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Report on the opening of a round barrow at Belle Tout, by D. Giddy, published 1814 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 17, article, pp.338-339)

Notices connected with a recent Excavation in College Chapel at Arundel, by Rev. M. A. Tierney, F.R.S., F.S.A., published 1850 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 3, article, pp.77-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2088] & The Keep [LIB/500222] & S.A.S. library   View Online

On Pevensey Castle, and the Recent Excavations there. With a Plan of the Castle, and Discoveries by William Figg, F.S.A., by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., F.S.A., published 1853 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 6, article, p.265) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2091] & The Keep [LIB/500225] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Hastings, by Thomas Ross, mayor of Hastings, published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, pp.366-367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations through the Post-Pliocene Formation of Temple Field, Brighton, by James Howell, published 1871 in Brighton and Sussex Natural History Association (article, pp.14-)

Excavations in the Camp and Tumulus at Seaford, by Col. Lane Fox, published 1873 in Journal of the Anthropological Institute (article)

Note on the animal remains found at Cissbury, by Professor Rolleston, published 1877 in Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (vol. 8, article, pp.20-36)

The Roman remains recently discovered at Preston, Sussex, by Joseph Stevens, published December 1877 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (first series, vol 33, issue 4, article, pp.518-522)   View Online

Notes on skeleton Found at Cissbury, April, 1878, by George Rolleston, published 1879 in Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (vol. 8, article, pp.377-389)

Excavations at Mount Caburn Camp, near Lewes, conducted in September and October, 1877, and July, 1878, by Col. Augustus Lane Fox, published 1881 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 46, issue 2, article, pp.423-495)   View Online

Although many places from their extent may have possessed greater importance in early times, no British camp is perhaps better known to ourselves than Mount Caburn. Situated, not in the midst of a deserted heath as some of them are, but in the centre of a populous district, a very conspicuous feature from the town of Lewes, and close to the junction of the railways from Eastbourne and Newhaven, it has necessarily attracted the attention of all who pass that way. Various conjectures have been hazarded in local histories as to its origin and uses, and more numerous by far must have been the unrecorded speculations of the curious during the long period that Lewes has figured in history.

On Excavations In the Camp, the Tumulus, and Romano-British Cemetery, Seaford, Sussex, by John Edward Price, F.S.A., M.R.S.L., published 1882 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 32, article, pp.167-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2117] & The Keep [LIB/500250] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeological Discoveries at Prestonville, Brighton, by The Editor, published 1886 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 34, notes & queries, p.263) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2119] & The Keep [LIB/500252] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeological Discovery at 'Cuckoo Bottom', Lewes, by Charles T. Phillips, published 1888 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 36, notes & queries, p.243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2121] & The Keep [LIB/500254] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Recent Archaeological Discoveries In the Eastbourne District, by H. Michell Whitley, F.G.S., published 1890 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 37, article, pp.111-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2122] & The Keep [LIB/500255] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeological Discovery at Southover, Lewes, by C. T. Phillips, published 1890 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 37, notes & queries, pp.194-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2122] & The Keep [LIB/500255] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Note on a Cranium from a Grave at Birling, Near Eastbourne, Sussex, by H. Michell Whitley and Talfourd Jones, published 1894 in Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (vol. 23, article, pp.98-101)

Archaeological Finds in West Sussex, by John Sawyer, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, notes & queries, pp.283-284) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ancient Earthworks, by George Clinch, F.G.S., published 1905 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 1: Natural History, Geology, pre-medieval Archaeology, the Domesday survey, and Political History, pp.454-480, , facsimile edition published 1973, 610 pp., London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905855 & ISBN-13: 9780712905855) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2398] & The Keep [LIB/500089] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Archaeological Finds at South Harting, by A. J. Roberts, published 1907 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 50, notes & queries, p.183) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2135] & The Keep [LIB/500268] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations on the site of the Roman Fortress at Pevensey, 1907-1908, by L. F. Salzman, published 1908 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 65, article, pp.125-135)   View Online

Excavations at Pevensey, 1906-1907, by L. F. Salzman, published 1908 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 51, article, pp.99-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2136] & The Keep [LIB/500269] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Pevensey, 1907-1908, by L. F. Salzman, published 1909 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 52, article, pp.83-95) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2137] & The Keep [LIB/500270] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Chanctonbury Ring, 1909, by G. S. Mitchell, published 1910 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 53, article, pp.131-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2138] & The Keep [LIB/500271] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at the Beltout Valley Entrenchments, by H. S. Toms, published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, article, pp.41-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Selsey, 1911, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, article, pp.56-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Discovery of a new type of fossil man, published 21 December 1912 in British Medical Journal (1912, vol. 2, no. 2712, article, pp.1719-1720)

The discovery of ancient man in Sussex, published 28 December 1912 in British Medical Journal (1912, vol. 2, no. 2713, article, pp.1763-1764)

Excavations Near West Marden, Sussex, by Ely Talfourd, D. Lit., F.S.A., published 1913 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 70, article, pp.11-16)   View Online

Eoanthropus Dawsoni, by A.C. Haddon, published 17 January 1913 in Science (New series, vol. 37, no. 942, article, pp.91-92)

On Piltdown Man.

