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The Piltdown Skull, by Unknown, published April 1921 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 1 issue 2, note, p.142)   View Online

Cissbury Camp, by Unknown, published April 1921 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 1 issue 2, note, p.142)   View Online

Discovery at Eastbourne, by W. Budgen, published July 1921 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 1 issue 3, note, p.236)   View Online

Camps on the South Downs, by H. S. Toms, published July 1921 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 1 issue 3, note, p.237)   View Online

Discoveries at Brighton, by Unknown, published January 1922 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 2 issue 1, note, pp.55-56)   View Online

Excavations near Cissbury, by Unknown, published April 1922 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 2 issue 2, note, pp.138-139)   View Online

Hallstatt Pottery from Eastbourne, by Rev. W. Budgen, published October 1922 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 2 issue 4, article, pp.354-360)   View Online

Adjoining the northern boundary of the parish of Eastbourne and extending to the foot of the downs on the west, there is an area of arable land until recently forming part of the Motcombe Farm, part of the property of the Duke of Devonshire. The district was formerly called Northwick, and later Green Street: it was crossed by an ancient way called 'Green Street Drove', running east and west. The land has recently been acquired by the Corporation of Eastbourne for the purpose of their housing scheme and for allotments.

The Cissbury earthworks, by Unknown, published October 1922 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 2 issue 4, note, pp.377-378)   View Online

Excavations at Patching, Sussex, by Unknown, published January 1923 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 3 issue 1, note, p.66)   View Online

Pit-dwellings in Sussex, by H. S. Toms, published April 1923 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 3 issue 2, note, p.143)   View Online

An early British Bronze from Sussex, by Unknown, published April 1923 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 3 issue 2, note, pp.143-144)   View Online

Excavations at Slinfold, Sussex, by G. C. F. Hayter, published July 1923 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 3 issue 3, note, pp.264-265)   View Online

The Roman Road, Rowhook (Sussex) to Farley Heath (Surrey), by S.E. Winbolt, published October 1923 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 3, issue 4, article, pp.365-368)   View Online

A stretch of about four yards of the Roman Stane Street, or rather the core of it, which I have recently laid bare at Alfoldean, near Slinfold, Sussex, was made up of two layers of biggish slabs of local stone set in sand on top of the local clay. The surface of the Roman road had been used in the make-up of the modern road (1810), but plenty of it is scattered about in the fields, and i t is quite obvious that it was composed of three elements: chert from the lower greensand at Petworth and Fittleworth, flints from the South Downs, and sea-pebbles from the south coast, probably Shoreham. This definite datum, and the knowledge that near Rowhook on the line of the Rowhook-Farley Heath road, as marked on the Ordnance map, was a field traditionally called 'Stone Field', prompted me to test the line for road-metal, after having obtained permission from Mr. Lee Steere, of Ockley, and a series of friendly landowners and farmers.

Ancient Carving from Sussex, by J. E. Couchman, published January 1924 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 4 issue 1, article, pp.19-21)   View Online

A rare Bronze in Sussex, by Unknown, published January 1924 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 4 issue 1, note, pp.49-50)   View Online

Roman remains at Selsey, by C. Praetorius, published January 1924 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 4 issue 1, note, p.61)   View Online

Discoveries near Cissbury, by Garnet R. Wolseley and Reginald A. Smith, published October 1924 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 4 issue 4, article, pp.347-359)   View Online

Park Brow is a ridge of the South Downs, running roughly north and south. The southern end of the hill, upon which three early inhabited sites have been found, abuts on the valley from which rises the higher hill crowned by Cissbury camp. On Park Brow there is clear evidence of the presence of man in ancient days. Very many lynchets or steep banks are found, a sunken trackway runs along the southern crest of the hill, adjoining which, where it passes the Early Iron Age site, is seen an embanked pit; while over the greater part of this area, as well as in the adjoining valleys, fragments of ancient pottery, rough flint scrapers, and other implements, together with many flint flakes, can be picked up.

