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Worcestershire Pottery Home
http://www.worcestershireceramics.org/
The Worcestershire on-line fabric type series is the first part of Pottery in Perspective, an innovative project to provide information on the pottery used, and made, in Worcestershire from prehistory to c 1900CE.
Saxon Jewel Fit for Princess Unearthed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/feb/24/maevkennedy
The Guardian reports that a late 7th-century brooch made of copper and delicately worked gold, studded with Indian garnets, goes on show at the Museum of London.
Roman Finds Among Most Important
http://icnewcastle.ic24.com/0100news/0100local/page.cfm?objectid=11034330&method=full
The Newcastle Chronicle reports the discovery by Carlisle Archaeology of hundreds of items of Roman armor on the site of a Roman fort in Carlisle.
Roman Carving Unearthed at Fort
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/wales/1285204.stm
Archaeologists hail the discovery of a Roman carving at Segontium in north Wales as the most significant find at the site for 30 years. From BBC News.
Gold Coin Hoard Unveiled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1109308.stm
BBC News announced that rare mint condition Roman coins found in London go on show at the Museum of London.
Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/emc/
Searchable database all of the single finds of coins minted 410-1180 found in the British Isles, based at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani
http://www.britac.ac.uk/pubs/cat/csir.html
The British Academy describes its cataloguing of Romano-British sculpture by area. Lists of volumes published.
Archaeological Leather Group
http://www.archleathgrp.org.uk/
Promotes the study of leather and leather objects from archaeological and other contexts. Newsletter, committee, publications, bibliography and meetings calendar.
Archaeological Dig Unearths Roman Army Treasures
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/apr/26/humanities.education
The Guardian reports the discovery in Carlisle of a Roman armory workshop with weapons and some of the best-preserved armor ever discovered.