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These two worked antler roundel ‘pendants’ were recovered from an Early Roman pit. Although these objects are relatively uncommon in Britain, they have been recorded in most provinces in the western ...

This brooch is of a type which would have been worn in the 1st century AD and has a strong association with the Roman army. Some traces of a white metal coating survive and the brooch is made up of a ...

We are excited to announce the launch of the new Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) website – bringing together the expertise, resources, and passion of two of the UK’s largest archaeological ...

Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) archaeologists working on the A417 archaeology of the Missing Link improvement scheme in Gloucestershire have uncovered a Roman mutatio (literally ‘change’; the Latin ...

This unusual medieval buckle plate is decorated with an elaborate repoussé motif depicting a king enthroned. The plate is made from a folded sheet with recesses at one end to accommodate the frame.

This trough would have been carved from a half-split log. Although it is well finished, there is some faint faceting and partial stop-marks visible over much of the outer surfaces suggesting that the ...

Between summer 2016 and spring 2018, Cotswold Archaeology excavated the site of the Dings Crusaders Roman villa at Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire. The work was funded by Redrow during their ...