Ancestor hunting: the significance of the Piltdown Skull, by George Grant MacCurdy, published April 1913 in American Anthropologist (vol. 15, no. 2, article, pp.248-256)

The significance of the Piltdown discovery, by A.G. Thacker, published October 1913 in Science Progress (vol. 8, no. 30, article, pp.275-290)

On Piltdown Man.

The Man of Piltdown, by George Grant MacCurdy, published April 1914 in American Anthropologist (New series, vol. 16, no. 2, article, pp.331-336)

The revision of Eoanthropus Dawsoni, by George Grant MacCurdy, published 18 February 1916 in Science (New series, vol. 43, no. 1103, article, pp.228-231)

On Piltdown Man.

Pre-palaeolithic man in England, by J. Reid Moir, published January 1918 in Science Progress (vol. 12, no. 47, article, pp.465-474)

On Piltdown Man.

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

Sedgwick Castle 2. Excavations 1923-1924, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, article, pp.92-110) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library

The origin of man, by Arthur Smith Woodward, published July 1925 in Scientific monthly (vol. 21, no. 1, article, pp.13-19)

On Piltdown Man.

Harrow Hill Flint-Mine Excavation 1924-1925, by Eliot Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.S.A. and E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, article, pp.103-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library

Excavations In the Caburn, near Lewes, by Eliot Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.S.A. and E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.1-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Hardham Camp, Pulborough, April 1926, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.89-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

The Bignor Roman Villa Excavations, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 4, article, pp.156-159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

The Bignor Roman Villa Excavations, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 5, article, pp.206-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

The Bignor Roman Villa Excavations, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 6, article, pp.270-272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

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.

Prehistoric Sussex, by Eliot Cecil Curwen, published 1929 (London: The London: Homeland Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8948] & The Keep [LIB/506724] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Among those who in recent years have studied our Sussex earthworks, none have been more assiduous and successful than the Drs. Curwen, father and son, and now Dr. E. Cecil Curwen in this book, dedicated with filial affection to his father, has brought together the results of their work - correlated with that of others in the same field - in a connected survey of prehistoric times. It is an excellent piece of work, thorough and exact, but not too technical for the general reader, and the author's efforts to recall something of the life and manners of the people give a human interest to the story. Dr. Curwen's style is pleasant - but his occasional gibes at immemorial practices of the Church are apt to offend.
After a general description of the geographical features of the Downland area, with which the book mainly deals, we have an interesting chapter on Neolithic Flint Mines, giving evidence of an organised industry for the production of flint implements as early as 2000 B.C. Passing then to " Burial Mounds " the author mentions the eight Long Barrows (the only examples so far recognised in Sussex), associated with the Neolithic period. Reference to the more numerous Round Barrows of the Bronze Age and later periods leads to a summary of Mr. Allcroft's conclusions in regard to the continuity of idea between barrows and the churchyards of more modern days, as fully described in his "The Circle and the Cross." A chapter on Hill Forts deals with such well-known camps as the Caburn, Cissbury and the Trundle near Goodwood and White Hawk, Brighton. A valuable feature is the list, at the end of each chapter, of examples of the particular kind of earthwork dealt with, arranged according to districts, which show the wealth of material in the County.
We are not sure that Dr. Curwen is on quite such safe ground when he leaves the earthworks of the Downs - where he is unassailable - and comes to consider the lesser roads in the lowlands and their relation to medieval manors. It is questionable whether sufficient weight is given to the possibility of the lay out of Roman roads having influenced the site and arrangements of the Saxon manors, and the need for roads in medieval times seems to be unduly minimised. Although Dr. Curwen uses the term "The Weald" in a wider sense than usual, surely it must be an error to describe the "covered way" on Willingdon Hill (p.123) as leading into the Weald.
The clear instructions in the concluding chapter on the Detection and Mapping of Earthworks should be of great use to those - and there ought to be many - who after reading this book are inclined to pursue the fascinating study of Field Archaeology. The book is well illustrated by drawings and air-photographs, there is a good index, and the printing and general get up are a credit to all concerned.

Excavations in the Trundle, Goodwood 1928, by E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.S.A., published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, article, pp.33-85) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Ditchling Beacon, by D. A. Crow, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, notes & queries, pp.259-261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Cissbury, by E.C. Curwen, published 1931 in Antiquity (vol. 11, article, pp.14-36)

Excavations at Hollingbury, by E. Cecil Curwen, published May 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 6, article, p.187) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

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.

An early Medieval silver spoon, by A.B. Tonnochy, published March 1932 in British Museum Quarterly (vol. 6, no. 4, article, pp.106-107)

Found at Pevensey Castle.

