Bibliography - Charles Frederick Tebbutt O.B.E., F.S.A. (1900 - 1985)
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A Polished Flint Axe from Upper Hartfield, by C. F. Tebbutt, published May 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 1, note, pp.21-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Roman Roads at Upper Hartfield, by C. F. Tebbutt, published May 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 1, note, pp.22-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

A 1st Century Corn Drying Kiln at Uckfield, by C. F. Tebbutt, published May 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 1, note, pp.25-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Rabbit Warrens on Ashdown Forest, by C. F. Tebbutt, published November 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 2, article, pp.52-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

A Moated Site at Blackham Court, Withyham, by C. F. Tebbutt, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, note, p.133) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Garden Hill Camp, Hartfield, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1970 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 108, article, pp.39-49) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2193] & The Keep [LIB/500321] & S.A.S. library

Two Dated Bloomery Sites in the Weald [at Hartfield and Buxted], by J. Pettitt, P. Archibald and C. F. Tebbutt, published May 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 5, note, pp.167-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Rabbit Warrens on Ashdown Forest and the site of Warren Lodge, by C. F. Tebbutt, published November 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 6, article, pp.193-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

A Mesolithic Site in East Sussex [at East Grinstead], by C. F. Tebbutt, published November 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 6, note, p.196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Carving on the Rocks in the Chiddinglye Woods, by C. F. Tebbutt, published November 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 6, note, pp.196-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1970: Pippingford Bloomery, by C. F. Tebbutt, published March 1971 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 2, article, p.4) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Pippingford Bloomery (c. TQ 446 313), by C. F. Tebbutt, published Spring 1971 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 2, article, p.12) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

This bloomery site was discovered when a member of the Buxted team tripped over a piece of slag on a footpath in Ashdown Forest. Work on the site has now nearly finished and, to preserve it, the excavated soil will be backfilled before next winter.

Blacklands, Cansiron Bloomery (TQ 447 383), by C. F. Tebbutt, published Spring 1971 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 2, article, p.12) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

This Roman site, first noticed by Mr I.D. Margary (S.N.Q. XIII p.100), was rediscovered by members of the Buxted team.

A Roman Bloomery at Great Cansiron, near Holtye, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, article, pp.10-13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Two newly-discovered Medieval Sites, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, article, pp.31-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Damage to Kings Standing earthworks, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, shorter notice, p.115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

A Roman site at Howbourne Farm, Hadlow Down, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, shorter notice, p.115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Marinus and Wealden Iron, by C. F. Tebbutt, published Summer 1972 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 4, shorter note, pp.21-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

A Romano-British Bloomery at Pippingford, Hartfield, by C. Frederick Tebbutt and Henry Cleere, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, article, pp.27-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

The Winbolt Collection in Christ's Hospital, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, pp.124-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

Mound at Forest Row, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, pp.126-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

Wealden Fortified Camps and the Iron Industry, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1973 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 5, article, pp.11-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Thoughts on the title of this article were prompted by a recent visit by Mr and Mrs E.W. Holden and myself to that most interesting earthwork known as Piper's Copse, near Kirdford, Sussex (SU 978 295). This was first surveyed by G.H. Kenyon in 1935, who carried out a small excavation there with S.E. Winbolt soon afterwards (see Sussex Arch. Collections 77 (1936) pp.245-9; further notes on the site were contributed by Mr Kenyon in S.A.C. 86 (1947) p.xxxix, and 99 (1961) p.248; also in Sussex Notes and Queries May 1969; and by Winbolt in The Times of August 5th 1935.)

Excavations 1972: Morphews Bloomery, by C. F. Tebbutt, published March 1973 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 9, article, p.36) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Problem of Bloomery Sites, by C. F. Tebbutt, published Summer 1973 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 6, article, pp.8-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Firstly I would like to comment on the very great number of new bloomery sites, not known to Straker, found by W.I.R.G. Indeed this has been the main area of discovery by the group. In contrast very few have been dated by documents, pottery or other artefacts. I do not here propose to discuss the question of Carbon 14 dating of bloomeries. I feel that its accuracy is under suspicion. In the only two cases that I know where such dating was done, and pottery was also present, the Carbon 14 date differed quite considerably from that of the well authenticated pottery.

