Keyword: Oxford archaeology

Under the Oracle

Ben M. Ford et al.

Excavations for the Oracle development in Reading uncovered 11th???12th???century minster buildings, a large medieval cookshop, tanning pits, craftworking areas, and major mill complexes with well???preserved machinery. Finds ranged from medieval pottery and leatherwork to Reading???s largest clay???pipe assemblage. READ MORE

Hardback: £25.00

From Studium to Station: Rewley Abbey and Rewley Road Station, Oxford

Julian Munby et al.

This report synthesises over 40 years of excavation, building survey and research at Rewley Abbey, a 13th???century Cistercian chantry???turned???studium that became one of Oxford???s earliest colleges. It also documents the later 1851 railway station on the site, modelled on the Crystal Palace. READ MORE

Paperback: £7.50