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Further Fieldwalking at Novington Manor, Plumpton, East Sussex, by Chris Butler and John Funnell, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.13-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

A Neolithic polished flint axe fragment from Hollingbury, by John Funnell, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, shorter article, p.175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Fieldwalking at Varley Halls and Marquee Brow, Stanmer, Brighton, by John Funnell, published 2002 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 140, shorter article, pp.144-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15109] & The Keep [LIB/500299] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Roman nail-cleaner from Lancing Ring, West Sussex, by John Funnell, published 2002 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 140, shorter article, p.150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15109] & The Keep [LIB/500299] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An Early Bronze Age burial and Iron Age ditch at East Brighton Golf Club, by John Funnell, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.199-202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A medieval moated site at Stretham, near Henfield, West Sussex, edited by John Funnell, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, article, pp.77-95; and supplement pp.13-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A substantial moated site was excavated by A. Barr Hamilton between the late 1950s and early 1980s. The remains uncovered within the moat indicated a multi-phased arrangement of buildings and other features including a substantial wooden revetment in the southern moat. The purpose of the various buildings is uncertain, but it is possible that they may have been used by the bishops of Chichester, who were also the Lords of the Manor, when visiting Stretham. The site was probably in use from the thirteenth century to the early/mid fifteenth century, when it appears to have been abandoned possibly as a result of flooding. Although the excavations were not to what may be considered modern standards the site is of sufficient importance to merit publication even in basic form.

Ovingdean Medieval Manor, by John Funnell and Carol White, published April 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 117, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In May and early June 2008 Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society (BHAS) returned to Hog Croft field at Ovingdean, East Sussex. BHAS Field Unit previously excavated here in 2002, 2003 and 2006, confirming a substantial medieval complex: 13th century manor house, barns and out-houses, a well and several large ditches. This project by Carol White, MA student at Sussex University, was to focus on an area of interest from the 2006 excavation, the location of a possible detached kitchen, discerned by finds of bone and large amounts of marine shell. Boundaries to south and east were defined by robbed out wall foundation ditches, revealing a large dressed stone block at the eastern terminus. The interior was littered with large flint nodules, mortar, roof and medieval floor tiles. The 2008 investigation aimed to confirm the kitchen location, and to examine the south west quadrant of the manor house.

Ovingdean Excavations: Evidence of a curious Medieval diet uncovered?, by John Funnell, published April 2010 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 120, article, p.10, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 2009 the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society returned to Hog Croft field at Ovingdean. The new season of excavations was designed to uncover and plan the medieval house found in 2003 and partially exposed in subsequent seasons. Previous excavations had uncovered the north/east and south corners of a substantial building constructed of flint and mortar. The corners of the house revealed previously had shown a distinct difference in construction, and raised a number of interesting questions.

Palaeolithic hand axe found near Barcombe, East Sussex, by John Funnell, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, short article, pp.208-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rocky Clump Excavation: Enclosure revealed in latest dig, by John Funnell, published April 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 126, article, p.13, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In April 2011 the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society returned to Rocky Clump, Stanmer, Brighton. For the past two decades the Society has been digging in the field to the north of the copse of trees finding pits, post holes, ditches and artefacts from the Late Iron Age and Romano-British periods. This year the excavations move to the field south of the copse to seek evidence for the actual settlement. A geophysical survey conducted several years ago indicated a number of circular anomalies which could be round house platforms. A number of trial trenches were therefore marked ready for investigation.

Rocky Clump Excavation: Burnt areas, big ditches and baby burials, by John Funnel, published April 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 132, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 2011 Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society uncovered the north-east corner of a large enclosure located in the field to the south of Rocky Clump, in Stanmer, near Brighton (NGR TQ 328101). A magnetometry survey, conducted by David Staveley in 2012, revealed a number of new ditches not seen in the earlier resistivity survey. Excavations in 2012 and 2013 have revealed more of the substantial ditches found in the first season and have located and excavated part of a south boundary ditch measuring over 2 metres in width and 1.5 metres in depth. In 2013 the objective was to investigate part of the interior of the enclosure and seek evidence for settlement or ancient activity within the confines of the ditches. The area examined measured only 16 metres by 6 metres but produced an extremely complex series of features and layers.

The excavation of two linear earthworks in Pudding Bag Wood and Stanmer Great Wood, Brighton, by John Funnell, published 2016 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 154, article, pp.89-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18939] & The Keep [LIB/509465] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on a medieval farmstead at Patchwav Field, Stanmer, near Brighton, by John Funnell, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, short article, pp.200-203)

Ovingdean Excavation Update. Medieval and Saxon finds recorded, by John Skelton and John Funnell, published April 2017 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 141, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library