Palaeolith from raised beach in Sussex, by Unknown, published January 1925 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 5 issue 1, note, pp.72-73)   View Online

The Brighton Dyke, by H. S. Toms, published October 1925 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 5 issue 4, note, pp.435-436)   View Online

The Selsey Bracelet, by Unknown, published July 1926 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 6 issue 3, note, pp.308-309)   View Online

Bronze Age hoard from Sussex, by Unknown, published October 1926 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 6 issue 4, note, pp.444-446)   View Online

The Geology of Piltdown, by Unknown, published January 1927 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 7 issue 1, note, p.60)   View Online

Carinated Urn from Greatham, Sussex, by S. E. Winbolt, published October 1927 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 7 issue 4, note, p.516)   View Online

Roman ring from Bignor, by Unknown, published October 1927 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 7 issue 4, note, p.521)   View Online

The Early Iron Age Site at Findon Park, Findon, Sussex, by Cyril Fox and Garnet R. Wolseley, published October 1928 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 8 issue 4, article, pp.449-460)   View Online

The generosity of an anonymous benefactor to the Research Fund of the Society enabled further work to be carried out in 1927 on the Findon Park Iron Age village site, which is situated just above the 500-ft. contour on a broad flat southward-sloping ridge one mile to the north of Cissbury. We wished to obtain information as to the range of date of the occupation, and the culture of the inhabitants, additional to that reported in Archaeologia, Ixxvi.

Hoard of celts from Sussex, by Eliot Curwen, published January 1929 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 9 issue 1, note, pp.42-43)   View Online

Clayton Hill hoard of Celts, by Unknown, published April 1929 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 9 issue 2, note, p.152)   View Online

Limoges enamel censer top from Barnham, Sussex, by Ralph Griffin, published July 1930 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 10 issue 3, article, pp.242-243)   View Online

The top of a censer in champlevÉ enamel recently dug up at Barnham, Sussex, was exhibited by the kindness of Mr. F. C. Eeles at the ordinary meeting of the Society on 30 January 1930. It was found in the earth at the east end of the chancel of the church. It is possible that further excavation may bring to light some further fragments of what must originally have been a very attractive object. As will be seen from the representation it is pyramidal with four tiers. The lowest was adorned with four raised foliated ornaments, somewhat like leopards' faces, fixed on by pins to the smooth surface, which is ornamented with a running water-leaf pattern which shows clearly in the illustration. One of these applied ornaments has come off, but the pin shows the place where it has been. To the rim below were attached four loops for the chains to run in. One of these is lost, but the holes for its attachment can be seen on the right of the spectator. They are fixed at points exactly half-way between the applied bosses, though lower down. The tier above the lowest is pierced with 12 keyhole-shaped holes in groups of three, divided by a semicircular ornament in the space vertically above the bosses on the lowest tier. The tier above this again is pierced with 11 holes, similar though not quite so long vertically. These are divided by small vertical dotted lines in pairs, and below are 16 triangular insets for enamel or composition. These are divided into pairs by eight holes for pins. Two only of the pins remain. Their use is not apparent. The top tier has ornament all over it, forming four triangles patterned, divided by broad bands to the top and slightly tapered downwards. These bands are ornamented with double lines of dots as are the divisions between the holes in the tiers below.

Medieval Jug from Pulborough, Sussex, by R. Garraway Rice, published July 1930 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 10 issue 3, note, pp.256-257)   View Online

The Date of Cissbury Camp, by E. Cecil Curwen and R. P. Williamson, published January 1931 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 11 issue 1, article, pp.14-36)   View Online

The hill-fort of Cissbury, situated on a ridge of the Sussex Downs four miles north of Worthing, is one of the best known examples of its kind, though in regard to the strength of its defences it can scarcely be compared with such Wessex forts as Maiden Castle (Dorchester), Hambledon, Yarnbury, or Battlesbury.

