Publications
Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation at Chichester Road, Selsey, West Sussex, by Stephen Hammond and Steve Preston, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.71-82) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library View Online
Abstract:Excavation in advance of a housing development revealed traces of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement and landscape features, exhibiting continuity of layout across the two phases. Boundary ditches defined land divisions, all apparently part of a single system extending at least 350 m along a terrace edge. Clustering close to these boundaries, isolated pits characterized the two northern areas of the site, while the southern area was occupied by structures and a dense concentration of pits of both periods. The only evidence of ritual activity was a tiny secondary deposit of cremation pyre debris in a ditch fill. The chronology is not particularly clear, but it is possible that both phases fall into the transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age, in the 8th century BC.
Pegler Way, Crawley (NGR: TQ26753695) - post-excavation report, by Stephen Hammond, published February 2005 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services) View Online
Excavation of medieval burgage plots and further evidence of iron working on land off Pegler Way, Crawley, West Sussex, by Stephen Hammond, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.49-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library View Online
Abstract:Excavation at Pegler Way has extended the evidence of medieval burgage plot boundaries recovered from an adjacent site on the Crawley High Street Relief Road and added more evidence of the local disposal of iron-working waste, although again the primary working site has not been identified. A rare find of a wooden scutching knife suggests flax processing. The site appears to have been used only for a short span, from the late 12th to the 14th century.