The classification of a microlithic culture: the Tardenoisian of Horsham, by J. G. D. Clark, published 1933 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 90, article, pp.52-77)   View Online

Microliths have been collected in St Leonard?s Forest from the 1870s onwards

Excavations on the Paved Road, Henley, Sussex , by K. M. E. Murray, published May 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.148-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Suspected Flint Mines on Bow Hill, by B. C. Hamilton, published November 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 8, note, pp.246-247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

A flint-miner?s dwelling and a Bronze Age farm in Sussex, by E.C. Curwen, published June 1934 in Antiquity (vol. 8, no. 30, article, pp.215-216)

On New Barn Down, a spur of Harrow Hill, near Worthing

Roman Villa at Southwick. New Discoveries 1933-1934, by C. Richard Ward, published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.90-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

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

Excavations at Chichester, by A. A. E. [A. A. Evans], published November 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.112-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Mesolithic Finds [at Balcombe], by Michael Holland, published May 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 6, note, pp.185-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Robertsbridge Abbey, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published August 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 7, article, pp.206-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Excavation of a Celtic Village on the Ladies' Golf Course, the Dyke, Brighton, 1935, by G. P. Burstow, B.A. and A. E. Wilson, D.Litt., published 1936 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 77, article, pp.195-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2162] & The Keep [LIB/500352] & S.A.S. library

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.

Report on Human Remains Excavated at Hastings Castle , by L. H. Dudley Buxton, D.Sc., F.S.A., published May 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 2, article, pp.43-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Harrow Hill Excavations, 1936, by G. A. Holleyman, published 1937 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 78, article, pp.230-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2163] & The Keep [LIB/500351] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on Highdown Hill, by F. W. H. M., published May 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 6, note, pp.185-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in the Ramparts and Gateway of the Caburn, August - October 1937, by Arthur E. Wilson, published 1938 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 79, article, pp.169-194) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500350] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Caburn, 1938., by A. E. Wilson, D.Litt., F.R.Hist.S., published 1939 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 80, article, pp.193-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2165] & The Keep [LIB/500349] & S.A.S. library

Excavation of the London - Lewes Road at Holtye, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.43-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

Report on the Excavations on Highdown Hill, Sussex, August 1939, by A. E. Wilson, D.Litt., F.R.Hist.S., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.173-204) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

An Interim Report on Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, 1940, by James H. Money, published 1941 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 82, article, pp.104-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2167] & The Keep [LIB/500347] & S.A.S. library

Angmering Roman Villa Site. Interim Report on Excavations, 1941, by P. A. M. Keef, F.S.A. Scot., published 1945 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 84, article, pp.83-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2169] & The Keep [LIB/500345] & S.A.S. library

Tortington Priory Excavations, by L. F. S. [L. F. Salzman], published May 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 2, note, pp.45-46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

An Excavation at Combe Hill Camp near Eastbourne, August 1949, by Reginald Musson, published 1950 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 89, article, pp.105-116) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2174] & The Keep [LIB/500340] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on Highdown Hill 1947, by Arthur E. Wilson, published 1950 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 89, article, pp.163-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2174] & The Keep [LIB/500340] & S.A.S. library

Excavations of Barrows on the Bostle, Balsdean, by G. P. Burstow and N. E. S. Norris, published May 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 6, article, pp.129-131) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on Wolstonbury Hill (1950), by Peter Woodard, published May 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 6, article, pp.131-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

A Late Bronze Age Settlement on Itford Hill: A short account of excavations there in 1949 and 50, by G. P. Burstow, F.S.A. and G. A. Holleyman, F.S.A., published November 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 8, article, pp.175-177) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, 1947-1950, by Arthur E. Wilson, published 1952 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 90, article, pp.164-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2175] & The Keep [LIB/500339] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Seaford Head, by Rev. E. D. Arundell, F.S.A., published May 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 9 & 10, article, pp.193-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Balsdean Chapel, Rottingdean, by Norman E. S. Norris and E. F. Hockings, published 1953 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 91, article, pp.53-68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2176] & The Keep [LIB/500338] & S.A.S. library

The Archaeology of Sussex, by E. Cecil Curwen, published 1954 (2nd revised edition, 330 pp., London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 69] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

