Search our ARCHI UK database of 175,000 British archaeological sites with a Postcode, Place or Co-ordinate and find UK Archaeological sites within 3, 5 or 10km of your postcode, place or co-ordinate.
Narrow down your search by adding keywords such as 'Roman', 'Saxon', 'Castle', 'Temple', 'Stone Cirle', 'Roman Coin', Gold' and even 'Treasure' to find these kinds of sites in the UK!
Whether you are out in a field or in the city, this search is perfect when you want to locate nearby archaeological sites and historic places.
It's your personal tour guide dedicated to finding archaeological and historical sites for you wherever you are in the UK!
Try it with your Mobile Phone, Ipad, Tablet or other mobile device.
This will use your device's GPS co-ordinates and find the archaeological sites relevant to your current position. You can see the relationship between where you are on the ground and archaeological sites within 3 km of your immediate vicinity.
Type in the name of a country (Excluding the UK) and what you are searching for such as 'France Castle'. This will search the database of the positions of more than 200,000 archaeological sites and worldwide landscape features.
Did you know that a place's name can often be an archaeological indicator of its ancient history? For example, most of us are familiar with the word Chester in a place names such as Manchester, Cirencester, Alcester and many others.
Use this search to locate places in the UK which are likely to have a dense archaeology in and around them.
ARCHI UK is the database of more than 175,000 UK Archaeological Sites from Archaeology UK. It is regularly updated with between 5,000 and 10,000 new additions made to the database every year. There is continuous work on the development of new technical features designed to further simplify the the identification and location of existing and new archaeological sites in the UK
Many beautiful and historically significant coins & artefacts and previously unknown ancient sites have already been found and reported by field walkers who have used the ARCHI UK database for their research.
In addition, the database also holds data on archaeologically significant field names and place-names from historical records such as the Tithe Apportionment lists and ancient documents. It is believed that ARCHI UK is the only database where this information can be searched via Postcodes, Places and Co-ordinates and accessed within an archaeological context.
The 175,000 UK archaeological sites listed in the ARCHI UK database also contains links to maps and aerial photographs of archaeological sites enabling you to view many fascinating cropmarks and pinpoint the exact locations of the sites recorded in the database on the ground. The field-name data is of special interest because it can lay the ground for the discovery of previously unknown historic and ancient sites and further our knowledge and understanding of Britain's history.
The cost of a year's subscription to the ARCHI UK database of UK Archaeological Sites is £29.95. You can subscribe with PayPal by clicking the PayPal Subscribe button below. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can set one up and subscribe by also clicking the Subscribe button below. If you need to know more then call on 0208 675 5607.
The ARCHI UK database (Archaeological Sites Index) contains details of sites mentioned in rare books and archaeological reports / surveys which are not easily found outside specialist libraries.
The precise locations of the sites listed in results of a search of the ARCHI UK database (eg co-ordinates of the sites), plus links to road maps and aerial photographs showing the location of the site on the maps are available to full subscribers of the ARCHI UK database.
By subscribing to ARCHI UK you automatically gain quick and easy access to information on more than 175,000 UK archaeological sites.
Each record includes the map reference (co-ordinate) of each site with a link to a road map and an aerial photograph more than 40,000 Roman sites, nearly 20,000 Iron Age sites, 25,000 Bronze Age sites, nearly 10,000 Saxon sites, 40,000 medieval sites and many, many more ancient and miscellaneous sites.
For archaeology students and researchers it can also operate as a geo-referenced bibliography of the archaeological literature relevant to British Archaeology. Its very nature facilitates a search of the literature in a geographic context thus providing students and academics alike with a means to overcome the limitations of the traditional keyword approach to retrieval of geographically based information.
Further, a bibliographic source for nearly every record is provided along with direct links to an aerial photograph and a local road map showing the position of the site.
Note that public access to this database is not available anywhere else.
