Images from a Descriptive Historic Building Record (Level 2) at Rowley Farm, Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood, Lancashire, May 2026. Copyright: Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
stephenh1-543247: Images from a Descriptive Historic Building Record (Level 2) at Rowley Farm, Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood, Lancashire, May 2026

Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
archaeol27-523623: Images from an Archaeological Building Recording and Watching Brief at Manor Farm, Swindon Village, Gloucestershire, 2023 - 2024. Copyright: Archaeology Warwickshire
archaeol27-523623: Images from an Archaeological Building Recording and Watching Brief at Manor Farm, Swindon Village, Gloucestershire, 2023 - 2024

Archaeology Warwickshire
preconst1-432531: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Seaton Delaval Station, Northumberland, September 2021. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-432531: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Seaton Delaval Station, Northumberland, September 2021

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
southwes1-426779: Images and Site Records from an Open Area Excavation at Trevemper Road, Newquay, Cornwall, 2021 - 2023. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-426779: Images and Site Records from an Open Area Excavation at Trevemper Road, Newquay, Cornwall, 2021 - 2023

South West Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-533940: Digital Archive from Archaeological Investigations at Avebury Manor, Avebury, Wiltshire, 2025. Copyright: AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
acarchae2-533940: Digital Archive from Archaeological Investigations at Avebury Manor, Avebury, Wiltshire, 2025

AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
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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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