In the seventeen years that have passed since the first edition of this book appeared, and even more in the twenty-five since the publication of the author's seminal work, Prehistoric Sussex, a long series of excavations has been carried out along the seaboard and Downlands of Sussex, largely by or for the Society and its affiliated bodies under archaeologists, whom to name would be invidious, inspired by the work of Dr. Curwen and his distinguished father. The book has been skilfully revised and brought up to date, without much disturbance of the text and illustrations of 1937. The footnotes, which abound in references to the Society's and other publications of the forties and fifties, form an easy guide to the revisions and additions. For example, we have accounts, inter alia, after Burstow's work on the Bronze Age site on Itford Hill and of Dr. A. E. Wilson's recent work at Chichester. While the book was in proof Dr. Curwen was able to record the startling recent exposure of the Piltdown forgery.
With the Iron Age, with which unfortunately the book had to conclude, we get out of prehistory into history, even before the Romans came. For example, we have the tin-copper coins from the Caburn. These barbaric copies of Gaulish coins, originating at Massilia, bear a head and a bull. Dr. Curwen suggests that the head represents Apollo; but may we not infer from the bull that it rather represents that other sun-god, dear to the Roman legions, Mithras? The present writer is no prehistorian - indeed so little of one that it is only now that his belief, acquired in school days at Lancing, that dewponds are prehistoric, was a delusion, and that they are not to be dated earlier than the eighteenth century. So it is with great hesitation that he offers the suggestion above.
To the Iron Age belongs the network of Roman roads from the coast and over the Weald, which Mr. Margary has done so much to map out. Dr. Curwen gives a clear, though necessarily brief, resume of Mr. Margary's conclusions.
The wartime activities of tanks, and the even more drastic post war effects of bulldozers, will make future archaeological work difficult, especially on the Downs, where prehistoric habitations were thickest. But they may provide fresh problems for the archaeologists of the thirtieth century.

The great Piltdown Hoax, by William L. Straus, published 26 February 1954 in Science (New seris, vol. 119, no. 3087, article, pp.265-269)

A New Prehistoric Site at Bost Hill, Findon Valley, Worthing, by J. P. H. Clark, published May 1955 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 5 & 6, article, pp.98-99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Piltdown Man, by Kenneth P. Oakley and J.S. Weiner, published October 1955 in American Scientist (vol. 43, no. 4, article, pp.573-583)

Excavations at Goosehill Camp 1953-1955, by John R. Boyden, published 1956 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 94, article, pp.70-99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2179] & The Keep [LIB/500335] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Muntham Court, Findon: Interim Report, 1954-5, by G. P. Burstow, F.S.A. and G. A. Holleyman, F.S.A., published November 1956 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.196-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Friary of St. Austin, Rye, by G. P. Burstow, published November 1956 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.204-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

The archaeology of Chichester city walls, by A. E. Wilson, published 1957 (Chichester papers, no. 6, 16 pp., Chichester City Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries

Bignor Roman Villa, 1956, by S. S. Frere, published May 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 13 & 14, article, pp.228-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Muntham Court, Findon, by G. P. Burstow, F.S.A. and G. A. Holleyman, F.S.A., published May 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 13 & 14, article, pp.232-233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

An Archaeology of the South-East of England: A Study on Continuity, by Gordon J. Copley, published 1958 (Phoenix House)

Dr. Copley has now followed his "Going into the Past" with this more ambitious work addressed to the enthusiastic amateur. The first chapter discusses sensibly the place of the amateur in archaeology, and the contribution he may expect to make and a later chapter gives advice on the study of a locality. In between lies a number of chapters on the archaeological periods from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages in which the author has collected and summarised all the relevant information. In these chapters and in the Gazetteer, which is arranged under parishes he uses and gives short explanations of all the technical terms and algebraical classifications which archaeologists have come to adopt. This arouses the question of the author's aims Few readers can be fully acquainted with these terms and they are more likely to go direct to the excavation reports for their information. "The enthusiastic amateur" will have to look elsewhere for drawings or photographs of the different types of implements, weapons, pottery etc., or search them out in a museum.
In his gazetteer he has not been consistent in his use of parishes. If he classifies Hollingbury under Brighton, surely Cissbury should come under Worthing and not under West Tarring. In any case it was in Broadwater. The Caburn is in Glynde and not Beddingham.
The volume has a number of useful distribution and regional maps and a set of well-chosen photographs. Many will welcome it as a work of reference, but the beginner will need to supplement it with books giving fuller explanation and illustration of the many technical terms used.

Going into the Past, by Gordon J. Copley, published 1958 (Puffin)

Excavations at Hammer Wood, Iping, 1957, by John R. Boyden, published 1958 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 96, article, pp.149-164) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2181] & The Keep [LIB/500333] & S.A.S. library

Late Bronze Age Settlement on Itford Hill, Sussex, by G. P. Burstow and G. A. Holleyman, published January 1958 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 23, article, pp.167-212)   View Online

In the years between the two World Wars considerable research was done by Sussex archaeologists on the Late Bronze Age settlements of the South Downs (figs, 1 and 30). Several habitation sites were partly excavated, notably Park Brow near Worthing by Mr Garnet R. Wolseley in 1924, New Barn Down, Harrow Hill near Worthing by Dr E. Cecil Curwen in 1933, and Plumpton Plain, near Brighton, by Dr E. Cecil Curwen and Mr G. A. Holleyman in 1934, and an analysis of the pottery from these sites by Professor C. Hawkes has provided a typological and chronological basis for subsequent research.
After World War II the authors, inspired by the work of Dr J. F. S. Stone on the Deverel-Rimbury Settlement on Thorny Down and of Dr G. Bersu at Little Woodbury, decided to strip completely a small group of earthworks of probable Late Bronze Age date on Itford Hill near Lewes. In the spring of 1949 the site, together with the adjacent linear earthwork and group of lynchets, was surveyed by Mr E. W. Holden and Mr G. A. Holleyman. Excavations were carried out for each of five seasons (1949-1953) by means of volunteers and with the financial backing of the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society.

