Below is a list of the organisations, with web sites, that publish journals, or regular series of monographs, that have content which may be of interest with regard to the medieval fortifications in England and Wales.
Some, but by no means all, journals have web sites and of these only a few have article indexes. The details of specific journal articles can be found on the relevant individual site pages.
National and International
- Castle Studies Group Journal (indexes and some articles)
- Council for British Archaeology (CBA) (British Archaeology)
- CBA Research Reports (available online via Archaeology Data Service.)
- CBA Occasional Papers (available online via Archaeology Data Service.)
- Society of Antiquaries of London (The Antiquaries Journal. Contents of volumes and purchaseable copies of articles are available from Cambridge Journals online. Archaeologia was the former major publication of the society from 1770 to 1991. The contents of volumes and purchaseable copies of some articles also available from Cambridge Journals online. A secondary journal Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaies of London, published between 1849-1920, is also a digitised archive at Cambridge Journals online.)
- Royal Archaeological Institute (contents of recent issues of The Archaeological Journal can be purchased on an article bases via ArchLib). Volumes 1 (1844) to 120 (1963) are fully and freely available online via The Archaeological Data Service.
- Society for Medieval Archaeology (the first 50 volumes of Medieval Archaeology (1956-2005) are now available online via Archaeology Data Service. A searchable database of the more recent excavation reports printed as 'Medieval Britain and Ireland' is also available.)
- Royal Historical Society (indexes of Transactions... Also available, along with purchasable copies of articles from Cambridge Journals online)
- Ancient Monuments Society (index of Transactions...)
- British Archaeological Association (Seemingly no available index of the Annual Journal but some details of Conference Transactions available.)
- English Heritage Archaeological Monographs (available online via Archaeology Data Service.)
- Fortress Study Group (Back issues of Fort for sale but no index. Slight information about Casemate)
- Medieval Settlement Research Group (contents of Medieval Settlement Research; full copies of ...Annual Reports (1986-2007) available via ADS)
- The Vernacular Architecture Group (Vernacular Architecture via Maney Online)
- Antiquity (contents by issue and a few articles)
- Current Archaeology (contents, with short abstracts, of recent issues)
- Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies
- Nottingham Medieval Studies (available by subscription from Brepols)
- Society for Landscape Studies (contents and abstacts of Landscape History)
- Cambrian Archaeological Association Archaeologia Cambrensis; contents of recent volumes) (19th century volumes available from Welsh Journals Online.)1
- Studia Celtica - from 1994 amalgamted with The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies (21st century volumes indexed at, and purchaseable from, ingentaconnect. An index for volumes from 1972. Earlier volumes may become available online in the future from Welsh Journals Online)
- The British Archaeological Trust (details of recent issues of Rescue News)
- Society of Architecutural Historians of Great Britain (Details on obtaining articles from Architectural History and author, place and person indexes up to Vol. 46)
- De Re Militari - The Society for Medieval Military History (Table of contents of Journal of Medieval Military History)
- The Medieval Academy of America publish a quartley journal Speculum. (Accesible or, in my case, inaccesible via JSTOR)
- History Today has many article for sale but Oliver Creighton's 'Castles, Lordship and Settlement in Norman England and Wales' from 2003 is freely available. Archives for History Today and History Review from 1995-2012.
- BBC History Magazine is populist but occasionally has articles of interest.
- Doug's Archaeology has a hypertext list of English Language Archaeology Journals.
- A sublisting of those journals available online for a payable fee.
A sublisting of journals available as print only2.
His original sublisting of open access journals is now at
England
- British Archaeological Jobs & Resources has a directory of Active Archaeological Societies and Groups
- localhistoryonline listing of local history associations.
The links below are general for sites with indexes of their publications or details of how to obtain publications. Smaller groups without signifcant publications are general omitted;
- CBA East (Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk) (The former Mid Anglia and East Anglia Groups)
- CBA East Midlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland)
- CBA London (Greater London)
- CBA North (Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Teesside, Tyne & Wear) (Downloadable Newsletter)
- CBA North West (Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside) (Downloadable Newsletter)
- CBA South East (Kent, Surrey, Sussex) (Downloadable Newsletter)
- CBA South Midlands (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire) (Downloads and index of South Midlands Archaeology - formerly CBA Group 9 Newsletter)
- CBA South West (Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset) (latest issues of Newsletter with plans for earlier newsletter to be made available)
- CBA Wessex (Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, Channel Islands) (publications page)
- CBA West Midlands (Hereford, Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands) (It is planned that all West Midlands Archaeology will go online.)
