Projects supported
In recent years the Roman Research Trust has supported a wide range of projects related to Romano-British archaeology. It has made awards to fieldwork projects including excavation and survey at Avebury, Ipplepen, Hayling Island and Binchester. It has supported post-excavation analysis of material from Garsons Field catalogue collections of Romano-British material culture, including Lydney and Durham. It has made grants in support of publications including the results of fieldwork in Aldborough and Bath. Additionally it has supported educational activities and archival projects including work on the archives at Vindolanda and displays a Worthing Museum. More details on previous projects supported is provided below.
Analysis of plaster and CBM from Garsons Field Roman villa bath house, Wiltshire (awarded 2025)
Thanks to generous grants of £2000 from the Roman Society Donald Atkinson Fund, and £978 from the Roman Research Trust, alongside donations from our volunteers of £1072, Teffont Archaeology Project was able…
Marcham excavations: post-excavation and publication (awarded 2025)
The eleven seasons of excavations at Marcham (aka Frilford) resulted in a nationally important collection of structures and material culture. A series of unusual Iron Age enclosures are overlain by a stone-built…
Roman Avebury: excavations at Springfield, Avebury, Wiltshire (awarded 2025)
Excavations at the site are ongoing (2021-present), with the trenches revealing a complex Iron Age-Roman site, enclosed within three ditches – at least two of which are of successional use. Features include…
A re-assessment of the finds assemblage from the Roman temple site at Lydney (awarded 2025)
Lydney Park, overlooking the Severn estuary, was the site of an Iron Age hill fort and important later Roman temple complex. Excavations began in 1805 under Charles Bathurst, followed by Mortimer and…
Vindolanda’s legacy: a pilot project in archive development (awarded 2025)
The Vindolanda Trust received £6,550 funding from the Roman Research Trust in March 2025, to go towards work on their archive collections. This allowed the Trust’s Archivist, Bethany Goodman, to purchase the…
Analysis of pottery and small finds from Birdoswald (awarded 2025)
Funding from the Roman Research Trust enabled detailed of the coarse ware, glass and metal finds from excavations (2021–2024) of the extra mural settlement at Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall. The…