Battle Abbey, by Harold Brakspear, published April 1931 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 11 issue 2, note, pp.166-168)   View Online

Excavations at Hollingbury Camp, Sussex, by E. Cecil Curwen, published January 1932 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 12 issue 1, article, pp.1-16)   View Online

The examination of the prehistoric hill-fort known as Hollingbury was undertaken during March and April, 1931, by the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Club, with the permission of the Brighton Corporation and with the sanction of Mr. B. H. Maclaren, Superintendent of Parks and Gardens. We also have to express our great gratitude to those Societies and individuals whose generous contributions made the undertaking possible, and to others who rendered valuable help by their own labour.

Medieval Spoon from Pevensey Castle, by R. S. Simms, published January 1932 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 12 issue 1, note, pp.73-74)   View Online

Bronze Age Burial at Chichester, by I. C. Hannah, published April 1932 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 12 issue 2, note, pp.170-171)   View Online

A settlement of the South Saxons, by G. M. White, published October 1934 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 14, issue 4, article, pp.393-400)   View Online

The presence of a Saxon settlement at Selsey (other than that of St. Wilfrid, which is generally supposed to have been in the eastern half of the Peninsula) has recently been revealed by coastal erosion west of the remains of Medmerry Farm, (O.S. 6 in. LXXXI, N.W.). The site is on low ground, only a few feet above the marshy land which lies behind, and the Saltings on the east.

A Saxon hut site at Thakeham, Sussex, by Eliot Curwen and E. Cecil Curwen, published October 1934 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 14, issue 4, article, pp.425-426)   View Online

A New Roman Inscription from Chichester, by Miss G. M. White, published October 1935 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 15 issue 4, article, pp.461-464)   View Online

Trial excavations on the site of a new post office on the north side of West Street, Chichester, were conducted by Mr. F. Cottrill in 1934 on behalf of H.M. Office of Works, and a report on these will appear in the Sussex Archaeological Collections. During the subsequent preparation of the ground for the new building, the site has been watched, with the permission of H.M. Office of Works, by Mr. W. Ll. White, to whom I am also indebted for the photographs on pl. lxxii, taken under great difficulties. Thanks are also due to Mr. Smith of H.M. Office of Works, and Messrs. Privett for their zeal in preserving the remains.

Non-Crescentic Sickle-Flints from Sussex, by E. Cecil Curwen, published January 1936 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 16 issue 1, article, pp.85-90)   View Online

The view that diffuse lustre on the sharp edge of a flint indicates that the flint has been used for cutting corn, or at least grass, has often been put forward. It has recently been criticized by M. René Neuville, and these criticisms have been countered by fresh experimental evidence which has convinced the writer that this interpretation holds good. Flint flakes, some worked, some apparently unworked, are frequently found in Egypt, Palestine, and elsewhere, bearing diffuse lustre on both faces adjacent to one or more edges, and such flakes are generally recognized as having served as parts of flint sickles, for some have actually been found in their wooden mounts. The possibility of analogous implements having been used in Britain has not so far received much attention, except that the beautifully worked crescentic 'knives' of Scandinavian type are now generally recognized as having been sickles. A few of these latter show the characteristic corn-lustre on their concave edges.

An engraved La Tène bronze from Arundel Park, by C. F. C. Hawkes, published January 1936 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 16 issue 1, note, pp.102-103)   View Online

The Chichester Amphitheatre: Preliminary Excavations, by Miss G. M. White, published April 1936 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 16 issue 2, article, pp.145-159)   View Online

The discovery of the Roman amphitheatre at Chichester was made by a local resident, Mr. Raymond Carlyon-Britton, to whom the writer is indebted for permission to use that knowledge.
Believing that an amphitheatre would be a normal adjunct of a Roman town of the size and importance of Chichester, Mr. Carlyon-Britton began an examination of the outskirts of the city in 1934, with the result that, early in 1935, the writer was shown the site which has since proved to be that of the amphitheatre. It lies outside the city on the SE. (fig. 1), just over 200 yards from the walls and divided from them by the now covered course of the Lavant stream, and about 250 yards from the East Gate, where Stane Street branches off north-eastwards. The line of approach from the East Gate to the amphitheatre has not been determined; a road may have led to it directly from the East Gate, or branched off, beyond the Lavant stream, from the road which no doubt ran eastwards along the coast.

