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Sussex Archaeological Collections: Relating to the history and antiquities of East and West Sussex, published 2015 (vol. 153, Sussex Archæological Society & printed at The Charlesworth Group, Wakefield) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Survey and excavation at Goblestubbs Copse, Arundel, West Sussex, by David McOmish and Gordon Hayden, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.1-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This report outlines the results of a programme of fieldwork undertaken by English Heritage in collaboration with the Worthing Archaeological Society. It focused on an area of woodland, some of it dense and unmanaged, to the west of the town of Arundel. Here, investigation centred on a cluster of enclosures at Goblestubbs Copse, and included detailed earthwork survey followed by a limited amount of excavation. The results are unequivocal: the enclosures date to the early decades of the 1st millennium AD and were likely still to have been in use at the time of the Claudian Conquest, and for a time thereafter too. The Goblestubbs complex may well be only one of a number of other contemporary foci in this particular area, suggesting that it was an important nexus of activity, complementary to developments further to the west in and around Chichester.

Analytical survey and landscape context of Saxonbury hillfort, Rotherfield, East Sussex, by David Lea and Judie English, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.29-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The results of an analytical survey of Saxonbury hillfort are reported and include the presence of a probable prehistoric field system. A possible re-interpretation of earlier excavation results is offered, as is some consideration of the relationship with nearby iron production sites.

Archaeological investigations of the Devil's Ditch at Windmill Park, Stane Street, Halnaker, West Sussex, by Anna Doherty and Nick Garland, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.41-46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A small excavation was carried out on a section of "the Devil's Ditch" at Halnaker. This ditch-and-bank entrenchment has generally been interpreted as part of a series of dykes enclosing a c. 1st century BC territorial oppidum at the western edge of the Sussex coastal plain. However, previous campaigns of excavation have produced ambiguous dating evidence, leading to some suggestions that the monument is actually of medieval date. Although there were some indications of Roman and/or medieval re-cutting of the ditch, OSL dating of the primary fills produced date ranges falling entirely within the 1st millennium BC. The most significant finding is that the earliest fills of the ditch had started to accumulate by c.80 BC at the latest. This evidence essentially disproves the theory that the ditch was first established as boundary to a medieval deer park but it also poses questions about whether the entrenchment could have been founded before the Late Iron Age.

A Romano-British settlement with ovens and field system at Theobalds Road, Wivelsfield, East Sussex, by Andrew B. Powell with contributions by Catherine Barnett, Nicholas Cooke, Lorraine Mepham, Chris J. Stevens and Sarah F. Wyles, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.47-61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation west of Wivelsfield, East Sussex, revealed part of an early Romano-British settlement. One of the round-houses may have had a non-domestic, possibly ritual, function. The settlement appears to have been subsequently incorporated within a rectilinear arrangement of field/enclosure ditches. Along the edge of one of these ditches were built a series of features interpreted as ovens, of varying form and likely use, from which charred waste from cereal processing and charcoal from coppiced woodland were recovered.

Barcombe and Beddingham: Roman Villas from Wealden Iron?, by Ann Best, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.63-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This paper puts forward the archaeological evidence to suggest that Barcombe and Beddingham Roman villas, and the Romano-British settlement at Upper Wellingham, were not only part of the immediate agricultural landscape, but also linked to the wider industrial landscape which had iron production at its core. It also explores how the economic results of an expanding iron industry could have provided the necessary wealth to support these Romanised houses and a substantial trading settlement in this rural location.

Archaeological investigations at Pevensey and Westham CE School, High Street, Westham, East Sussex, by Richard James with contributions from Luke Barber, Lisa Gray and Lucy Sibun, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.73-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation at Pevensey and Westham CE School, Westham revealed evidence for medieval activity, mainly of 11th-13th century date. Two phases of ditch systems were identified, probably related to drainage activity associated with a marshland-edge location. A handful of pits and a possible structure were also recorded, although associated finds were very limited. A small collection of residual Roman pottery was recovered, but no features of this date were identified.

