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No.1. Roman Milton Keynes
Excavations and fieldwork 1971-82
– edited by DC Mynard
Detailed reports on the results of the Unit's early investigations into Roman sites in the new city, with an in-depth essay on
Roman occupation and activity in the region and a gazetteer of sites in Milton Keynes.
A4 paperback (1987) 206 pages with 88 illustrations
OUT OF PRINT. There is a Reference copy in the Society's Library.
No.2. Roman and Belgic Pottery
from excavations in Milton Keynes 1972-82
– by PT 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 paperback (1989) 198 pages with 53 illustrations.
OUT OF PRINT. There is a Reference copy in the Society's Library.
No.3. Great Linford
Excavations of the medieval village and church
– by DC Mynard and RJ 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. Also contains the definitive study of medieval pottery for Milton Keynes.
A4 paperback (1991) 194 pages with 48 illustrations.
OUT OF PRINT. There is a Reference copy in the Society's Library.
No.4. Pennyland and Hartigans
Two sites from the Iron Age and Saxon periods
– by RJ 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 paperback (1993) 275 pages with 131 illustrations.
£8.00 plus £4.00 post and packing
No.5. The Changing Landscape of Milton Keynes
Traces the uses of the land from prehistory to the middle ages
– by RA Croft and DC Mynard
A detailed overview of the history and archaeology of the original 18 civil parishes within the new city, with period-based essays on the landscape,
a study of place-names in the area and individual parish essays.
A4 paperback (1994) 212 pages with 121 illustrations and 11 large-format maps.
OUT OF PRINT. There is a Reference copy in the Society's Library.
No.6. Excavations on medieval and later sites in Milton Keynes
Includes villages earthworks at Bradwell, Walton, Willen and Woughton
– by DC Mynard
Reports from excavations undertaken by the Unit on medieval and post-medieval sites at Bradwell, Walton, Willen and Woughton, investigations in
Little Woolstone Church and the structural recording and excavation of a barn at Simpson.
A4 paperback (1994) 192 pages with 112 illustrations.
OUT OF PRINT. There is a Reference copy in the Society's Library.
No.7. Bancroft (two volumes)
A late bronze and iron age settlement, Roman villa and temple mausoleum
– by RJ Williams and RJ Zeepvat
A detailed account of investigations on related sites on Blue Bridge and Bancroft Park, demonstrating nearly 1000 years of continuity from the Bronze Age
to the end of the Roman period. On Blue Bridge, discoveries include a large Bronze Age roundhouse, Iron Age dwellings, Roman cremation and inhumation
cemeteries and an impressive temple/mausoleum. The villa, in the neighbouring valley, was represented by two successive houses, the first accompanied
by farm buildings, yards and walled gardens. The later house was of high status, with bath suites, mosaics and fronted by a formal garden with a central
fish pond. The excavations produced a wealth of architectural finds, artefacts and ceramics, as well as environmental evidence.
A4 paperback in two volumes (1994) 638 pages with 388 illustrations.
Volume 1: Excavations and Building materials.
£8.00 plus £4.00 post and packing
Volume 2: Finds and Environmental evidence.
£8.00 plus £4.00 post and packing
No.8. Tattenhoe and Westbury
Two deserted medieval settlements
– by R Ivens, P Busby and N Shepherd
The excavation of two extensive deserted village sites in the south-western quarter of Milton Keynes. As well as the village, the excavations revealed
a small middle Saxon inhumation cemetery.
A4 paperback (1995) 505 pages with 221 illustrations.
OUT OF PRINT. There is a Reference copy in the Society's Library.
No.9. Caldecotte
Excavations at a deserted medieval village site 1966-91
– by RJ Zeepvat, JS Roberts and NA King
This volume details the results of the archaeological examination over some 24 years of a range of sites of different periods in the Caldecotte area.
As well as extensive areas of late Iron Age and Roman activity, sites include a medieval moat and village and a post-medieval mill.
A4 paperback (1994) 247 pages with 140 illustrations.
£8.00 plus £4.00 post and packing
No.10. Wavendon Gate.
A late iron age and Roman settlement
– by RJ Williams, PJ Hart and ATL Williams
Undertaken largely as a result of chance finds, excavations 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 wood and leather artefacts.
A4 paperback (1995) 292 pages with 161 illustrations.
£8.00 plus £4.00 post and packing
No.11. Wulfhere's People.
A conversion-period Angloe-Saxon cemetery in Wolverton
– by A Hancock and R Zeepvat
Wolverton's Anglo-Saxon cemetery was the largest yet discovered in Buckinghamshire: 83 people, 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 paperback (2018) 144 pages with 145 illustrations.
£18.00 plus £3.00 post and packing
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