The Visor of a Fourteenth-century Bascinet found at Pevensey Castle, by James G. Mann, published October 1936 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 16 issue 4, article, pp.412-419)   View Online

On 24th November 1932 our Fellow Major C. J. ffoulkes exhibited a mysterious object that had been found during the restoration of Pevensey Castle. Almost immediately afterwards H.M. Office of Works produced from the same site an object about which there can be no doubt whatever. It is a visor of what is possibly the most striking of all medieval headpieces, the hounskull or pig-faced bascinet. Furthermore, it is the first recorded from an English site.

Bronze hoard from East Dean, by Unknown, published October 1936 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 16 issue 4, note, pp.461-462)   View Online

Treasure trove from Sussex, by Unknown, published July 1937 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 17 issue 3, note, pp.321-322)   View Online

A Sickle-flint from near Rye, Sussex, by Dr. E. Cecil Curwen, published July 1938 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 18 issue 3, note, pp.278-279)   View Online

Roman Roads with Small Side Ditches, by Ivan D. Margary, published January 1939 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 19 issue 1, article, pp.53-56)   View Online

Roman roads are frequently described as having ditches beside them, but these are usually large hollows of varying depth and width from which material has been scooped to form the agger of the roadway. The ditches discussed here are of quite a different type, and so far only four instances of them are known, though it is very probable that others exist. They are quite small, usually 3-7 ft. wide and a few inches deep; are cut in accurately straight lines parallel with the road and distant from it on each side by a space roughly equal to the width of the actual roadway; and are apparently found only in places where the road is crossing high and fairly level ground.

Perforated Rim-lugs from Friston, Sussex, by Dr. Eliot Curwen and Dr. E. Cecil Curwen, published January 1941 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 21 issue 1, note, pp.62-64)   View Online

Horseshoes from Pevensey, by F. Cottrill, published April 1942 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 22 issue 2, note, pp.142-143)   View Online

Roman Lead Cistern from Pulborough, Sussex, by Dr. E. Cecil Curwen, published October 1943 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 23 issue 3-4, note, pp.155-157)   View Online

Roman Roads with Small Side Ditches, by Ivan D. Margary, published October 1943 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 23 issue 3-4, note, pp.157-158)   View Online

A clay figurine from Chichester, by M. V. Taylor, published October 1944 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 24 issue 3-4, note, pp.152-154)   View Online

A Bronze Cauldron from Sompting, Sussex, by E. Cecil Curwen, published October 1948 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 28 issue 3-4, article, pp.157-163)   View Online

During the autumn of 1946 a hoard of bronzes was discovered during excavation for foundations in the bottom of a down-land valley in the parish of Sompting, near Worthing. The site is a point approximately 300 ft. north-east of Hill Barn and 1,500 ft. south-west of the south-west edge of Lancing Ring, and is on property belonging to Hill Barn Nurseries. The bronzes were unearthed by a mechanical excavator at a depth of about 5 ft. in a valley-bottom accumulation of brown clayey mould. How much of this material is natural hill-wash and how much the result of cultivation of the valley in ancient and modern times it would be difficult to say. The depth at which the bronzes were found suggests that some of the soil may have been ploughed down into the valley bottom at a later period.