When you purchase a subscription the ARCHI UK database you will gain access to the full version of ARCHI UK for one year.
You can choose your own password to gain access to all the data via the internet for one year. Also, you will be able to gain access to any new information for one year when it is added to the database for no extra cost.
License: Personal, non-commercial or educational use for a single user only. Block subscriptions can be purchased for Academic institutions, clubs and societies and the subscription rate depends upon the number of users. See below for more information on multiple user subscriptions.
Please contact us via telephone on +44 (0)208 675 5607 or e-mail us at info@digital-documents.co.uk if you wish to purchase a block subscription.
Please make your cheque or postal order for £29.95 and made payable to "Digital Documents" and send your payment to the following address:
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But don't forget to let us know the password you would like to use for the internet version of ARCHI UK.
For individuals, the cost of a year's subscription to the ARCHI UK database of UK Archaeological Sites is £29.95
Multiple access to ARCHI UK is open to groups and institutions and the yearly subscription rate depends on the size of the faculty and the projected number of users.
Club and Society subscriptions start at £95 per annum.
Institutional online subscriptions start at £175 per annum.
Institutions have the choice of accessing the data via a password or automatically through the institution's IP address(es).
If you would like your group or institution to subscribe to ARCHI UK then ask your librarian or representative to call us on (+44) (0)208 675 5607 or e-mail us at info@digital-documents.co.uk.
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Access to the full database is immediate if you subscribe online using the PayPal payment system. Otherwise your subscription will be activated within five working days after the time we receive your cheque payment.
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Archaeology UK has been created as a portal around the "ARCHI" database which we have developed since 1999.
The database was initially constructed to address the lack of easily available information relating to the distrubution of archaeological sites. This was particularly evident during my time as a student of archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.
A well presented assignment would require a knowledge of the distribution of UK archaeological sites and how the landscape / geology / availability of materials etc could influence that distribution. However, one could not begin to discuss the latter without a knowledge of the former and as it was very difficult at the time to find the precise site locations within the literature, it was necessary to create my own database holding this information.
This lack of information also contributed to a missed opportunity in the my early youth to "discover" archaeology. It was known that "somewhere" on the moors was a Roman Fort. This notion obviously inspired all sorts of imaginings and was a distraction from the sometimes grim reality of life on a council estate in a Northern town. However, despite attempts to find its location from teachers, the local library etc, myself nor my equally inspired friends could find out where it was. Hence, at least the opportunity to challenge the stereotypical view that a "gang" of kids from the town could only be up to no good was missed.
The above are the initial reasons for ARCHI's conception, however, this initial concept became a labour of love and a desire for completeness. Further, technological advances such as the rise of the internet and the ability to integrate information from different databases hosted by different web sites coupled with my passion for all things archaeological, presented a challenge which could not be resisted. Hence, the continued development of the database.
The data within ARCHI UK has been sourced from a wide range of publications ranging from specialist books to the "mainstream" archaeological journals such as Britannia, Council for British Archaeology Reports etc. Additionally, data has been sourced from archaeological surveys published by various Local Historical / Archaeological Societies and Field Groups.
For a list of all the journal titles represented in ARCHI UK click here.
A small but increasing number of records are "personal communications" from field walkers. However, we only publish these findspots on our site if the finder is known to us and hence we can personally validate the source.
ARCHI UK has a worldwide reach. We have had subscriptions from British and American University Archaeology / History Departments, Schools, Archaeological Societies & Clubs, County Archaeology Departments, Archaeological Consultancies, Archaeology students and Hobbyists from Australia to Mexico.
A Year's Subscription to the ARCHI UK databasePrice: 29.95Contact UsOur telephone number is: +44 (0)208 675 5607 Our Email address is: info@digital-documents.co.uk Our home page is at: http://www.archiuk.com If you would like to contact us for further information then please e-mail us at info@digital-documents.co.uk. Otherwise please leave a message on +44 (0)208 675 5607. |