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Wealden Iron Research Group: First Series Bulletin No. 2, 1971, edited by Henry Cleere and David Crossley, published Spring 1971 (Wealden Iron Research Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Excavations at Holbeanwood, by Henry Cleere, published Spring 1971 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 2, article, p.4) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Excavations continued at the Holbeanwood site in Ticehurst, Sussex (Nat. Grid Ref. TQ 664 305) at Easter, Spring Bank Holiday, and a week in August 1970, and for a week at Easter 1971.

Fieldwork in the Wadhurst-Ticehurst area, by Henry Cleere and Dennis Hemsley, published Spring 1971 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 2, article, pp.5-6) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Excavations for the natural gas pipeline during the first half of 1970 provided an excellent opportunity to cover a long stretch of country, from Etchingham through to Mayfield.

Broadfields, Crawley, by H. C. [Henry Cleere], published Spring 1971 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 2, article, p.7) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

John Gibson-Hill and his colleagues of the Crawley Archaeological Group have been working continuously for several months excavating sites at Broadfields, Crawley, where a substantial housing development is under way.

Verdley Wood Furnace, by P. J. Ovenden, published Spring 1971 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 2, article, pp.8-9) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The site of this furnace, not mentioned by Straker but known to Kenyon is in the NE corner of Verdley Wood (NGR 906 264) at the mouth of a steep-sided, wooded valley.

Chingley Forge and Furnace - Summer 1970, by David Crossley, published Spring 1971 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 2, article, pp.10-11) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Considerable progress was made with this site, the main furnace structure was cleared down to the level of the bellows area floor, and the major features are now clear.

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.