King's Standing, Ashdown Forest, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, article, pp.30-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

The Prehistoric Occupation of the Ashdown Forest Area of the Weald, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, article, pp.34-43) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

A Prehistoric Site in Dallington Forest, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, shorter notice, p.156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

A Moat at Horsted Keynes, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, shorter notice, p.162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1973: Garden Hill Excavation Group: Hartfield - Garden Hill, by C. F. Tebbutt, published January 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 12, article, p.47) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1974: Etchingwood, Buxted, by C. F. Tebbutt, published September 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 14, article, p.59) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1974: Pippingford Blast Furnace, by C. F. Tebbutt, published September 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 14, article, p.59) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

A Wealden Cannon-Boring Bar [at Stream Mill, Chiddingly], by D. S. Butler and C. F. Tebbutt, published 1975 in The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 9, article, pp.38-41)   View Online

Old Buxted Place, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.51-53) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

An Abandoned Medieval Industrial Site at Parrock, Hartfield, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.146-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

Hole House, Barcombe: a medieval farm, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, shorter notice, p.189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

A Bloomery hearth at Etchingwood, Buxted, by P. Archibald and C. F. Tebbutt, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, note, pp.190-191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Cannon in East Africa, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1975 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 8, article, p.45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Mystery of Withyham or Stonelands Furnace, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1975 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 8, article, p.45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

A great deal of intensive fieldwork by the writer, following on visits by the Buxted Branch of W.I.R.G., have failed to find any trace of Withyham Furnace. Straker could only surmise that the now existing large lake in Buckhurst Park (TQ 497 348) had covered all relics of the furnace and forge, and refers to a lease of 1676 when he thought that the site had been converted to a corn mill (see Wealden Iron p.253). Lower refers to the Bakers of Stoneland Park (afterwards incorporated into Buckhurst Park) having ironworks powered "by a chain of ponds still existing below the house" (see Sussex Arch. Coll. Vol.2 (1849) p.220).

Excavations 1974: Garden Hill Research Group, by C. F. Tebbutt, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, p.64) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1974: High Hurstwood, Hermitage Rocks, by C. F. Tebbutt, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, p.64) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Wallhurst Manor, Cowfold, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, shorter notice, p.324) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Kitchenham Farm, Ashburnham, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, shorter notice, p.324) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Apparent Hut Circles, Pippingford Park, Nutley, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, shorter notice, p.324) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Queen's Hall Museum, Cuckfield, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, shorter notice, p.324) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

A Bronze Age Barrow on Sullington Hill, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, shorter notice, p.336) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Wealden Iron Research Group, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, shorter notice, p.338) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Two Outlying Iron-Working Sites: A North-eastern Extension of the Early Wealden Iron Industry., by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1976 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 9, article, pp.21-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Early Iron Age Ironworking in Sussex, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1976 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 9, article, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

In view of the scarcity of evidence for Iron Age iron working in Sussex, particularly of B.C. date, it is of great interest to hear of such evidence from Slonk Hill, Shoreham (TQ 226 065) where, following, a rescue excavation in 1968, in advance of roadworks, Messrs. Hartridge and Whitty have been working each season.

Bog Iron or Iron Plan, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1976 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 9, article, p.23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Some New Dating Evidence for Pippingford Furnace, Sussex, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 11, article, p.106)   View Online

The Field Group in 1976, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, report, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Further Light on Withyham or Stonelands Furnace, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 12, report, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Ewhurst/Northiam Furnaces, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 12, report, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Sources of Ore for Bloomeries, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, report, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Late Use of Bell-pits at Ashburnham, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, report, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Whitley Park Furnace, Surrey, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 12, report, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Errata (Bulletin 9), by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 12, report, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Pippingford Cow Park Bloomery, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 12, report, pp.3-4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Pippingford Cow Park Bloomery: Preliminary Report, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, report, p.4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

A Water-powered Bloomery at Woolbridge, Mayfield, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, report, p.5) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Inventory of Sites, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, report, pp.6-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Sites Scheduled as Ancient Monuments, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, report, p.9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Iron Sites on Ashdown Forest, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, article, pp.9-13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

An Aid to Ashburnham Navigation, by C. C. Ennever and C. F. Tebbutt, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, article, p.14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

It is, we think, well known how important navigation was to the business success, over a period of nearly three centuries, of the Ashburnham ironworks complex. This is briefly referred to by Straker (Wealden Iron p.372) when in 1664 the rights of navigation from Kitchenham Forge to Boreham Bridge were re-affirmed. From Boreham Bridge there were, of course, navigational facilities to the sea at Pevensey.

