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Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 135, edited by Wendy Muriel, published April 2015 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The 2014 Season at Tidemills: Discovering how Mr Catt kept his pineapples warm!, by Luke Barber, published April 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 135, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The 2014 season proved to be another busy one. Although some time was spent finishing off excavating and recording structures from 2013, most efforts moved south, investigating three new buildings and a greenhouse.

What's Going on in Sussex? A round-up of local archaeological investigations, by Luke Barber, published April 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 135, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Bridge Farm 2015 Excavation: Aiming to clarify settlement changes, by David Millum, published April 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 135, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Following on from the outstanding success of the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP) have been negotiating over the winter with farmer Mark Stroude at Bridge Farm for access to part of the main settlement site, despite this being in the middle of his sweetcorn crop. The proposed area will target the junction of the London/Wealden 'Iron Way' with the bivallate enclosure and an east west internal road. It is hoped that this will answer some of the outstanding questions about the changes that occurred to the settlement during the late 2nd to early 3rd centuries.

Plumpton Roman Villa: At least two phases of construction discovered, by David Rudling, published April 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 135, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Last summer excavations were undertaken for the first time at Plumpton villa. Found in 1973, the site has on several occasions been partly investigated by the use of survey techniques including: field walking, the recording of soil marks (Allen 1984), and geophysics. These surveys revealed that the main building (house) is of the winged-corridor type and probably dates to the 3rd-mid 4th centuries.

Obituary: Dora Alida Kemp, October 1966 - October 2014, by Luke Barber and John Manley, published April 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 135, obituary, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 136, edited by Wendy Muriel, published August 2015 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Lamberts of Lewes and some other landscape artists with links to Sussex, by Sue Berry, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex is well served by good collections of prints and watercolours capturing the later Georgian and Regency county before the railway and the related rapid expansion of the many coastal resorts. There are but a few oil paintings and they are mainly listed in the catalogues for East and West Sussex by the Public Catalogue Foundation (thepcf.org.uk).
Brighton and Hove Museums holds one of the biggest collections of prints and watercolours in the country chronicling the changes to the landscape of a rapidly growing, fashionable town. Most of the watercolours are either by local people or were painted by visitors such as Delamotte whilst recuperating beside the sea. Many of the prints of Brighton and Hove were produced in London but some of the artists involved are local. The lack of a comprehensive online catalogue is now being addressed and will make the collection an invaluable research tool which can be linked with the maps of the resort from 1779, copies of the many guides and street directories, scanned newspapers and archives of the entire City now in The Keep.

Lewes Bones Latest! What the Lewes skeletons have revealed, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Exciting new evidence has emerged about the medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes (SAC 148) thanks to further scientific research led by Sussex Archaeological Society on this important site. Carbon dating evidence gathered from 13 of its skeletons has demonstrated the associated cemetery has a very wide chronological range, with burials spanning the late 11th/early 12th to the 16th, or even early 17th centuries. This proves that the hospital, thought to have been run by monks from Lewes Priory, had an early foundation.

Rocky Clump Baby Burials: Two separate neonatal inhumations found in Stanmer Park, by Carol White and Hayley Forsyth, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society Field Unit commenced excavations in the field to the South of Rocky Clump in Stanmer Park in 2011. In 2012 a discrete deposit of mussel shells was identified with pig and piglet skulls close by.

An Opus Reunited: Society acquires remaining Petrie images of Sussex buildings, by Emma O'Connor, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, article, pp.10-11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In late April the Society was made aware of an interesting lot coming up for sale at Sotheby's.
The material being sold was a collection of 75 early 19th century pencil, pen and ink and wash views of historic buildings across Sussex. Included with these finished views were four hand written lists, possibly itineraries, and around 150 sheets from sketch books of preparatory drawings and studies of architectural detail, all by the same artist, Henry Petrie (1768-1842).

Obituary: Margaret Rule 1928 - 2015: The first Curator of Fishbourne Roman Palace, by Geoffrey Curtis, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, obituary, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 137, edited by Wendy Muriel, published December 2015 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Secrets of the High Woods: Airborne Laser Scanning in the South Downs National Park, by Alice Thorne, published December 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 137, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

The South Downs National Park is currently hosting a Heritage Lottery Funded community project. The 'Secrets of the High Woods' is investigating over 305 km² of the archaeology and history of the central downs using a combination of high resolution laser technology, field survey and archival research.

Bridge Farm 2015: The London road and the enclosure ditches, by David Millum, published December 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 137, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

It has been another exciting year for the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP) at the Romano-British settlement at Bridge Fam, near Barcombe Mills, Lewes. For the 2015 excavation they targeted the intersection of the double enclosure ditches with the north running roadside ditches in the NE corner of the enclosed settlement. A 40m square trench was opened at the end of June for a six week dig. The excavation was to answer questions on phasing and reaffirm the date of the enclosure.

Plumpton Roman Villa Dig: A Member's experience as a 'digger' in the field, by Michael Rider, published December 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 137, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Best Finds of 2014-2015: A round-up of significant finds from Sussex, by Stephanie Smith, published December 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 137, article, pp.10-11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Obituary: Professor Sheppard Sunderland Frere C.B.E., F.S.A., F.B.A., August 1916 - February 2015, by David Rudling, published December 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 137, obituary, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library