A flint dagger factory near Pulborough, Sussex, by Dr. Eliot Curwen, published October 1949 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 29 issue 3-4, note, p.192)   View Online

A sickle-flint from Seaford, Sussex, by Dr. E. Cecil Curwen, published October 1949 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 29 issue 3-4, note, pp.192-195)   View Online

Tile with CL BR stamp from a Roman ironworks in the Weald, by I. D. Margary, published April 1952 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 32 issue 1-2, note, pp.73-74)   View Online

Two gold penannular ornaments from Harting Beacon, Sussex, by P. A. M. Keef, published October 1953 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 33 issue 3-4, note, pp.204-206)   View Online

A Thirteenth Century bonze buckle with attached braid from Bramble Bottom, near Eastbourne, by R. C. Musson, published October 1954 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 34 issue 3-4, note, pp.234-235)   View Online

Fifteenth-century sculpture from Lewes Priory, by W. H. Godfrey, published April 1955 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 35 issue 1-2, note, p.88)   View Online

Carved beam at Westbourne Church, Sussex: a problem of identification, by F. W. Steer, F.S.A., published July 1958 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 38 issue 3-4, note, pp.247-249)   View Online

Excavations at Fishbourne, 1961: First Interim Report, by Barry Cunliffe, published March 1962 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 42 issue 1, article, pp.17-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1845]   View Online

For many years ever-increasing reports of Roman buildings and other finds from the neighbourhood of the village of New Fishbourne, one mile west of Chichester, have indicated the existence of an extensive early Roman settlement in the area. Early in 1960, during the construction of a water main across fields to the north of the main Chichester-Portsmouth road, a trench was cut through a Roman building which was found to incorporate massive masonry blocks and a mosaic floor. The pottery from the trench was predominantly first century. Accordingly, the Chichester Civic Society arranged a three-week trial excavation at Easter 1961, on the results of which further excavations were undertaken during the period 22nd July to 31st August. The work was made possible by generous grants from the Chichester Corporation, the Ministry of Works, the Society of Antiquaries, the Haverfield Trustees, the Marc Fitch Fund, the Sussex Archaeological Society, and by the public's response to the appeal. Nine students, mainly from Cambridge and Oxford, were employed throughout the excavations.

Excavations at Fishbourne, 1962: Second Interim Report, by Barry Cunliffe, published March 1963 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 43 issue 1, article, pp.1-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2919][Lib 1847]   View Online

The second season's excavation at Fishbourne was concentrated on the eastern part of the southern field, shown by last year's work to be occupied by the eastern wing of the Period 2 building. In addition, trial trenches were dug in other parts of the village in order to examine the extent and nature of the Roman settlement.

Excavations at Fishbourne, 1963: Third Interim Report, by Barry Cunliffe, published March 1964 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 44 issue 1, article, pp.1-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2931][Lib 1848]   View Online

Early in 1963 much of the land occupied by the Roman building at Fishbourne was purchased by Mr. I. D. Margary, M.A., F.S.A., and was given to the Sussex Archaeological Trust. The Fishbourne Committee of the trust was set up to administer the future of the site. The third season's excavation, carried out at the desire of this committee, was again organized by the Chichester Civic Society. About fifty volunteers a day were employed from 24th July to 3rd September. Excavation concentrated upon three main areas; the orchard south of the east wing excavated in 1962, the west end of the north wing, and the west wing. In addition, trial trenches were dug at the north-east and north-west extremities of the building and in the area to the north of the north wing. The work of supervision was carried out by Miss F. Pierce, M.A., Mr. B. Morley, Mr. A. B. Norton, B.A., and Mr. J. P. Wild, B.A. Photography was organized by Mr. D. B. Baker and Mrs. F. A. Cunliffe took charge of the pottery and finds.

Excavations at Fishbourne, 1964: Fourth Interim Report, by Barry Cunliffe, published March 1965 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 45 issue 1, article, pp.1-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6423][Lib 1850]   View Online

During the fourth season of excavation at Fishbourne work was spread over an area of about ten acres, most of it being concentrated on three main sites: the west wing of the main building, the eastern half of the north wing, and the southern half of the east wing. In addition, exploratory trenches were dug through the area to the north of the north wing and several trial excavations were made in gardens to the south of the modern main road. Previously, in December 1963 and January 1964, limited excavations had been undertaken in the garden of no. 65 Fishbourne Road, in the area of the greenhouses to the west of the main site, and in other gardens further west.