- CBA Yorkshire (Forum and Newsletter)
- Bristol and Avon Archaeological Society
- Bedford Architectural Archaeological and Local History Society (Somewhat unwieldly large Scans of Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal and Bedfordshire Archaeology Vols 1-25 (1962-2004)
- Berkshire Archaeological Society (Volumes of Berkshire Archaeological Journal, and its predecessors until 1980, are available online via Archaeological Data Service)
- Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (entire Transactions... to 2006 available online)
- Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society (searchable index of Records of Buckinghamshire and a few online volumes)
- Cambridge Antiquarian Society (Complete series Proceedings... available via ADS)
- The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society. (This merged with the above in 1952. Its Transactions... (1901-1952) also avaiable via ADS)
- Chester Archaeological Society (Journal... contents from 1887)
- Cheshire Local History Association (Back Issues of Cheshire History with links to author and contents index)
- Cornwall Archaeological Society (Downloadable pdf versions of Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow until 2009/2010 - Vol. 48/49)
- Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society (entire Transactions... to 2006)
- Derbyshire Archaeological Society (contents of Derby Archaeological Journal)
- Devon Archaeological Society (contents list of Proceedings...)
- North Devon Archaeological Society (Newsletters published online)
- Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Proceedings... index in tables)
- Surtees Society - covers County Durham and Northumberland - (list of publications in print)
- The Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland (indexes of the Durham Archaeological Journal and the socities newsletters are available to download)
- Essex Society for Archaeology and History (contents of Transactions...)
- Essex Archaeological and Historical Congress (Publications)
- Gloucestershire Archaeology (formerly the Gloucester and District Archaeological Research Group) (scans of volumes 1 to 46 of Glevensis and contents)
- Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society (Some digitised back issues and contents of recent volumes of Hampshire Studies: Proceedings...)
- Woolhope Club of Herefordshire (searchable index of Transactions...)
- East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society (index of Transactions...)
- The St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society - (Early volumes of Transactions now digitised)
- The current Hertfordshire county archaeological journal of record, dating from 1960, Hertfordshire Archaeology and History is published jointly by the above. Contents as downloadable file.
- Hertfordshire Association for Local History (Index of Herts Past & Present as downloadable Excel file)
- Kent Archaeological Society (Archaeologia Cantiana; index, contents and some articles)
- The Council for Kentish Archaeology (Kent Archaeological Review; index, contents and some early articles)
- Lancaster Archaeological and Historical Society (Contrebis; Contents - full text available for volumes 1-28)
- The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (Transactions... index. Scans of earlier articles are available on the site but in a single page by page version via an awkward search facillity making these useless for serious study.)
- The Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (part index of Transactions of ...)
- Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society (Transactions... many full issues available)
- Society For Lincolnshire History and Archaeology (contents of Lincolnshire History and Archaeology)
- London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (Contents and downloadable copies of Transactions...)
- London Archaeologist Association (indexes and copies of London Archaeologist until 2008 available via Archaeological Data Servive)
- City of London Archaeological Society (Context, quarterly magazine)
- Enfield Archaeological Society (Society News downloadable)
- Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (Archaeologia Aeliana contents and links to a few online copies of early volumes )
- Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society (Norfolk Archaeology)
- Great Yarmouth and District Local History and Archaeological Society (crude index of article from Yarmouth Archaeology and Local History)
- Northamptonshire Archaeological Society (contents and place-name index and contents and abstract from recent volumes articles of Northamptonshire Archaeology)
- Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire (contents of recent Transactions...)
- Oxfordshire Architectual and Historical Society (almost all articles from Oxeniensia downloadable)
- Rutland Local History and Record Society (contents and some downloadable issues of The Rutland Record)
- Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society (no index for Transactions... The Shrophire Archaeology and History Newsletter is downloadable)
- Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society (contents of Proceedings...)
- Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society (Indexes of Transactions... - articles available for a charge)
- Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History (Table of contents and scans of of Proceedings...)
- Surrey Archaeological Society (many volumes of Surrey Archaeological Collections are available via Archeaological Data Service)
- Sussex Archaeological Society (some volumes of Sussex Archaeological Collections are available via Archeaological Data Service with a promise of more to come.)
- Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society (limited index of recent Transactions)
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Wiltshire Heritage (previously The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine) most volumes until 2010 available from Biodiversity Heritage Library)
- Worcestershire Archaeological Society (contents of Transactions)
- Worcestershire Historical Society
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical
Society some contents of Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. Has seperate Medieval
section (contents of recent issues of Medieval Yorkshire (aka Sciant Presentes))
- East Riding Archaeological Society (no index for East Riding Archaeologist but all Newsletters viewable)
- Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society (actively putting articles from The Bradford Antiquary online)
- The Thoresby Society - The Historical Society for Leeds and District (3 pdfs of indexes)
- Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society (list of contents of Transactions...)