What is Archaeology?, by F. Bentham Stevens, published May 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 3, article, pp.73-77) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Plumpton Plain Site B, by G. P. Burstow and G. A. Holleyman, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, note, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in the Ditchling Road area north of Brighton, 1950-1957, by George A. Holleyman and C. W. Yeates, published 1960 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 98, article, pp.133-149) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2183] & The Keep [LIB/500331] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, 1954-1956, by James H. Money, published 1960 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 98, article, pp.173-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2183] & The Keep [LIB/500331] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, by S.N.Q. Contributor, published November 1960 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 6, note, p.205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of Barpham Church Site, by Alec Barr-Hamilton, published 1961 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 99, article, pp.38-65) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2184] & The Keep [LIB/500330] & S.A.S. library

Ranscombe Camp, near Glynde. Second and Final Season's Excavations, 1960, by G. P. Burstow and G. A. Holleyman, published May 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 7, article, pp.233-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Densworth Farm, 1960, by J. Holmes, published May 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 7, note, pp.242-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, 1958-1960. North Walls and Northgate, by Arthur E. Wilson, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, article, pp.75-79) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, 1958-1960. Defences of Roman Chichester, by John Holmes, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, article, pp.80-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, 1958-1960. Excavations at a Site in North Street, Chichester, by Katherine Maud E. Murray, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, article, pp.93-110) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, 1954 - 1956. Supplementary Note, by James H. Money, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, supplement, pp.149-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Balcombe Quarry, Glynde: First Season's Report - August 1961, by G. P. Burstow ans N. E. S. Norris, published May 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 9, article, pp.307-309) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Aldingbourne. Excavations at Tote Copse, by E. W. Holden, published November 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 10, article, pp.332-333) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Deserted Medieval Village of Hangleton. Part 1, by Eric W. Holden, published 1963 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 101, article, pp.54-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2186] & The Keep [LIB/500328] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Balcombe Quarry, Glynde, by G. P. Burstoe, G. A. Holleyman and N. E. S. Norris, published May 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 1, article, pp.22-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Pevensey, by A. J. F. Dulley, published November 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 2, note, pp.63-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Remains of two old vessels found at Rye, Sussex, by Captain H. Lovegrove, R.N. , published 1964 in The Mariner's Mirror (50(2), article, pp.115-122)

Excavations in the Village of Tarring, West Sussex, by K. J. Barton, published 1964 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 102, article, pp.9-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2187] & The Keep [LIB/500327] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Ranscombe Camp 1959-1960, by George Philip Burstow and G. A. Holleyman, published 1964 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 102, article, pp.55-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2187] & The Keep [LIB/500327] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Deserted Medieval Village of Hangleton. Part 2, by John G. Hurst and D. G. Hurst, published 1964 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 102, article, pp.94-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2187] & The Keep [LIB/500327] & S.A.S. library

Ancient Boat at Eastbourne, by Richard Gilbert, published May 1964 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 3, article, pp.89-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Hangleton Medieval Excavations, Part I, A Postscript, by E. W. Holden, published May 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 5, article, pp.160-162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Winchelsea, by A. J. F. Dulley, published November 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 6, note, pp.205-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

A Mesolithic site on Iping Common, Sussex, England, by P. A. M. Keef, J. J. Wymer and G. W. Dimbleby, published December 1965 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 31, article, pp.85-92)   View Online

The Iping Mesolithic site, found by Mr O. Knowles of Iping, lies on undulating Lower Greensand near the edge of a marsh which extends down to a pond and permanent spring (Sheet 181 O.S. 1". 8485-2221). The site was totally excavated in 1960-61, by the West Sussex Excavation Group, following its accidental discovery. It consisted of a roughly circular area, about 25 feet across, of stained sand (Layer C) stratified between white sands (Layers B and D), all underlying the topmost deposit of heather on peat (Layer A). The white sand occurs as wind-blown material intermittently over the Lower Greensand of west Sussex, south Surrey and Hampshire. The darker stained layer was less than 6 inches thick and contained an abundant flint industry of cores, waste flakes and finished tools. The industry is of Maglemosian aspect and is important for its association with a well-preserved pollen which has yielded information about the contemporary environment.

