Videos of the Silchester Excavations

The sixteenth season of work on Insula IX at the Roman town of Silchester will take place between 2 July and 12 August 2012.

The Sichester excavation was a nominee for the Research Project of the Year category of the prestigious Current Archaeology Awards 2012.

The 2012 Field School is now full. If you would like to be added to a waiting list for 2013 please email a.s.clarke@reading.ac.uk

See how the Opus Signinum floor in the south east area changes as it is excavated over a few seasons from 2004 to 2009.

 

See how Well 5100 was excavated during the 2008 field season.

 

Flotation of samples as demonstrated by the lovely Science@Silchester team!