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Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 129, edited by Wendy Muriel, published April 2013 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Reflections on a Cold Plunge: Reporting on the final year's dig in Church Field at Barcombe, by David Millum, David Rudling and Chris Butler, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In October 2012 the bathhouse excavations at Barcombe were filled in, thus ending five seasons of excavations in Church Field and a total of 14 years of fieldwork for the Barcombe Roman Villa Project. It also marked the end of practical field archaeology at the University of Sussex whose Centre for Continuing Education (most recently, until its demise: Community Engagement) CCE - had joined the Project as partners of the Mid Sussex Field Archaeological Team (MSFAT) in 2006. Over the years many intriguing features have been exposed at both the villa and bathhouse sites. This article reports upon some of the most interesting discoveries and outcomes of the final, very wet, fieldwork in 2012.

What's Going on in Sussex? A round-up of local archaeological investigations, by Luke Barber, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A busy year ahead on the 'Big Dig' at Brede High Woods, by Vivienne Blandford, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, article, p.7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Brede High Woods 'Big Dig': Successful first year uncovers remains of farm buildings, by Vivienne Blandford, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Woodland Trust, which acquired Brede High Woods (6 miles north of Hastings, East Sussex, NGR TQ793201) in 2007, secured a 'Your Heritage' HLF grant of £50k to run a community archaeology project to help uncover more about the archaeology and history of this 262 hectare site. The grant runs from October 2011 to June 2014. Chris Butler Archaeological Services is leading the project on behalf of the Woodland Trust and we have successfully completed a rewarding first year of investigations during which we attracted over 100 volunteers, some of whom regularly turned up in what were, at times, truly appalling weather conditions.

What's in a Name? From Cardinal Richelieu to Plashett Park, by Colin Child, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Even some woods and farms in Sussex have names which are known in different forms round the world. One example is Plashett Park, Wood and Park Farm located north-east of Ringmer, near Lewes. Plashett Park was a gentleman's hunting park and the gentleman concerned in this case was the Archbishop of Canterbury until the Dissolution when it was acquired by the Gage family.

Survey Reveals Roman Site: Substantial HLF Grant will enable further investigation, by David Millum, AlfA, M.A., published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, article, pp.10-11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

During early 2011 David Staveley conducted a magnetometer survey in a large field at Bridge Farm, Wellingham, near Lewes (TQ43301440) on behalf of the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP). He was looking for the Roman London to Lewes road that Ivan Margary had suggested ran down the east side of the Ouse at this point (Margary 1948). The initial results were so outstanding and unexpected that the survey was extended over the next two years as a clear picture of a substantial Roman settlement in a bend of the River Ouse emerged from the geophysical images. The location is just across the river from Culver Farm where a Roman road and industrial workings have been discovered just to the north east of the Barcombe villa and bathhouse complex (see Sussex Past & Present 128, Dec 2012).

Obituary: Peter Sangster, 1944 - 2012, by John Manley, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, obituary, p.11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Obituary: John Houghton, 1920 - 2013, by John Farrant and Christopher Whittick, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, obituary, p.13, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 130, edited by Wendy Muriel, published August 2013 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A County Transformed: Sussex in the 'Long Eighteenth Centur' c1680-1830, by Sue Berry, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

When exploring how new social and economic changes influence a county, there is sense in looking at more than a century to try to see when a trend starts and to identify its peak and decline. If we look at country houses for example, many in Sussex were refaced, substantially rebuilt or given an internal makeover between the late 1600s (Uppark, Stansted, Petworth and others, for instance) and the 1830s, yet by then country house building in the county was declining after 150 years of changes to facades and interiors which make many so interesting today. The alterations usually reflected national changes in taste and were often funded by sources of income from elsewhere. These included other estates, income from offices at court and political posts and from business. The houses might have to accommodate collections bought whilst on a Grand Tour, the routes and the purchases following practices established by 1680.

