Dig Alderney’s work is published in peer-reviewed journals and monographs.

The list below includes all works produced under the auspices of Dig Alderney or the Alderney Society since 2007, plus key further reading.

Papers and Shorter Articles

de Jersey, P. (2019). “Excavations in Paddock by Coastguards, Longis”. Ald. Soc. Bull LIII (2017–18): 69–83.

de Jersey, P. (2020). “Excavations in the Paddock Field, Longis, 2019”. Ald. Soc. Bull LIV (2019–20): 87–104.

de Jersey, P. (2021). “Radiocarbon Dates from Longis Common, Alderney”. Ald. Soc. Bull LV (2020–21): 95–100.

de Jersey, P. (2024). “Excavations in Coastguards Field, Longis, 2023”. Ald. Soc. Bull LVII (2023–2024): 78–100.

Monaghan, J. (2007). “Investigations on Longis Common”. Ald. Soc. Bull. XLII 2007: 79–88.

Monaghan, J. (2009). “Excavations at the Nunnery 2008”. Ald. Soc. Bull. XLIII 2008: 63–68.

Monaghan, J. (2010).  “Excavations at the Nunnery 2009”. Ald. Soc. Bull. XLIV 2009: 50–62.

Monaghan, J. (2011a).  “A Roman Tower at the Nunnery?” Ald. Soc. Bull. XLV 2010–11: 38–47.

Monaghan, J. (2011b). “The Nunnery: Alderney’s Roman Fort?” Current Archaeology XXII, no. 9: 28–33.

Monaghan, J. (2012). “Investigations of the Roman Tower and Gatehouse at the ‘Nunnery’, 2011”. Ald. Soc. Bull. XLVI 2011–12: 85–97.

Monaghan, J. (2013). “Excavations outside the ‘Nunnery’, 2012”. Ald. Soc. Bull. XLVII 2012–13: 78–90.

Monaghan, J. (2014). “Excavations in the ‘Garden’ and on the Eastern Rampart of the Nunnery 2013”. Ald. Soc. Bull. XLVIII 2013–14: 84–98.

Monaghan, J. (2015). Watching brief at the Kennels, Alderney. Unpublished archive report, Guernsey Museum.

Monaghan, J. (2017). “Romans and Tudors at the Nunnery”. Ald. Soc. Bull. LI 2016–17: 77–91.

Monaghan, J. (2018).  “Excavations inside the north wall of the Nunnery”. Ald. Soc. Bull. LII 2017–18:  82–97.

Monaghan, J. (2019). “The Roman Gate and Adjacent Buildings at the Nunnery”. Ald. Soc. Bull. LIII 2018–19: 84–96.

Monaghan, J. (2021). “Excavations Along Rue des Mielles, Longis 2017–2019”. Ald. Soc. Bull. LV 2020–21: 78–94.

Monaghan, J. (2022). “The Roman Courtyard and Tower Interior at the Nunnery”. Ald. Soc. Bull. LVI 2021–22: 93–104.

Monaghan, J. (2023). “‘Building D’ and the Refortification of the Nunnery”. Ald. Soc. Bull. LVII 2022–23: 87–100.

Monaghan, J. (2025). “A Late Roman Building on Longis Common”. Ald. Soc. Bull. LIX 2024–25: 82–99.

Monaghan, J. (2026). Excavations at the Nunnery, Alderney, 2008-2022. Unpublished Archive Report, Guernsey Museums Archive.

Further Reading

Davenport, T. (2003).  Festung Alderney: The German Defences of Alderney. Alderney: Barnes.

Kendrick, T. D. (1928). The Archaeology of the Channel Islands, Volume 1: The Bailiwick of Guernsey. London: Methuen.

Rule, M. and Monaghan J. (1993). A Gallo–Roman Trading Vessel from Guernsey. Guernsey: Guernsey Museum Monograph No.5.

Sebire, H., de Jersey, P. and Monaghan, J. (2018). Roman Guernsey. Guernsey Museum Monograph 9. Oxford: Oxbow.

Updated August 2026.