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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
southwes1-519986: Images and Site Records from Historic Building Recording and Investigation at The Old Malthouse, Lower Treluswell, Ponsanooth, Cornwall, December 2023 and March 2024. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-519986: Images and Site Records from Historic Building Recording and Investigation at The Old Malthouse, Lower Treluswell, Ponsanooth, Cornwall, December 2023 and March 2024

South West Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-371873: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation and a Trial Trench at Langford Mill and Tye Farm, Langford, Cullompton, Devon, November 2019 and June 2023. Copyright: AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
acarchae2-371873: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation and a Trial Trench at Langford Mill and Tye Farm, Langford, Cullompton, Devon, November 2019 and June 2023

AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
cfaarcha1-177837: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Meeting House Close, East Leake, Nottinghamshire, February - April 2014. Copyright: CFA Archaeology Ltd
cfaarcha1-177837: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Meeting House Close, East Leake, Nottinghamshire, February - April 2014

CFA Archaeology Ltd
archaeol27-535595: Images from a Visual Buildings Record (Level 1) at The Elms, Balsall Street, Balsall Common, Solihull, West Midlands, August 2024. Copyright: Archaeology Warwickshire
archaeol27-535595: Images from a Visual Buildings Record (Level 1) at The Elms, Balsall Street, Balsall Common, Solihull, West Midlands, August 2024

Archaeology Warwickshire
archaeol26-539304: Digital Archive from a Strip Map And Sample Excavation at Land at Wessex House, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, January - February 2026. Copyright: Archaeology Wales
archaeol26-539304: Digital Archive from a Strip Map And Sample Excavation at Land at Wessex House, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, January - February 2026

Archaeology Wales
wessexar1-410121: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Derritt Lane, Bransgore, Hampshire, 2020 - 2023. Copyright: Wessex Archaeology
wessexar1-410121: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Derritt Lane, Bransgore, Hampshire, 2020 - 2023

Wessex Archaeology
archaeol5-532514: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Hill Top Farm, Aldwark, Derbyshire, December 2024. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-532514: Digital Archive from Historic Building Recording Works at Hill Top Farm, Aldwark, Derbyshire, December 2024

Archaeological Research Services Ltd
cotswold2-523704: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Exeter Logistics Park, Hayes Farm, Devon, 2018 - 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-523704: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Exeter Logistics Park, Hayes Farm, Devon, 2018 - 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-523702: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Exeter Logistics Park, Hayes Farm, Devon, 2018 - 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-523702: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Exeter Logistics Park, Hayes Farm, Devon, 2018 - 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
wessexar1-530066: Digital Archive from a Geoarchaeological Investigation and Evaluation at Monkton Meadows, Chippenham, Wiltshire, 2024 - 2025. Copyright: Wessex Archaeology
wessexar1-530066: Digital Archive from a Geoarchaeological Investigation and Evaluation at Monkton Meadows, Chippenham, Wiltshire, 2024 - 2025

Wessex 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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