Bryan O'Neil

Bryan Hugh St. John O'Neil (7 August 1905 – 24 October 1954) was a British archaeologist who became Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for England and Wales.

His father was Charles Valentine O'Neil, and his mother was Mabel Meliora (nee Rowe) [1] He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School, at that time in London, and St John's College, Oxford.

[5] He was noted for his expertise in the analysis of structural sequences, evident both in his work on iron-age sites in the Welsh borderland, for example Titterstone Clee Hill Fort,[6] Breidden Hill Fort,[7] and the Ffridd Faldwyn Camp,[8] as well as in his work on later mediaeval stone castles, such as Dartmouth and Rushen.

[2] At Dartmouth, the ‘Guntower’ building of 1481-1494 is the earliest surviving English coastal fortress specifically built to carry guns.

These included the Terling Treasure, consisting of Roman gold and silver coins and rings discovered at Terling Place, Essex,[16] and the Sproxton hoard of silver Roman coins from Sproxton, Leicestershire.