Mystery of the Two Martyrs: Where are the firebacks now?, by Crispin Paine, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

All museums contain mysteries or objects that are merely puzzling. This splendid cast-iron fireback, in the collection of the Society at Anne of Cleves House, is one.
Known as the 'The Sussex Martyrs fireback', it was part of the Every bequest; 1,250 objects left to the Society by ironmaster Alderman John Every in the early 1940s. On the back is inscribed "Sussex Martyrs / Burwash / cast August 1908 / Charles Dawson FSA."

Peter Brandon Remembered, by David Roberts, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, p.7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Interactive Museum Exhibits: New Medieval Gallery opens at Michelham Priory, by Joanne Grocott, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Storage Crisis in Museums: Society helping to tackle problem, by Dr. Robert Symmons, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Solving Lewes Battle Riddles? Skeleton 180 sent for further analysis, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, p.10, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The defeat of Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in 1264 was significant because it led to Simon de Montfort summoning Britain's first recorded representative parliament the following year. To help celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Battle due in May next year the Sussex Archaeological Society has sought to clarify two conundrums related to the Battle.

Obituary: Peter Ladson Drewett, 1947-2013, by John Manley, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, obituary, p.11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Obituary: Richard Philcox, 1922 - 2013, by Helen Poole, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, obituary, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Obituary: Gwendoline Jones, by Karen Thompson, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, obituary, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 131, edited by Wendy Muriel, published December 2013 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Bridge Farm Excavation: A truly momentous first year, by David Millum and Rob Wallace, published December 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 131, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The first year of excavations at Bridge Farm, Wellingham (near Barcombe Mills, East Sussex) proved to be truly memorable, not only for the archaeology revealed, but also for the terrific response from the 180 volunteers of all ages and experience who signed up for a total of over 1000 work days. During the six weeks of excavation an estimated 400 visitors had tours of the site and the five organised local school field trips attracted 150 pupils. The wide range of workshops gave 120 people the opportunity to share the knowledge of six specialists in subjects as diverse as handling human bones to recording pillboxes.

Little Stiances Project 2013: Second season uncovers new phase of medieval occupation, by Simon Stevens, published December 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 131, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Community Archaeology is becoming increasingly popular across the country, but Sussex can claim a rarity - a project involving an entire primary school. Pupils from the school in Newick, East Sussex have recently enjoyed a second season of excavations as part of a scheme organised by University College London Centre for Applied Archaeology (UCLCAA). This year some 230 children aged between four and eleven years old dug at the site, some as seasoned veterans of the first school 'dig' in 2010, and some for the first time.

Celebrating SAC150: Milestone publication of Sussex Archaeological Collections, by John Manley, published December 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 131, article, p.7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Two Martyrs Fireback: Further comments, by Jeremy Hodgkinson, published December 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 131, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

I also entertained unkind thoughts towards Charles Dawson when I was researching my book on firebacks, and was relieved to discover that the original casting of the martyrs fireback had not been one of his enterprises. Some further information about the Burwash example referred to by Reverend Egerton can be gleaned from an article by J T Balcomb in The Art Journal of November 1886.

The Two Martyrs Fireback: Further comments, by Dr Paul Quinn, published December 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 131, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Crispin Paine's fascinating discussion of the 'Sussex Martyrs' fireback in the August edition of Sussex Past & Present raises the intriguing possibility that the image on the fireback is based on two woodcuts found in the 1570 edition of Foxe's Acts and Monuments. The suggestion that the fireback is based upon the image of the martyrdom of Simon Miller and Elizabeth Cooper at Norwich is interesting but problematic.

Horsfield's History of Sussex: Philcox Bequest a valuable new research resource for the Society, by John Bleach, published December 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 131, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

As noted in the August SP&P, the Society was bequeathed (and has now taken delivery of) Richard Philcox's extra-illustrated set of Horsfield's History of Sussex. Originally published in two volumes in 1835, this particular copy comes in nine large quarto volumes and measures 85 cm (2ft 9½in) along the shelf.

Best Finds of the Year: The Finds Liaison Officer reports on some significant recent finds, by Stephanie Smith, published December 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 131, article, pp.10-11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online