A Roman Marble Head from Sussex, by K. S. Painter, published September 1965 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 45 issue 2, article, pp.178-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1851]   View Online

The British Museum acquired in November 1961 a Roman marble portrait head found at Broadbridge, three miles west of Chichester. It was given to the museum by the late Captain A. W. F. Fuller through the National Art-Collections Fund.

Excavations at Fishbourne, 1965: Fifth Interim Report, by Barry Cunliffe, published March 1966 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 46 issue 1, article, pp.26-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6424][Lib 1852]   View Online

The excavations of 1965 were largely concerned with the examination of the field containing the east and west wings of the palace and the Great Court which lies between them. As last year's work had almost completed the outline plan of the palace, the 1965 season was concentrated upon the detailed examination of the audience chamber and the entrance hall, the sample excavation of the garden about which practically nothing was known, and the area excavation of those parts of the timber and early masonry buildings belonging to the first-period settlement which had not previously been examined. In addition to this, trial trenches were cut through the newly acquired market-garden to the west of the main site, and further trenching was carried out in the fields to the north of the north wing and the field to the south of the modern main road. The final excavation of the north wing of the palace has been postponed until next season, after the construction of the modern cover-building has been completed.

Excavations at Fishbourne, 1966: Sixth Interim Report, by Barry Cunliffe, published March 1967 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 47 issue 1, article, pp.51-59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1854]   View Online

The excavations conducted in the summer of 1966 were concentrated upon two projects: the final excavation of the previously unexamined parts of the North Wing, and of the early structures lying beneath it, and the large-scale stripping of selected areas of the garden belonging to the Roman palace. The modern cover-building, which is being erected by the Sussex Archaeological Trust over the remains of the Roman North Wing and which was begun in July 1965, had reached a state of near-completion by September 1966. The excavation work beneath was therefore carried out with the benefit of a roof above it, but with minor inconveniences incurred by being surrounded by builders and subcontractors. Earlier in the year some trial trenching had been carried out in the modern gardens of houses which now occupy the site of the Period I bath building. This work, though limited, has added considerably to the outline plan hitherto available.

Excavations at Fishbourne, 1967: Seventh and Final Interim Report, by Barry Cunliffe, published March 1968 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 48 issue 1, article, pp.31-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1856]   View Online

The last major season in the present series of excavations at Fishbourne took place between 29th July and 2nd September, with a labour force restricted to sixty volunteers a day. This year the main effort was concentrated upon the excavation of the garden belonging to the Flavian Palace: a substantial area was examined during the main period of work, but it was not until the early spring that the final stages were completed by a small team of volunteers working in conjunction with a mechanical excavator. Several other areas were examined during the summer. By great good fortune a small site became available for study on the south side of the modern main road, providing for the first time clear evidence that the Palace possessed a South Wing. On the main site, the east front of the aisled hall was excavated together with the early levels beneath it, and further work was undertaken on the west front of the entrance hall. Finally, some time was spent finishing details of the excavation of the area lying north of the West Wing and west of the North Wing-a site which in the previous spring had been almost totally excavated, prior to the building of the site Museum and concourse.

Stock Raising and the Origins of the Hill Fort on the South Downs, by Richard Bradley, published March 1971 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 51 issue 1, article, pp.8-29)   View Online

The first part of this paper is a discussion of the basic pattern of land use on the South Downs from the Middle Bronze Age to the early Pre-Roman Iron Age. In the second part, the impact upon this pattern of a group of Bronze and Iron Age stock enclosures is considered, and it is argued that these developed directly into a number of small hill forts. A contemporary group of larger, early Iron Age, hill forts is also defined, and it appears that these too grew up upon an economic basis of stock raising. The social and cultural implications of these developments are discussed, and tentative contrasts are drawn with the nature of later hill forts in the region.

