Burnham, B C, Keppie, L J F, Esmonde Cleary, A S, et al, 1995, Roman Britain in 1994, Britannia, 26, 326-390
The annual round-up of sites explored and inscriptions discovered.
Devon
Cole, M A, and Linford, N T, 1993, The geophysical survey at Woodbury Farm, Axminster, Proc Devon Archaeol Soc, 51, 135-48
The survey revealed buried foundations of buildings and walls within the Roman fort as well as evidence of an associated settlement.
Simpson, S J, and Griffith, F M, 1993, Trial excavation at the Roman fort on St Andrewþs Hill, Cullompton, Proc Devon Archaeol Soc, 51, 149-59
Excavation identified the ditch of the larger of the two forts here.
Weddell, P J, Reed, S J, and Simpson, S J, 1993, Excavation of the Exeter to Dorchester Roman road at the River Yarty and the Roman fort ditch and settlement site at Woodbury near Axminster, Proc Devon Archaeol Soc, 51, 33-133
The road was located at three places. Ditches of the first-century fort at Woodbury Farm were found together with extensive evidence for a later Roman settlement and industrial areas, possibly a mansio and perhaps the lost site of Moridunum. The medieval landscape of the area is briefly examined, and at Burrowshot Cross some Middle Bronze Age pottery was found.
London
Cowan, C, with 21 contributors, 1992, A possible mansio in Roman Southwark: excavations at 15-23 Southwark Street, 198086, Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc, 43, 3-191
Several areas of north Southwark have produced evidence of high status buildings and associated artefacts, challenging the notion of this being a mere suburb of the walled city across the Thames. One substantial masonry complex may be a mansio; later refurbishments maintained a high standard, but towards the end of the Roman period the area became a cemetery. Sources of materials for these high-status Southwark buildings differ from those used in the walled city across the river.
Davies, B J, Richardson, B, and Tomber, R S, 1994, The archaeology of Roman London, vol 5: A dated corpus of early Roman pottery from the City of London. CBA Res Rep, 98
Offers a short history of Roman pottery studies in London before describing the Newgate Street site which provided good stratigraphy and a large quantity of pottery which, together with data from nine other sites throughout London, allowed the construction of five ceramic phases for the period AD 50-160. Chapters describe, respectively, the amphorae, the oxidized, reduced, and fine (colour-coated) wares, and the outlined phases are set in context with historical events.
Norfolk
Rickett, R, with 16 contributors, 1995, The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Spong Hill, North Elmham, part 7: the Iron Age, Roman and early Saxon settlement. E Anglian Archaeol Rep, 73
Three phases of Roman settlement were identified, lasting until the end of the Roman period, and probably representing only outbuildings and field systems. Crop processing had taken place in the excavated area and flax seeds came from a late pit. There are good ceramic and coin assemblages. The Iron Age was represented by ditches, an enclosure and some pits; the early Saxons put the disused Roman farmyard to cemetery use.
Northumberland
Casey, P J, and Hoffmann, B, 1995, Excavations on the Corbridge by-pass, 1974, Archaeologia Aeliana, 23, 17-45
A cremation area or ustrinum was examined on the western margin of Dere Street; further cremations, mostly scattered and all but one of low status, lay within an adjacent rectilinear enclosure. The exceptional (?Gaulish) burial had an enamelled copper alloy vessel unique in Britain.
Bishop, M C with appendices by Sherlock, D 1996, Finds from Roman Aldborough: a catalogue of small finds from the Romano-British town of Isurium Brigantium, Oxbow Mono, 65
The catalogue concentrates on the small finds, excluding coins, pottery and stonework. The 22 hectare town was established following the late first-century fort, and was occupied into the fourth century if not the fifth. Although the finds, which include many military items, are mostly not clearly provenanced, the collection is of national importance.