Excavations 1976: Pippingford, by C. F. Tebbutt, published April 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 21, article, p.113, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1977: Pippingford Cowpark, by C. F. Tebbutt, published December 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 23, article, p.126, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Mid Sussex Water Company Pipelines, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, shorter notice, pp.402-404) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

A Bronze Age Spearhead from Berwick, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, shorter notice, p.406) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Some Roman Blooms from the Weald, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 14, report, pp.2-4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Following a second report on Cow Park bloomery, Pippingford, in Bulletin 12 (1977) and the completion of its excavation, further details and possible conclusions have become apparent.

Pippingford Cow Park Bloomery: Interim Report, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 13, report, pp.2-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Following a second report on Cow Park bloomery, Pippingford, in Bulletin 12 (1977) and the completion of its excavation, further details and possible conclusions have become apparent.

Burgh Wood Forge, Etchingham, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 14, report, pp.5-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Excavation of a Bell-Pit in Benzells Wood, Herstmonceux, Sussex, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 14, report, pp.6-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Trial Excavations at Bloomery Sites, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 13, report, pp.6-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Batsford Furnace, Warbleton/Herstmonceux: Interim report, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 14, report, pp.8-9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Fresh-Field Forge, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 13, report, p.14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Iron Plate fro Henley Lower Furnace, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 13, report, p.15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Pipe-line Sites: Ringmer to Horsted Keynes, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 13, report, p.15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Excavation of Three Roman Bloomery Furnaces at Hartfield, Sussex, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.47-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Prehistoric Finds from Possingworth Park, Framfield, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.230-231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

A Medieval Roof Tile with Impression of Fabric, from Parrock, Hartfield, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Buxted Medieval Village Site, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.261-263) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Report of the Field Group, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 15, report, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Excavations and Explorations, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 15, report, pp.2-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Waldron and Pippingford Furnaces, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 15, report, pp.10-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

A Roman Coin from Great Cansiron bloomery site, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 16, article, pp.14-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Brambletye Forge revisited, by C. F. and M. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 16, report, pp.20-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

New Bloomery Sites, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 16, report, pp.21-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Castle Field, Hartfield (TQ 481 361), by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, archaeological note, pp.377-378) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

The Church of Sir Richard de Wych and the Thompson Family of Ashdown Park, Hartfield, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, historical note, pp.389-392) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Ashdown Forest (pipe-line) Bloomery, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, pp.15-16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

A Saxon iron-working site at Buriton (Hants), by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, p.16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Bloomery furnaces destroyed at Batsford, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, p.16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Coneyhurst Gill Forge, Ewhurst, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, p.16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Postern Forge, Tonbridge, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, p.17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Paine's Place Furnace, Framfield, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, p.17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

High Rocks Forge, Frant (Speldhurst), by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, p.17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

New Light on Mayfield Furnace, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, pp.17-18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

A Source of Ore fro Maynards Gate Furnace, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, article, p.18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Excavation Report 1979: An Early Medieval Settlement at Faulkners Farm, Hartfield, by C. F. Tebbutt, published April 1980 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 30, article, p.200, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavation Report 1980: Saxon Ironworking Site on Ashdown Forest, by C. F. Tebbutt, published December 1980 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 32, article, p.216, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

A Late Mesolithic Rock-Shelter Site at High Hurstwood, Sussex, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt and R. M. Jacobi, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.1-36) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Wealden Bloomery Iron Smelting Furnaces, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.57-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

A Deserted Medieval Farm Settlement at Faulkner's Farm, Hartfield, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.107-116) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

A Metallurgical Site Near King's Standing Farm, Ashdown Forest, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1981 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 1, article, pp.11-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

At the end of July 1980 the course of pipe laying by the Mid-Sussex Water Company was being watched, the section concerned being that running from the SE side of the B2188 road (S of the new Blackhill reservoir) to a point just E of Kings Standing Farm buildings. At the time when this was being examined only the shallow preliminary 'top soiling' trench had been completed. This operation consists of removing the top soil over a 4in-wide strip leaving, in this case, the yellow clay subsoil exposed.
At a point about 115m. N of Kings Standing Farm (TQ 476205) a circular area of burnt clay was noticed, and next to it an oval area of dark loam contrasting with the surrounding yellow subsoil. As it was expected that pipe distribution and laying, involving further trenching, would probably take place over the following few days, an emergency rescue excavation was organised by WIRG field group members.