- The Hunter Archaeological Society - founded in 1912 to study and report on the archaeology, history and architecture of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire (download of index of Volumes 1-24 Transactions...)
Regional
Most CBA groups publish newsletters, often twice yearly, and many groups are now making these available online but these are rarely full research articles. A few groups publish journals of academic articles.
County and Local District
Wales
- Welsh Journals Online (WJO) provides free access to scholarship from Wales. Currently has Welsh History Review, Brycheiniog, Ceredigon, Montgomeryshire Collections, Flintshire Historical Society Journal, Gower, Minerva, Morgannwg, South Wales Record Society, Radnorshire Society transactions, Pembrokeshire historian, Gwent Local History, Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society transcations, Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. While it was intended to add further volumes active work on the project seems to had ceased.
- Cambrian Archaeological Association Archaeologia Cambrensis; contents of recent volumes) (19th century volumes available from Welsh Journals Online.)1
- Studia Celtica - from 1994 amalgamted with The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies (21st century volumes indexed at, and purchaseable from, ingentaconnect. An index for volumes from 1972. Earlier volumes may become available online in the future from Welsh Journals Online)
- CBA Wales Archaeology in Wales (has tables of contents of recent volumes)
- Anglesey Antiquarian Society (searchable Author and Subject index for 1913-85 and list of articles published between 1986-2010 of Transactions...)
- Brecknock Society (volumes 1 (1955) to 35 (2003) of Brycheiniog from Welsh Journals Online)
- Caernarvonshire Historical Society (a crude but full and up to date list of contents of Transactions...)
- Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society (contents and some articles of The Carmarthenshire Antiquary)
- Ceredigion Historical Society (previously the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Association) (contents and see WJO Transactions and archaeological record 1911 to 1938, WJO Ceredigion 1950-2001, WJO Ceredigion 2002-2004)
- Glamorgan History Society (contents of Morgannwy and WJO - 1957 to 2004)
- Gower Society (contents of Gower and WJO - 1948 to 2005)
- Royal Institute of South Wales (Swansea) (contents of Minerva aka Swansea History Journal) (WJO - 1993 to 2006)
- Merioneth Historical and Record Society (annual Journal)
- Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association (recent contents of The Monmouthshire Antiquary)
- Powysland Club (contents of recent issues of Montgomeryshire Collections and WJO - volumes 32 (1902) to 47 (1942)
- Pembrokeshire Historical Society (WJO - volumes 1 (1959) to 7 (1981) of Pembrokeshire Historian and WJO - 1985 to 2005 of Journal of the Pembrokeshire Historical Society)
- Radnorshire Society (index for Volumes 68 (1998) to 83 (2013) of Transactions... and WJO - 1931 to 2004)
County and Local District
The Islands
- La Société Guernesiaise Archaeology Section (index of major articles of Report and Transactions...)
- La Société Jersiaise Archaeology Section
- Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society (Download of index of Transactions 1879-1884, Yn Lioar Manninagh 1880-1906, Proceedings 1906-2012. Some information and a few early articles from Proceedings... and Journal of Manx Museum)
Archaeological Companies
Commerical companies (many are also charities) providing archaeological services (CBA complete listing of contracting units, trusts and consultancies).
All publish reports for clients which are sometime made more widely available (see grey literature) but some produce wider reports, newsletter and other items of interest.
A small selection are;
- Albion Archaeology (publications)
- Canterbury Archaeological Trust (publications)
- Colchester Archaeological Trust (The Colchester Archaeologist and other reports and publications)
- Ed Dennison Archaeological Services Ltd (Reports)
- Oxford Archaeology (publications)
- Wessex Archaeology (Reports)
- York Archaeological Trust (publications)
The four welsh archaeological trusts have somewhat wider remits, including being holders of the county Historic Environment Records.
- Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
- Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
- Dyfed Archaeological Trust
- Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust
University Archaeology Departments
There are many archaeology departments in British universties which sometime put online reports of current projects. These tend to have no longevity being removed every time a university changes it web design (something that tends happens often usually with a complete break of previous links). Internet Archaeology from the University of York, supported by CBA, has a wider remit than the university itself. Sheffield University (uniquely?) published a graduate journal.
- Internet Archaeology - 'the premier e-journal for archaeology' from Department of Archaeology, University of York
- assemblage - the Sheffield graduate journal of archaeology (Volumes 1-9 available online or Volumes 1-10 available via Archaeological Data Service and later issues)
1Plans to add the 20th century copies of Archaeological Cambrensis to Welsh Journals Online have stalled in 2016 although it is still the intent of the Cambrian Archaeological Association to digitise and make freely availalbe this invaluable series.
2These are impressive lists but are likely to become quite rapidly out of date.