A caterpillar brooch from Old Erringham Farm, Shoreham-By-Sea, Sussex, by Vera I. Evison, published 1966 in Medieval Archaeology (vol. 10, article, pp.149-151)   View Online

Excavations in Tower Street, Chichester, 1965, by Alec Down, published 1966 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 104, article, pp.46-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2189] & The Keep [LIB/500325] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bramber Castle: First Season's work, 13th-30th August, 1966, by K. J. Barton and E. W. Holden, published November 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 8, article, pp.256-258) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Pevensey, Sussex, 1962-6, by A. J. F. Dulley, published 1967 in Medieval Archaeology (vol. 11, article, pp.209-232)   View Online

Excavations at Michelham Priory, by K. J. Barton and G. W. Holden, published 1967 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 105, article, pp.1-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2190] & The Keep [LIB/500324] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of Money Mound, by S. G. Beckensall, published 1967 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 105, article, pp.13-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2190] & The Keep [LIB/500324] & S.A.S. library

The excavation of a Motte at Lodsbridge Mill, Lodsworth, by Eric W. Holden, published 1967 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 105, article, pp.103-126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2190] & The Keep [LIB/500324] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bramber Castle: Second Season's work, 12th-29th August, 1967, by K. J. Barton and E. W. Holden, published November 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 10, article, pp.333-335) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Hastings Castle, 1868, by P. A. Barker and K. J. Barton, published 1968 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 125, article, pp.303-305)   View Online

Excavations in Chapel Street, Chichester, 1967, by Alec Down, published 1968 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 106, article, pp.113-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2191] & The Keep [LIB/500323] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in the Iron Age Hill-Fort at High Rocks, near Tunbridge Wells, 1957-1961, by James H. Money, published 1968 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 106, article, pp.158-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2191] & The Keep [LIB/500323] & S.A.S. library

Opening of Mounds near Arundel Castle, by L. V. Grinsell, published November 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 2, article, pp.38-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Belle Tout 1968, by Richard Bradley, published May 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 3, article, pp.88-93) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Romano-British Finds on the Beaumont Estate, Littlehampton, by F. N. Blick, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, article, pp.112-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Lullington Church, by Alec Barr-Hamilton, published 1970 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 108, article, pp.1-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2193] & The Keep [LIB/500321] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, by Alec Down and Margaret Rule, published 1971 (vol. 1, 173 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850336961 & ISBN-13: 9780850336962) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5523] & West Sussex Libraries

Orchard Street kiln, Chichester, by A. Down, published 1971 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 1, article, pp.153-164, ISBN-10: 0850336961 & ISBN-13: 9780850336962) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5523] & West Sussex Libraries

Excavations on Rookery Hill, Bishoptone, Sussex: an interim report, 1968-71, by Martin G. Bell, published 1972 (24 pp., University of Sussex Archaeological Society, ISBN-10: 0903654008 & ISBN-13: 9780903654005) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Sixteenth-Century Wealden Blast Furnace: A Report on Excavations at Panningridge, Sussex, 1964-1970, by David Crossley, published 1972 in The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 6, article, pp.42-68) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502347]   View Online

The excavation recovered evidence for two periods of iron smelting; there were substantial surviving structures from a blast furnace thought from documentary sources to have produced pig-iron from 1542 until at least 1563 and, superimposed, indications of a later furnace built with major changes in layout at some time after 1563 but abandoned well before 1611. It was possible to compare, in particular, the application of water-power in the two periods and to sample ore and cast iron. The features of the first furnace could be related to references in surviving account books, and thus a yardstick may be offered for future fieldwork on undocumented furnaces of the period.

Excavations at a Mesolithic Cliff Site at Pett, by Susan Palmer, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, article, pp.3-9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Hastings Augustinian Priory: An Excavation Report, by David Martin, published 1973 (Hastings Area Archaeological Papers no. 2, 46 pp., Hastings Area Archaeological Papers) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502752] & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations at Edward Street Lewes 1971, by Tony Brian Page, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, pp.113-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex: a pilot study, edited by Peter Drewett, published 1974 (booklet, London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9195][Lib 5683] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Eastgate Bastion, by A. Down, published 1974 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 2, article, pp.59-74, ISBN-10: 0850331935 & ISBN-13: 9780850331936) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7581] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations on A Romano-British Site, Wiggonholt, by K. Jane Evans, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, article, pp.97-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

A field survey of the parish of Elsted and adjacent areas, West Sussex, by M. Bell and T.W.T. Tatham-Brown, published 1975 in Bulletin of the London Institute of Archaeology (vol. 12, article, pp.58-64)

A note on the results of recent excavations at Camber Castle, Sussex, by Miss H.S. Ames, published 1975 in Post-Medieval Archaeology (9(1), article, pp.233-236)

The Excavation of the Church of St Nicholas, Angmering, 1974, by Owen Bedwin, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.16-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Turf Barrow at Minsted, West Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.54-65) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Lewes, 1974, by David J. Freke, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.66-84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

The excavation of an oval burial mound of the third millennium BC at Alfriston, East Sussex, 1974, by Peter Drewett and others, published December 1975 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 41, article, pp.119-152)   View Online

The small oval burial mound at Alfriston, East Sussex, being one of only twelve certain burial structures of the 3rd millennium bc in Sussex, was totally excavated in 1974 prior to its final obliteration by ploughing. The barrow was found to consist of a simple dump mound derived from material out of flanking ditches. It covered a single burial pit containing the crouched skeleton of a young female. Information concerning the post-Neolithic land use of Alfriston Down was obtained from the ditch silts and expanded by an intensive field survey.