Ashdown Forest (Millbrook) Saxon Bloomery, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1981 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 1, article, pp.17-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Reference to this important find was made in Bulletin (WIRG Wealden Iron, 1st Series) XVII (1980), p.15, and again in Newsletter 1, p.3, where the archaeomagnetic date of ninth century ad was given. It has now been decided to give it the name 'Millbrook', that being the nearest feature on Ashdown Forest named on Ordnance Survey maps.

Field Group Reports, compiled by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1981 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 1, report, pp.20-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Water Powered Sites:

• Knole Park; Ardingly Furnace
• Pashley Furnace, Ticehurst
• Maynards Gate Forge, Rotherfield.

Newly-discovered Bloomery Sites:

• Ashdown Forest
• Chiddingly
• Heathfield
• Wilderness Wood, Hadlow Down.

Explorations and brief notes:

• Chiddingly
• Heathfield
• Runham Farm, Lenham, Kent.

Iron Graveslabs with incised lettering

Field Group Report: Wilderness Wood, Hadlow Down, compiled by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1981 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 1, report, pp.20-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

A Middle-Saxon Iron Smelting site at Millbrook, Ashdown Forest, Sussex, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1982 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 120, article, pp.19-36) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8620] & The Keep [LIB/500307] & S.A.S. library

Chert Axe or Pick from Ashdown Forest, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1982 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 120, archaeological note, p.205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8620] & The Keep [LIB/500307] & S.A.S. library

Field Notes, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1982 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 2, report, pp.6-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

• Furnace Wood, Buxted
• Sharpsbridge, Fletching
• Wilderness Wood, Hadlow Down
• Crump Corner, Little Horsted
• Wadhurst
• Brambletye Forge
• Darwell Revisited
• New Light on Pippingford Steel Forge
• Mayfield Forge
• Mayfield Boring Mill
• Mayfield Furnace revisited.

Field Group Notes:

• Maresfield and Uckfield Bypass Forays
• Tugmore Shaw, Hartfield
• Thundersbarrow Hill
• WIRG Slag Collection

References in Recent Publications, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1982 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 2, note, pp.11-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Oldlands Roman Bloomery, by M. and C. F. Tebbutt, published 1982 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 2, article, pp.12-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

This was probably one of the most important of the large scale 'factory type' Roman iron smelting sites of the central Weald. The working area (TQ 475267) was almost completely destroyed, early last century, when the vast slag heaps were used as a source of road-making material. The site lay astride the stream separating Maresfield and Buxted parishes, the working area being in the former and the mining in the latter. On the north-west side of the stream, the working area side, the valley is relatively flat but with some hollows and undulations. On the south-east side, now known as Mill and Furnace Woods, the ground rises rapidly and the Wadhurst Clay is exposed.

A Multi-period Stone Age site on Ashdown Forest, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt and R. M. Jacobi, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.186-187) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

The Proposed Maresfield and Uckfield bypasses: a Fieldwalk Survey including Maresfield Park and Cave, by C. Frederick Tebbutt and A. G. Woodcock, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.190-193) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

A Sussex Celtic Head re-discovered, by E. W. Holden and C. F. Tebbutt, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.202-203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Sheffield Forge - New Developments, by C. F. and M. Tebbutt, published 1983 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 3, article, p.5) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Sheffield Forge (TQ 404238) seems to have been established as a unit with Sheffield Furnace (TQ 416257) by 1554 (E. Straker, Wealden Iron (1931), 412-14), but by 1598 (E. Straker (ed.), The Buckhurst Terrier. 1597-8 Sussex Rec. Soc. 39 (1933), 72-3), when the furnace had been converted to a corn mill, the forge remained in working order. It was still in use in 1653 but not in 1664. Included with it were 30 acres in adjoining Coleham.
The water system at the forge was an unusual one, although not unique, being paralleled at Kitchenham Forge (TQ 679135). Water from the Ouse was led into an embanked pond artificially constructed in the flood plain of the river, and returned to the main stream by a mile-long channel whose name, the Hammer Ditch, still survives.

The Prehistoric Occupation of a Former Part of Ashdown Forest, by C. Frederick Tebbutt and A. G. Woodcock, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, pp.208-212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Cast iron plates from Burwash, by C. F. and M. Tebbutt, published 1984 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 4, article, pp.3-4, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

In November 1983, after a message from Hastings Museum, we visited Mrs Watson, Poundsford Farm, Burwash (TQ 637225) who had some massive cast iron objects of unknown use. Their shape was puzzling, but we surmised that they must relate to a furnace, forge, or possibly lime kiln. Later we learned that Mr W. Beswick had inspected them some ten years previously but was not certain as to their use.

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

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.