Medieval Britain and Ireland

Between 1957 and 2025 Medieval Britain and Ireland (MB&I) collated annual listings of fieldwork that had been undertaken on medieval sites and landscapes in the UK and Éire. Initially incorporated into print versions of Medieval Archaeology alongside an index, the entries dated 2007-17 were migrated onto a searchable database hosted by the Archaeology Data Service. As of 2025 MB&I ceased accepting submissions to the Fieldwork Listings, and the related indexing project concluded. The searchable database was migrated to a download-only database file, accessible here; also here can be found Fieldwork Listings entries from 2018-23  available as downloadable files.

A Public tour of excavations at Wallingford in 2009

Medieval Archaeology are thankful to all of those who submitted their findings to the Fieldwork Listings, and to all past Indexers and Editors who created such a valuable and long-lasting resource. From 2025 onwards MB&I content is available in Medieval Archaeology only and comprises a summary of finds and analyses offered by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, and reports of notable discoveries under Fieldwork Highlights.

Fieldwork highlights 

The journal is very keen to include extended and illustrated overviews of fieldwork which has yielded significant results of wider value for readers. See recent issues of our journal for examples of reports on excavation discoveries, standing building studies, etc which have provided new insights into aspects of the early- to late-medieval landscape (urban and rural). The journal includes up to five of these reports each year year dealing with work that has been carried out for the previous year. Please contact the MBI editors (see below) if you have a suitable project to report on.

Reports should be a maximum of 2000 words long, with a short supporting bibliography where appropriate, and up to four black and white or colour plates and figures.

The general editor of Medieval Britain and Ireland is Katie Hemer, who can be contacted by email or by post at:

Dr. Katie Hemer
Associate Professor
Institute of Archaeology
University College London
31-34 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PY
England, UK