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1975, edited by Peter Drewett, published 1976 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9188] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Excavation of Ardingly Fulling Mill and Forge 1975-6, by Owen Bedwin, published 1976 in The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 10, article, pp.34-64)   View Online

The remains of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century forge, and an eighteenth-century fulling mill were excavated. The fulling and forging processes were both water-powered. Two water-channels were found, running approximately parallel, about 9 m. apart. The area between the two channels had been the centre of industrial activity on the site. The forge, of which little survived apart from the anvil base and some wooden foundations, had used wheels in both channels, driving the power-hammer and bellows for the hearths, respectively. Fulling, carried out in a simple T-shaped shed, required one wheel only. The site went out of use c.1750.

In 1973 the Mid-Sussex Water Co. gave notice of a plan, later approved, to flood the Shell Brook valley at the site of Ardingly Fulling Mill and Forge, and a rescue excavation was carried out by Dr Owen Bedwin of the Sussex Archaeological Field Unit in advance of the destruction of the site.
Documentary evidence in parish records first refers to the baptism of a child of Robert Potter 'fynar of the hammer' in 1571, and thereafter references go on until 1660. The 1574 list includes Ardingly Forge, as does that of 1664, but it seems to have ceased working by 1717. It seems likely that its source of pig iron was the nearby Strudgate Furnace.
The excavation was not a straightforward one as the fulling mill had been established on the same site, probably in the early 18th century, and was itself likely to have ceased working in the next century. It was clear however that for the forge there were two parallel water channels supplying power, one to the two hearths and one to the hammer, for which the timber (tree-trunk) anvil-base was found. The fulling mill required one channel only, and this had been partly reconstructed during its occupation of the site. Useful comparisons are made with the only other excavated wealden forge site, that at Chingley. (D. W. Crossley, The Bewl Valley Ironworks Kent, Royal Archaeological Institute Monograph (1975) ).
At Chingley one channel supplied power via different wheels for both hammer and chafery hearth, and the other for the finery. At Ardingly both hearths were operated from one channel and the hammer from the other. As at Chingley there was evidence of secondary working, and it appeared that artifacts such as scissors and knives were made at the forge.
The finds were surprisingly numerous, the waterlogged state of much of the site making it favourable for the preservation of leather, and many shoes and parts of shoes were recovered. Clay pipes were also abundant. These are now proving an important dating item in post-Medieval excavations.

The Excavation of Four Round Barrows of the Second Millennium BC, at West Heath, Harting, 1973-5, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.126-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Round Barrow and Cross-Ridge Dyke at Alfriston, East Sussex, 1975, by T. P. O'Connor, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.151-163) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Winding Street, Hastings, 1975, by David R. Rudling, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.164-175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Becket's Barn, Pagham, West Sussex, 1974, by W. L. Gregory, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.207-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of an Early Romano-British Site and Pleistocene Landforms at Newhaven, by Martin Bell, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.306-321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Old Erringham, Shoreham. Part One, A Saxon Weaving Hut, by Eric W. Holden, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.306-321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Archaeology in West Sussex: A field guide, published 1977 (pamphlet, Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12634]

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1976, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1977 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9189] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Archaeology in Sussex to AD 1500, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1977 (Research Report 29, Council for British Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7002] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations at Bramber Castle, Sussex 1966-1967 (part of Five Castle Excavations), by K. J. Barton and E. W. Holden, published 1977 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 134, article, pp.11-79) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7001]   View Online

Reports on the Institute's Research Project into The Origins of the Castle in England

Excavations at Hastings Castle, 1968 (part of Five Castle Excavations), by P. A. Barker and K. J. Barton, published 1977 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 134, article, pp.80-100)   View Online

Reports on the Institute's Research Project into The Origins of the Castle in England

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. Documentary Sources, by Dennis Haselgrove, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.243-250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex: the Environmental and Economical Evidence, by Various Authors, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.267-291) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. Introduction, by Martin Bell, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.1-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. the Neolithic Period, by Martin Bell, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.7-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. the Bronze Age Period, by Martin Bell, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.45-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. the Iron Age Period, by Martin Bell, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.49-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. the Romano-British Period, by Martin Bell, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.139-191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. the Anglo-Saxon Period, by Martin Bell, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.192-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bishopstone, Sussex. the Field System, by Martin Bell, published 1977 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 115, article, pp.251-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6997] & The Keep [LIB/500314] & S.A.S. library

The Iron-Age hill-fort and Romano-British iron-working settlement at Garden Hill, Sussex: interim report on excavations, 1968-76, by J. H. Money, M. G. Fulford and C. Eade, published November 1977 in Britannia (vol. 8, article, pp.339-350)   View Online

