Publications
On Excavations in a Cemetery of South Saxons on High Down, Sussex, by Charles Hercules Read, published 1895 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 54, issue 2, article, pp.369-382) View Online
Abstract:In the autumn of 1892, Mr. Edwin Henty, in planting trees on his property on High Down Hill, in the parish of Ferring, in Sussex, came upon a number of graves, which, from the character of the relics found in them, were readily determined to be of Saxon origin. Mr. Henty has carefully preserved all that he could secure, but from the unfortunate accident that the men employed in the work were strangers, and not his own workmen, there is reason to believe that a number of the articles found were disposed of to visitors and others.
Further Excavations in a Cemetery of South Saxons on High Down, Sussex, by Charles Hercules Read, published 1896 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 55, issue 1, article, pp.203-214) View Online
Abstract:The first exploration of this cemetery in the autumn of 1893, of which I had the honour of laying an account before the Society was of so interesting a character that it was felt both by Mr. Edwin Henty and myself that it would be desirable to ascertain whether other graves did not exist within the limits of the ancient British camp. With this view the examination of the adjoining ground was made in the autumn of last year, and the results not only fully justified the examination, but resulted in discoveries of far greater interest than those previously made, and in one instance, at least, of a character hitherto unknown in England.