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Coin of Agrippa found at Nutbourne, Pulborough, by F. H. Arnold, F.S.A., published 1906 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 49, notes & queries, p.170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2134] & The Keep [LIB/500267] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Key found at Nutbourne , by Alwyne Coleridge, published May 1932 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 2, article, pp.26-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Nutbourne Rambles. Twenty-four descriptive rambles in the Chichester district, by J. Symington, published 1934 (48 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Ancient Earthworks at Nutbourne Common and Hurston Warren, Pulborough. A Revision, by S. E. Winbolt, published May 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 2, article, pp.53-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Some Aspects of the History of Chidham and Nutbourne, by Dorren Stewart, published 1984 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9003]

An Iron Age Coin from 'Beedings', Pulborough, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, p.217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Harbour: Past & Present, by Angela Martin-Bromley, published 1991 (96 pp., Hughenden Publications, ISBN-10: 0951753312 & ISBN-13: 9780951753316) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Collection of Photographs Old and new of the Harbour Villages of Nutbourne, Chidham, Bosham, Fishbourne, Appledram, Delly Quay, Birdham, etc.

We remember 1930 to 1960: Chidham, Hambrook and Nutbourne, by Olga M Baldwin and others, published 2002 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15353] & West Sussex Libraries

A collection of Early Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from Beedings, near Pulborough, West Sussex and the context of similar finds from the British Isles, by Roger Jacobi, Nick Debenham and John Catt, published January 2007 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 73, article, pp.229-326)   View Online

This paper provides a first formal description of a collection of lithic artefacts unearthed during the building of a house called Beedings on a scarp crest near Pulborough in West Sussex.The discovery was probably made in 1900. The collection is very obviously multi-period, but it includes the largest group of Early Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from south-eastern England. Attributed to this time are leaf-points, end-scrapers, and burins. While recent selection has much reduced the collection it also appears to contain contemporary cores and debitage and evidence for the production of bladelets. In a British context this find is unique and in a European perspective it is one of the richest assemblages attributable to the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician technocomplex. The age of this technocomplex is poorly constrained, but in this paper it is argued to belong to the earliest part of the Upper Palaeolithic, starting earlier than the local Aurignacian. The Upper Palaeolithic material from Beedings is interpreted as having come from a hunting camp situated so as to exploit the extensive views across the western Weald.

Early Upper Palaeolithic archaeology at Beedings, West Sussex: new contexts for Pleistocene archaeology, by Matthew Pope, published 2008 in Archaeology International (vol. 11, article, pp.33-36)   View Online

The site of Beedings in Sussex was first recognized as the source of some exceptional Upper Palaeolithic flintwork in 1900, but subsequently disappeared from the archaeological literature. In the 1980s it was recognized again, but it was not until 2007-8 that in situ Palaeolithic archaeology was found at the site. In this article, the director of the excavations describes the discovery, within a network of geological fissures, of two separate industries, one Middle Palaeolithic and the other Early Upper Palaeolithic. The archaeology at Beedings spans a crucial cultural transition in the European Palaeolithic and therefore provides an important new dataset for the analysis of late Neanderthal groups in northern Europe and their replacement by modern human populations.

Palaeolithic site at Beedings, by Matt Pope and Caroline Wells, published April 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 114, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Summer 2007 saw trial trench excavations by Matt Pope and a volunteer team in the field to the east of Beedings Castle, Nutbourne, near Pulborough, West Sussex.

Discoveries at Beedings, 2008: Multiple occupation on a Wealden Greensand ridge, by Matt Pope and Caroline Wells, published December 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 116, article, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This year's excavations at Beedings, on the Lower Greensand escarpment near Pulborough, West Sussex, has furthered a century of research and speculation concerning a collection of worked flint blades, discovered during construction of a house in 1900. Initially recognised as an Upper Palaeolithic assemblage, it was subsequently discredited and the rump of the assemblage discarded in the 1930s, (perhaps down a well at Lewes castle mound) consigning the site to obscurity. Reconsideration by Roger Jacobi of the remnants of the assemblage in 2007 confirmed this as a peerless example of the earliest Upper Palaeolithic archaeology in northern Europe, yet excavations by Jacobi and Ainsworth failed to find any Palaeolithic material.

Chidham, Hambrook and Nutbourne, a Social History, by Philip MacDougall, published 2010 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Commanding position: high-status Late Iron Age and Romano-British occupation of a Wealden ridge at Beedings Hill, West Sussex, by Matt Pope, Caroline Wells, David Rudling, Anna Doherty, Sue Pringle, Louise Rayner and Roberta Tomber, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, article, pp.71-94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This report presents the results of recent excavation and a field-walking survey at Redfolds Farm and Beedings Castle, near Nutbourne, Pulborough. It also publishes for the first time material from this site retained by the late Con Ainsworth. Late Iron Age and early Roman finds of pottery, including imported Dressel 1 amphorae and 'Pulborough' samian, coins and ceramic building material, are reported and discussed. Through the fieldwork and archive reassessment undertaken as part of the Beedings survey, Beedings Hill can now be confirmed as a site with significant high-status Late Iron Age and Romano-British activity. Strong evidence has been identified for trading contacts with the continent in the form of wine amphorae, other ceramics and Late Iron Age coinage. Insights are gained into Iron Age decorated pottery groups and the local production of samian in the 2nd century ad. The significance of this evidence in understanding the distribution of political power in Late Iron Age West Sussex and its transformation under Roman rule are discussed.

The Paddock, Nutbourne (NGR: SU78020558) - desk-based assessment and evaluation reports, by Nora Bermingham and David Platt, published October 2015 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online