Publications
The excavation of a 16th-century pottery kiln at Lower Parrock, Hartfield, East Sussex, 1977, by D. J. Freke, C. R. Cartwright, A. Clark, J. Craddock, A. D. F. Streeten and H. A. Waldron, published 1979 in The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 13, article, pp.79-125) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501323] View Online
Abstract:The excavation of an early 16th-century pottery kiln is described. The method of excavation and the analysis of the excavated material were planned to test sampling procedures which may be used on more complex sites. The link between the kiln and the local iron industry was also investigated, and it is suggested that the potter was French.
Field Survey of Chichester Harbour, 1982, by Caroline R. Cartwright, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.23-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library
The Excavation of a Roman Tilery on Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, East Sussex, by David R. Rudling, Caroline Cartwright, Giles Swift, Sally Foster, John Shepherd, Pat Hinton and Fred Tebbutt, published November 1986 in Britannia (vol. 17, article, pp.191-230) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501322] View Online
Abstract:During the winter of 1981/2 Giles Swift of the Wealden Iron Research Group discovered in a ploughed field on Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, East Sussex (TQ 45603835) an area of burnt clay and Roman tile, together with a few pieces of Roman pottery. The site, which lies close to a small stream, is located between an extensive Roman iron-working site to the south-west and possible large Roman iron-ore quarries to the north-east (FIG. 1). In advance of further plough damage, during the summer of 1982 the Field Archaeology Unit (Institute of Archaeology) undertook a trial excavation and survey in order to attempt to interpret and date the site more precisely. This work was funded by the Department of the Environment and East Sussex County Council. The 1982 investigations revealed a well-preserved Roman tile kiln and a rectangular floor of tile and burnt clay. Unfortunately extremely inclement weather during the second half of the excavation meant that it was impossible, given the time and resources available, to finish excavating either of these discoveries. The farmer, Mr Udell, kindly agreed to leave and plough around the excavation area and a second season of excavations was undertaken in 1983 thanks to the financial backing of East Sussex County Council and Keymer Handmade Clay Tiles of Burgess Hill, Sussex. In between the two excavations, staff of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory carried out a geophysical survey of the area to the west of the tile kiln.
An Anglo Saxon and Mediaeval Settlement at Botolphs, Bramber, West Sussex, by Mark Gardiner, Caroline Cartwright and others, published 1990 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 147, article, pp.216-275) View Online
Abstract:Three early Anglo-Saxon sunken-featured buildings dating to the late fifth or early sixth century were discovered during excavation. Finds suggest that stamp-decorated and grass-tempered pottery was made in the settlement. Burnt daub with a lime-washed surface was found, possibly from other, larger buildings. In the late tenth or early eleventh century the site was reoccupied. Traces of five timber buildings from this second phase of activity were recorded to the south of the parish church, which was built (or rebuilt) during this period. Other structures including a well and fence-line were excavated. During the later medieval period the area examined was probably part of the glebe of the parish of Botolphs. A ditch and rubbish pits of the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries found here are to be associated with the nearby vicarage.
The Excavation of a Romano-British Iron Working Site at Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex, by Caroline R. Cartwright, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.22-59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library