The Classification of Early Iron-Smelting Furnaces, by H. F. Cleere, published March 1972 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 52, article, pp.8-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1862]   View Online

The paper begins by surveying the different types of early iron-smelting furnace, based on a tentative classification proposed by Coghlan in 1956. The ambiguities in this classification are indicated, together with examples of furnaces that do not fall easily into one of its three categories.
On the basis of data derived principally from furnaces of the Early Iron Age and Roman periods from northern Europe, the author proposes a new classification into two main groups, differentiated by their provisions or otherwise for the removal of molten slag during the iron-smelting operation. Each of these groups is further subdivided, according to the shape of the furnace superstructure and/or the method of supplying the air blast.

This article is important for the field-worker in districts where iron was made during the bloomery period. In a new attempt to classify bloomery furnaces the author questions the validity of the division between bowl hearths, domed furnaces and shaft furnaces. He puts the case for a classification depending on the presence or otherwise of facility for tapping molten slag. He divides the non-tapping furnaces between those without a superstructure (bowl furnaces) and those with cones or shafts (typified by the Schlackenklotz found in eastern Europe). Where provision for tapping is present he distinguishes between those with and without bellows, sub-dividing each into shaft furnaces and dome furnaces. While this is a useful suggestion, it does leave open the question why in each of the main divisions there are shafts and domes, and whether the differences in function between the two types of superstructure were sufficiently consistent to be given more attention.
What is particularly valuable is the author's reminder to archaeologists to question assumptions about furnace fragments found in the field. He shows how shaft furnaces, severely damaged either in antiquity or by modern land use, can present the appearance of bowl furnaces. Also he asks how many furnaces could really have operated with induced rather than forced draught. In particular he suggests that a domed furnace with a single wind hole could hardly function without bellows. Having made this point, drawing on the evidence of modern experiments, the author should perhaps have stressed in his diagrams and classification (pp.22-3) that his Type B/2/ii(Slag tapping/Hemispherical natural draught) could only be expected to work with multiple wind holes, a point which emerges in the early part of the article.

Iron Age and Roman Quern Production at Lodsworth, West Sussex, by D. P. S. Peacock, published March 1987 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 67 issue 1, article, pp.61-85)   View Online

This paper describes the discovery, by geological and archaeological fieldwork, of a major Iron Age and Roman quern quarry which was supplying much of south-east and south-midland England. The debitage from the site is described and the chronological development of querns from the quarry assessed in the light of material found on habitation sites. It is argued that production reached a peak the first century A.D. The broad distribution of Lodsworth products during the Iron Age, and to a lesser extent during the Roman period, is discussed.

The Travels and Travails of Francis Grose, F.S.A., by John H. Farrant, published September 1995 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 75, article, pp.365-380) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503996]   View Online

Francis Grose (1731-91) initiated the eighteenth-century's most extensive series of published illustrations of ancient monuments. A thousand plates with accompanying descriptions, based on his and others 'views and researches, appeared in The Antiquities of England and Wales (1772-6, Supplement, 1777-87), of Scotland (1789-91) and of Ireland (1791-5). He combined the role of popularizer with original contributions to the study of folklore, slang and military antiquities, but has received little scholarly attention for several reasons. His own drawings are indifferent artistically, so he scarcely features in art history. His books and pictures were sold on his death, and no archive of his papers is known to survive. The largest collection-about 380 pictures given to the publisher and now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries-are his reductions of views for the engraver to copy for The Antiquities of England and Wales. They yield little information on the circumstances of the original drawings. He did not sign his pictures, so many may survive without, or with wrong, attributions. Dudley Snelgrove, F.S.A. (1906-92) amassed much material by and on Grose, but published nothing and the pictures are now dispersed though his notes, lately presented to the Antiquaries, are a valuable quarry. For a century the Dictionary of National Biography has provided the authoritative biography, which relied on obituaries, contemporaries' fond recollections and a few letters printed by John Nichols.

