Vectis Archaeological Trust

BRITISH TIME-LINE

Artists impression of how Mottistone Longstone may have looked National Trust image of how
Mottistone Longstone may have looked

Period	Dates
Pre-Historic	Before the Roman Conquest of 43AD
Roman	43AD – Roman occupation of Britain- 410AD
Saxon Early Medieval	From approximately 410AD –1066AD The time of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. 1066 the Norman Conquest. Sometimes called the ‘Early Medieval Period’
Late Medieval	1066-1485 Sometimes divided into ‘the High Middle Ages’ up to the 13th century and the ‘Late Middle Ages’ from 1300-1500AD
Tudor	1485-1603
Stuart	1603-1714
Georgian/Hanoverian	1714-1837
Victorian	1837-1901
Edwardian	1901-1914
Modern 1	1914-1945
Modern 2	1945-2000

Pre-Historic:

Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devils Punchbowl. Victorian Excavation report of 1882 by J.E. Price & F.G. Hilton Price.	An Archaeological Survey of Earth Works on Castle Hill, Mottistone , Isle of Wight.	The maritime role of the island of Vectis in the British pre-Roman Iron Age.
Iron Age port found at Alverstone.	Huge Iron Age silver coin hoard found on the Isle of Wight.	Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'.
Bowl Barrow, part of a round barrow cemetery in Brighstone, Isle of Wight	The Longstone at Mottistone Isle of Wight	Evidence for an Iron Age Round House at Somerton, Isle of Wight.
Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Resource Assessment. A summary of Island discoveries with details of archaeological reports and published works.	Bowl Barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump

Neolithic/Flint:

Bleak Down	Rew Street	Great Pan Farm	Near Sandown
Above are Reports of Neolithic flints found on the Isle of Wight.

Newport Roman Villa:

Newport Roman Villa

Newport Roman Villa the discovery in 1926.

A description of a Roman Chimney hood published in the journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 36 pt1 for Dec 1930.

Brading Roman Villa:

1880 report on Brading Roman Villa	Provenance of chalk tesserae from Brading Roman Villa, Isle of Wight, UK	Report on the Geophysical Surveys at Brading Roman Villa.
A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE ROMAN VILLA NEAR BRADING, ISLE OF WIGHT. REPRINTED FROM THE "ANTIQUARY." 1880c BY CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, F.G.S., F.S.A., AUTHOR: "THE ANNALS OF KENDAL," THE ROMANS IN WESTMORLAND," ETC.	Scientific Examination of Wall Plaster from Brading Roman Villa: Isle of Wight. The 34th International Symposium on Archaeometry, CELAT, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 2006	A report by Cornelius Nicholson on Brading Roman Villa, published in the Antiquary 1881.

Other Roman Sites:

Carisbrooke Roman Villa 1859 excavation report.	1866 report on Gurnard Roman Villa	There are 8 known Roman Villas on the Island.
The Riddle of the Egyptian corner of Northwood House and the statue of Antinous now at Osbourn House.	An Applied Numismatic Analysis of the Roman Coin Data Recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. (Analysis of IOW coins starts at Page 209)	A Victorian account of Roman pottery at Barnes, near Brixton, Isle of Wight. By the Rev. Edmund Kell, M.A., F.S.A.
Rock Roman Villa	Roman coins found on the Isle of Wight	Excavations at Clatterford Roman Villa.

Saxon & Early Medieval Sites:

An Anglo-Saxon cemetery and Bronze Age barrow on Bowcombe Down, Newport	Anglo Saxon Gold “Pyramidal” Sword Belt Fitting found at Bembridge, Isle of Wight	Anglo-Saxon Isle of Wight.
Three Early Anglo-Saxon metal work finds from the Isle of wight, 1993/6	Early Anglo-Saxon great square-headed brooch. Chessell Down Isle of wight	King Arwald the last Jutish pagan ruler of the Isle of Wight

Late Medieval Sites:

Quarr Abbey: The Cistercian abbey was founded in 1131. A Scheduled Monument in Fishbourne, Isle of Wight	Medieval gold St-Margaret finger ring report: 1400-1500AD	Medieval and Post-Medieval Rural Settlement and Land Use.
Medieval Resource Assessment for the Isle of Wight.	Medieval settlement and cultivation remains at Newtown.	The story of St Helens Old Church. IOW.
Where was Bradings Medieval Quay.	5 of the Historic Medieval Churches on the Isle of Wight

Stuart Sites:

The temporarily reclaimed land at Brading Haven by Sir Hugh Myddelton 1620.

Georgian/Hanoverian:

The Ship Wreck of HMS Pomona off the Needles in 1811.	CLARENDON: The sinking of the West Indiaman Clarendon on 11th October 1836 at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight.	The Sinking of HMS Royal George – Spithead, 29 August 1782. Sister ship to HMS Victory.
Walking the Wight 1832

Victorian Sites:


A signed photograph of Queen Victoria from the manager's office of the Old Windsor workhouse. Now in the VAT collection.
Lower Needles Point battery A Scheduled Victorian Monument in Totland, Isle of Wight	Henry Knight inventor of the can opener.	George Alexander Hillier: An Isle of Wight Antiquary: 1815 – 1866
Rescue of the Crew of the Caber-Faigh on the Owens Shoals, Isle of Wight 1867.	Irex wrecked at the Needles, Isle of Wight, 25th January 1890. 29 Saved, 7 Perished.	The wreck of the ‘Underley. 25th September 1871 off Monk’s Bay Isle of wight.
An extract from the diary of John Stuart Mill, July 1832 walking the Isle of Wight.

Edwardian:

Modern History 1:

The Forgotten shipwrecks of the First World War

The SS Mendi: The gratest Maritime disater to occur in Isle of Wight Waters. 650 men perished after the SS Mendi collided with SS Darro.

HMS GLADIATOR WRECKED OFF YARMOUTH ISLE OF WIGHT 1908.

Modern History 2

VAT Library

The VAT library is under construction, with many books already available and new ones being added on a regular basis.
Our intention is to put in place a research resource covering all aspects of archaeology/
history with a strong emphasis on the Island’s heritage. We have a collection of hardcopy books and electronically stored books on DVD. As well as our library, you will find further research material in the link below.