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Reconstruction drawing of people working in rectangular saw pits and at charcoal burning platforms

If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of an archaeological surprise…

Woodland covers over 30,000 square kilometres of the UK and has been an important source of timber and food for thousands of...
08/09/2026
Three adults stand outside a building with a "Cotswold Archaeology" sign beside them.

New trustees join Cotswold Archaeology as we say goodbye to Alan Chater

Cotswold Archaeology bade farewell at our recent AGM to long-serving Trustee Alan Chater and welcomed three new arrivals to our Board. Alan...
03/09/2026

SHARE’s Rare Roman villa: our 2026 findings

A rare Roman villa, with a bathhouse, outbuildings and a mosaic have been uncovered by university students and local volunteers in Devon’s...
07/08/2026
Men and women standing around a table at Gloucester's Store to Store Discovery Centre

Gloucester’s Store to Store community project is back!

Working with the Museum of Gloucester and with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, 2025’s ‘Store to Store’ re-archiving project has...
16/07/2026
A fragment of dark, rough pottery with imprinted textured patterns held in a hand against a blurred background of purple flowers.

Not just winging it! – How bird bone shaped prehistoric pottery

Potters would often arrange a series of impressions in rows or zones to create a repetitive, textured pattern over the pot’s surface,...
30/06/2026
Two 19th century people standing by an Iron Age bank called Grim's Ditch, Oxfordshire

Guardians of the Mongewell Grim’s Ditch

An impressive 5.5km linear bank and ditch earthwork lies to the east of Mongewell, South Oxfordshire, extending from the River Thames towards...
13/05/2026

Could you be a Cotswold Archaeology Trustee?

We are recruiting additional Trustees to join our Board. If you are passionate about heritage, have a strong strategic outlook, believe in...
12/05/2026
Archaeologists in high-visibility vests examining soil and artifacts in a dug trench in a green field under a cloudy sky.

SHARE’s Rare Roman Villa: introducing our new community excavation

Roman villas are uncommon in Devon, with only a few sites confirmed by excavation. Two of these villas are protected as Scheduled...
11/05/2026

Deaf Awareness Week 2026: Myth Busting with Jack

Please meet Cotswold Archaeology’s “Duracell Bunny” – Jack Tobias – a field archaeologist with a background in zooarchaeology. I recently met up...
07/05/2026
Close-up profile of Jack wearing a hard hat with a hearing aid behind their ear.

Deaf Awareness Week 2026: “Right to understand – Together, we break barriers”

This year’s Deaf Awareness Week looks to break down barriers that are holding back full accessibility for those with hearing loss. One...
05/05/2026
An empty, damp grass field with white markings for a sports pitch, featuring a football goal in the distance and goalposts for rugby.

It’s just a school field… or is it?

A playing field at Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire has revealed a landscape of archaeological features that could range from prehistoric through...
13/04/2026
The copper alloy strap end from Halesworth Suffolk, shown from both sides and a profile. The decoration is displayed in a line drawing alongside.

Halesworth’s stylish Anglo Saxons: discovery of an ornate strap end

During 2024, excavations at the market town of Halesworth, Suffolk, found extensive evidence of Middle to Late Anglo-Saxon activity. Remains of buildings,...
08/04/2026