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 Trimontium, military sites in Scotland, Roman Durnovaria and Durobrivae (Water Newton). It has supported post-excavation analysis of material from Stapleton Mead, Flexford, Elloughton (E. Yorks.), Druce Roman Villa and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) and projects to enhance cataloguing work on Romano-British pottery fabrics. It has made grants in support of publications including Greek and Roman medicine and Romano-British glass bangles. Additionally it has supported educational activities and digital media projects including a digital project based on the collections at Vindolanda, an experimental archaeology project on Roman cooking and outreach projects at the Grosvenor Museum and the Novium Museum. More details on previous projects supported is provided below.
A gradiometry survey of the Late Iron Age ‘royal site’ of Stanwick North Yorkshire, undertaken in 2022 has begun to fill a significant gap in our understanding of the unexamined parts of…
Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and beyond gathers contributions by some 30 leading archaeologists and historians in honour of Paul Bidwell. Contributions reflect the wide range of Paul Bidwell’s interests. Studies…
Chichester Roman Week is an ambitious community event run by The Novium Museum and which celebrates the rich heritage of a city replete with Roman archaeology including a bath house and the…
Specialist study of materials from surface collection at the ‘Ickham imperial villa’ site and the excavation of the high-status rural settlement at Bourne Park, Bishopsbourne will transform our understanding of rural communities…
Ipplepen is a substantial roadside settlement near Newton Abbot in Devon, that was discovered after a concentration of Roman coins were reported to the PAS. A programme of survey and excavation in…
In July 2022, work continued in the north-west corner of the Burrs Playing Field on the corner of the walled enclosure found by Corder’s team in the 1930s. Several sections were excavated…
Funding from the Roman Research Trust supported a 4-week season of research and training excavation at Hinton St Mary in Dorset in 2022. Three trenches were opened to establish the extent and…
In summer 2022, a team of researchers (Penny Coombe, Glynn Davis, Kevin Hayward, Darrah Jones-Reddy, Molly Larkby) analysed and recorded a group of over 1600 fragments of coloured marble excavated from central…
Previous Projects supported