Petworth Park's hidden past, by Tom Dommett, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.83-112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

From September 2012 to September 2013 a programme of archaeological survey and investigation was undertaken at Petworth Park, West Sussex, under the auspices of the Monument Trust-funded Petworth Park Archaeology Project. Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's 18th-century landscape design at Petworth House and Park has left a landscape which appears natural and timeless, but nothing could be further from the truth. The project has revealed a complex sequence of change, development and expansion over the course of 800 years, a story of changing fashions and fortunes which have left their mark on the landscape. Working with over 100 volunteers, the Petworth Park Archaeology Project has shed new light on features such as the 17th-century 'lost' North Wing of the House, the 6th Duke of Somerset's monumental stable block and the 18th-century baroque formal gardens which once surrounded the House. It has shown how the use of the Park has included the functional as well as the ornamental, with evidence for industrial activities and estate buildings, and has revealed how portions of the surrounding medieval and post-medieval landscape, including settlement and field systems, have become engulfed and fossilised within the Park. Investigations ranging from desk-based assessment to excavation have not only identified a huge range of archaeological features but have also demonstrated the archaeological potential within the Park and the need for future work to further our understanding of this complex landscape.

Uppark revealed: A reinterpretation of the history of the house and gardens in the light of evidence revealed during restoration in 1989-94 following damage by fire, by Fred Aldsworth, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.113-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The fire which swept through Uppark in Harting, West Sussex, in August 1989 and the subsequent five-year restoration exposed much of the fabric of the house previously hidden by decorative plasterwork, panelling, and floor and wall coverings. The fabric and the debris provided much new evidence for the house's original form and decoration, and for changes made to it during its life. Minor ground disturbances around the house, for example for temporary buildings and services, led to the discovery of evidence for the development of the gardens.
This new archaeological evidence is presented here along with recently identified documentary evidence. Together they offer a revised and more detailed account of the history of the house and its gardens than has previously been available.
Although the house and gardens were first built in c. 1690 (Period 1), the precise dates for their construction and the name of the architect responsible are not known. The property was described as 'new built' by Celia Fiennes visiting in the second half of 1695, but dates as early as 1685 have been suggested for its construction for Ford Grey, Baron Grey of Warke, created Earl of Tankerville in June 1695. Although the house is often attributed to William Talman (1650-1720), with George London (c. 1640-1714) perhaps employed to design the gardens, the distinguished architect Hugh May (1621-84), who lived locally at Lavant, may have had a hand in its design.
The house was refurbished and the gardens were redesigned just a few years later, c. 1700-30 (Period 1a), with new outbuildings by the London builder John Jenner in 1723-5. They were extended and altered again on two further occasions, after purchase by Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, between 1747 and 1774 probably to designs by Daniel Garrett (d. 1753) and Henry Keene (1726-76) (Period 2), and then by Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh in 1811-17, to designs by Humphry Repton (1752-1818) (Period 3).
The picture that emerges is one of continuing change to meet the aspirations of successive owners or to accommodate visits by fashionable visitors, not least George, Prince of Wales between 1784 and 1804.

Antipathy to ambivalence: Politics and Women Police in Sussex, 1915-45 , by Derek Oakensen, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.171-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The genesis of women's entry into policing can be found in social changes generated by the First World War and by the pre-war women's suffrage movement. But acceptance and integration were entirely different matters. Quite apart from any fear of proponents' political motivation, the idea that women should be allowed to patrol the streets represented a fundamental challenge to long-standing orthodoxies. Real decision-making power lay, in any case, with antipathetic police authorities and chief constables of the six forces in the county rather than with central government; and lobbying, however well-organised, could take years to precipitate change. What emerged were six distinct approaches which changed with time over the following 30 years. But, in most of Sussex, decision-makers remained ambivalent: the notion that women could be constables and a permanent feature of policing structures was not to be finally settled until well after 1945.

Training for war: Plans of the three Great War Divisional Camps in Sussex, by Luke Barber and Justin Russell, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.191-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

During research on the Great War camps at Seaford, the authors located a set of 1916 plans in the Canadian national archives. Not only was Seaford covered but also the camps at Crowborough and Shoreham. These extensive sites have all but disappeared and the plans therefore provide an invaluable insight into the three divisional camps in the county. The plans have been redrawn and colour coded for reproduction here along with a brief explanatory narrative.

The Seaford stone axe hoard, by Rodney Castleden and Alex Thompson, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, short article, pp.203-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Turris de Penuesel. A final note, by Derek Renn, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, short article, pp.208-210) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

"Patcham Place" a small country house in the City of Brighton and Hove, by Sue Berry, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, short article, pp.210-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online