Two Early First Millennium BC Wells at Selsey, West Sussex and their Wider Significance, by Mike Seager Thomas, published September 2001 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 81, article, pp.15-50)   View Online

Two early first millennium BC assemblages from Selsey Bill are considered, one of Late Bronze Age date and one of Early Iron Age date. Detailed examination of two large features suggests both a common function for the features and a functional similarity between the sites to which they belong. Data from them are tested against a contemporary, regional database. In terms of site activity and settlement form, both belonged to the same cultural tradition. But differences in inter-regional relationships, outlook and resource strategies are identified. The change, paralleled on contemporary Sussex sites, is attributed to population growth and a filling-out of the landscape.

Deer in Sussex Place-Names, by Carole Hough, published September 2008 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 88, article, pp.43-47)   View Online

Recent evidence for fallow deer at the first-century AD Roman palace at Fishbourne, Sussex, is supported by place-names identifying a nearby deer park and testifying to the presence of fallow deer in Anglo-Saxon Sussex.

"Garments so Chequered": the Bible of Citeaux, the Bayeux Tapestry and the Vair Pattern, by D. Phoenix, published September 2010 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 90, article, pp.195-210)   View Online

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts three curious chequered garments. These garments are usually identified as gambesons, or some form of scaled armour. Several scholars have observed similar garments in the early twelfth-century Bible of Cîteaux. The Cîteaux garments are depicted in a pattern later used to represent fur (called 'vair') in heraldic art. This identification is confirmed by the pattern's usage in cloak linings, but its simultaneous appearance as tunic material is unfamiliar in later art. The Cîteaux tunics suggest the possibility that the Bayeux garments may also have been intended to represent fur tunics. Reasons for that identification, as well as problems with the identification, are considered.

The Sherwin Brothers' Copy of the Lost Mary Rose Wall Painting at Cowdray House, by Bernard Nurse, published September 2012 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 92, article, pp.371-384)   View Online

The publication by the Society between 1778 and 1788 of reduced black-and-white engravings of the celebrated wall paintings at Cowdray House, Sussex, was highly controversial at the time; now the engravings, one of which shows the sinking of the Mary Rose, serve as an important record of the sixteenth-century originals, lost to a fire of 1793. No contemporary colour copies of this particular wall painting were thought to have survived until the discovery in 2010 of a watercolour (since acquired by the British Library) depicting some of the central figures, including a remarkable image of Henry viii in the last months of his life. Further sketches of details by the same artists, the Sherwin brothers, found in the Mitford archives, help to throw new light on the original Tudor painting.

Gold Glass Tesserae said to be from the Roman Villa Site at Southwick, West Sussex, by Liz James, G. J. Leigh and Nadine Schibille, published September 2013 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 93, article, pp.93-107)   View Online

This paper seeks to characterise through elemental analysis some unusual gold glass tesserae said to have been found at a Roman villa site in Southwick, West Sussex. The site is no longer accessible, being underneath a Methodist chapel, but it has been excavated, to some extent, on several occasions. Glass tesserae are not common in a British setting but they are by no means unusual in Roman mosaics. Gold glass tesserae, however, in which gold leaf is sandwiched between two layers of glass, are very unusual: fewer than twenty such tesserae are known from Roman Britain and the seven examples from Southwick make up the largest single group. However, the provenance of these Southwick tesserae remains doubtful and so they were analysed and compared to gold glass tesserae from Roman London to try and establish whether they are compositionally related to typical Roman glass. For comparative reasons, the handful of coloured glass tesserae from Southwick were also analysed. Our results suggest that the tesserae said to be from Southwick are anomalous in relation to the other material and cannot be assigned to the Roman period.

Death by combat at the dawn of the Bronze Age? Profiling the dagger-accompanied burial from Racton, West Sussex, by Stuart Needham, James Kenny, Garrard Cole and Janet Montgomery, published 2017 in The Antiquaries Journal (article, pp.1-53)