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.
The grant generously awarded in March 2024 has allowed the Culver Archaeological Project to obtain assessments on the tile, metalwork, glass, slag and stone, collected in their 2015-17 excavations in Trench 6…
Spatha – from Discovery to Display’ was a project with the aim to conserve and display two rare Roman ‘spatha’ swords discovered by a metal detectorist. The swords were deposited in a…
The fragmentary remains of a Roman-era cart axle, found at Edburton, Sussex, were taken to the Mary Rose Trust conservation team on 10th July 2024. We believe the axle dates to the…
Teffont Archaeology Project’s team were very grateful to receive £4700 of funding from the Roman Research Trust towards their excavations in 2024, completing work on the central structure of Teffont’s Roman shrine…
The rich faunal assemblage recovered from Dainton Elm Cross offered a rare opportunity to study livestock management in South-West of England during the Roman period using stable isotope analysis of cattle and…
Continued excavations within the grounds of the Caistor Hall Hotel added to our knowledge of development and topography of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum. A trial trench excavated in 2023 was…
A grant from the RRT supported Gwladys Monteil’s study of the large assemblage of samian ware from excavations just inside the North Gate of the Roman town (Isurium Brigantum). These excavations are…
The excavation near Doods Road, Reigate, in 2004 of a Type III Roman rectangular updraught tile kiln revealed a sophisticated structure with a facade of stone blocks that provided the first evidence…
The report on the excavations along Walcot Street, Bath, which discovered the commercial, residential and industrial “town” of Aquae Sulis along the road out of the monumental centre, was almost complete, needing…
Previous Projects supported
