MK archaeology

Histories beneath the houses:

What the MK archaeology reports show

All of the Milton Keynes Archaeology reports are available online – to download then read, save or print locally. Each volume can be downloaded as a single file.

Individual chapters or sections can also be downloaded separately. So if you’re interested in a particular village or estate, or just Roman pottery (but not glass or weapons), select the ‘Separate chapters’ option.

This will take you to the Archaeology Data Service’s index page for the volume, where you can choose the chapter(s) you want.

HOW TO ACCESS THESE REPORTS

Each volume can be downloaded as a whole, or as separate chapters or sections. A few are still available in print.

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW…



1: Roman Milton Keynes

Excavations and fieldwork 1971-1982

edited by Dennis Mynard

Detailed reports on the results of early investigations into Roman sites in the new city, then mostly still fields and woodland. This includes an in-depth essay on Roman occupation and activity in the surrounding region and a gazetteer identifying Roman sites within the new city’s new boundaries.

A4 large-format paperback, 206 pages with 88 maps, drawings and illustrations

Published 1987 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



2: Roman and Belgic pottery

from excavations in Milton Keynes 1972-1982

edited by P T Marney

The companion to volume 1, this was the first-ever published study of Roman pottery undertaken on a regional basis in Britain. It still forms the basis for the identification and analysis of Roman ceramics in Milton Keynes and surrounding counties.

A4 large-format paperback, 198 pages with 53 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1989 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



3: Great Linford

Excavations of the medieval village and church

edited by Dennis Mynard and Bob Zeepvat

One of the first detailed village studies undertaken in Britain, bringing together the wealth of archaeological and historical evidence relating to the village of Great Linford, its manor, church and mill. This volume also contains the definitive study of medieval pottery for Milton Keynes.

A4 large-format paperback, 194 pages with 48 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1991 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



4: Pennyland and Hartigans

Two sites from the Iron Age and Saxon periods

by R J Williams

Settlement at Pennyland began in the Iron Age and recommenced in the Saxon period, as a precursor to Great Linford. Hartigans gravel pit was located in the Ouzel valley and produced a wealth of evidence for prehistoric and Saxon activity predating the village of Middleton.

A4 large-format paperback, 275 pages with 131 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1993 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



5: The changing landscape of Milton Keynes

Tracing the uses of the land

from prehistory to the middle ages

by R A Croft and Dennis Mynard

A detailed overview of the history and archaeology of the original eighteen civil parishes within the new city, with period-based essays on landscape, a study of place-names in te area and individual parish essays.

A4 large-format paperback, 212 pages with 121 drawings and illustrations and eleven large-format maps.
Published 1994 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



6: Medieval and later sites in Milton Keynes

by Dennis Mynard

Excavations undertaken on medieval and post-medieval village earthworks at Bradwell, Walton, Willen and Woughton, plus investigations in Little Woolstone Church and the structural recording and excavation of a barn at Simpson..

A4 large-format paperback, 192 pages with 112 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1994 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



7.1: Bancroft (Part 1)

A late bronze age/iron age settlement,

Roman villa and temple mausoleum

by R J Williams and Bob Zeepvat

Excavations on two related sites demonstrated nearly a thousand years of continuity from the Bronze Age to the end of the Roman period. Discoveries at Blue Bridge ranged from a Bronze Age roundhouse to a Roman mausoleum. The villa, in the next valley, was a farm that rose to high-status, with a bath house and mosaics. This first Part covers the excavations and building materials, with the finds in Part 2.

A4 large-format paperback, 268 pages with 150 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1994 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



7.2: Bancroft (Part 2)

The finds and environmental evidence

by R J Williams and Bob Zeepvat

The Bancroft villa and its related excavations produced a wealth of architectural finds, artefacts and ceramics, as well as environmental evidence. This second volume catalogues and illustrates these, with coins, brooches, pottery including Samian ware and mosaics displaying dolphins and fish.

A4 large-format paperback, 370 pages with 238 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1994 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



8.1: Tattenhoe and Westbury (Part 1)

Two deserted medieval settlements

by R Ivens, P Busby and N Shepherd

Two extensive deserted medieval village sites were excavated in the south-west quarter of the new city of Milton Keynes. At Tattenhoe this revealed details of a moated enclosure, 16th-century church on an earlier site, and village earthworks. At Westbury, early field systems, Saxon burials and 21 crofts.

A4 large-format paperback, 218 pages with 114 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1995 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



8.2: Tattenhoe and Westbury (Part 2)

The finds

by R Ivens, P Busby and N Shepherd

This second part catalogues extensive finds from the two deserted village sites, including pottery, coins and grave goods that included Anglo-Saxon glass beads, silver rings and a gold pendant.

A4 large-format paperback, 287 pages with 107 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1995 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



9: Caldecotte

Excavations at a deserted medieval village site

1966-1991

by Bob Zeepvat, J S Roberts and N A King

Archaeological examinations ranging over 24 years were carried out on a range of sites of different periods in the Caldecotte area. As well as extensive late Iron Age and Roman activity, these revealed a medieval moat and village, and a post-medieval mill..

A4 large-format paperback, 247 pages with 140 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1995 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



10: Wavendon Gate

A late Iron Age and Roman settlement

by R J Williams, P J Hart and A T L Williams

Undertaken largely as a result of chance finds, excavatiuons at Wavendon Gate revealed an extensive late Iron Age and early Roman settlement, including pottery kilns, an inhumation cemetery and a large ritual pit in which were preserved a wealth of wooden and leather artefacts.

A4 large-format paperback, 292 pages with 161 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 1995 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



11: Wulfhere’s people

A conversion-period Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Wolverton

by A Hancock and Bob Zeepvat

Wolverton’s Anglo-Saxon cemetery was the largest yet discovered in Buckinghamshire: 83 village people who worked the land. Their most common ailment was osteoarthritis, from hard physical labour. They lived in ‘Wulfheres Tun’, from which comes the modern name of Wolverton.

A4 large-format paperback, 144 pages with 145 maps, drawings and illustrations
Published 2018 by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society



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