The earthwork at Garden Hill, Hartfield, East Sussex, until then unrecognised, was identified in 1968 by Mr C. F. Tebbutt, who found early Romano-British material in a trial excavation. Five seasons of excavation (1972-76) by the Garden Hill Excavation Group have established the broad outline of the site's history. A scatter of worked flints indicates slight occupation in the Neolithic/Bronze Age period. Attributed to the late pre-Roman Iron Age are a round house and part of what may be another. A hill-fort, with stonerevetted and palisaded defences, was built, possibly against the Roman invasion, but soon fell into disuse and was followed by Romano-British occupation. This included a rectangular timber building, roasting- and smeltingfurnaces and a forging-hearth of the first century; a rectangular building with two verandahs, using timber uprights set on padstones and in post-holes, and a four-post structure on the same alignment, both probably first-century; a timber building set on a stone platform and attached stone bath-building, of the second century; and undated post-hole and timber-slot systems (not fully excavated) representing fences and other timber structures. It is possible that Garden Hill was the base from which local iron-smelting sites were operated in the first and second centuries.

The excavation of a Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, 1976, by Peter Drewett and others, published December 1977 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 43, article, pp.201-242)   View Online

The small causewayed enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, being one of the only five surviving Neolithic enclosures in Sussex, was excavated in 1976 prior to its final destruction by ploughing. The enclosure consisted of two incomplete circles of discontinuous banks and ditches. Molluscan analysis indicated that the structure was built in a woodland clearing and that the ditches were not contemporary. A few pot sherds and flint tools were found in the shallow ditches, together with a crouched burial and disarticulated human bones. No conclusively Neolithic features were found in the interior. The possibility that this enclosure, together with others of similar type, may have been areas defined for exposure burial is discussed.

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1977, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1978 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9190] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations in the North-West Quadrant, 1968-75, by A. Down, published 1978 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 3, article, pp.41-373, ISBN-10: 0850332729 & ISBN-13: 9780850332728) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6611] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Chichester: The first hundred years, by B. Cunliffe, published 1978 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 3, article, pp.177-183, ISBN-10: 0850332729 & ISBN-13: 9780850332728) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6611] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Roman crucibles from Chapel Street, by J. Bayley, published 1978 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 3, article, pp.254-255, ISBN-10: 0850332729 & ISBN-13: 9780850332728) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6611] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The post-Roman pottery, by A. Down, published 1978 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 3, article, pp.341-373, ISBN-10: 0850332729 & ISBN-13: 9780850332728) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6611] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations at the Prehistoric and Romano-British Site on Slonk Hill, Shoreham, by R. Hartridge, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.69-142) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Late Sixteenth/Early Seventeenth Century Gun Casting Furnace at Maynard's Gate, Crowborough, East Sussex, by Owen Bedwin, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.163-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

This was a rescue dig, in advance of industrial development, by the Sussex Field Unit, ably undertaken by Dr Owen Bedwin. Although extensive robbing of stonework had taken place since the furnace was abandoned, and little of the furnace itself remained, other features of great interest were found and recorded before destruction. The carefully-contrived pattern of drains under the furnace was still intact, emphasising the importance of dryness in furnace working, and much of the wheel pit remained with its ashlar walls and timber base (rather surprisingly of chestnut).
Perhaps the find of greatest interest was the second Wealden gun casting pit to be excavated. This dated from 100 years earlier than the first to be found, in 1974 at Pippingford Furnace. At Pippingford the timber pit lining was intact and, short of partial destruction, it had been impossible to determine by excavation exactly how it had been constructed. At Maynards Gate, perhaps fortunately, all the upright timber staves had been robbed, leaving, down the sides of the pit, a regularly-spaced series of horizontal wooden hoops to which the missing perpendicular staves had been fastened. The laths forming the hoops had overlapping chamfered joints; these were nailed together in such a way that this could only have been done before they were placed in the pit. One may therefore surmise that the large barrel- like structure, 1.5 m. across and 3 m. deep, was built on the surface and lowered into the pit. Elaborate precautions, clay caulking, had been taken to make the pit watertight. Excellent photographs and drawings illustrate the finds.
The Maynards Gate excavation has added significantly to our knowledge of the Wealden gun-casting industry and we are grateful to, the Field Unit for undertaking it at short notice and in limited time.

Excavations at Friars Walk Lewes 1976, by David J. Freke, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.179-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Church Street, Seaford 1976, by David J. Freke, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.199-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Excavations inside Harting Beacon Hill-Fort, by Owen Bedwin, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.225-240) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Romano-British Site at Ranscombe Hill, South Malling, 1976, by Owen Bedwin, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.241-256) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of an Oval Mound and a Round Barrow at Slindon, West Sussex, 1976, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.257-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of an Iron Age Settlement at North Bersted, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, by Owen Bedwin and M. W. Pitts, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.293-346) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

A Mesolithic Site at Hassocks Lodge, Hassocks, by Owen Bedwin, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, shorter notice, p.393) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Southdown Road, Shoreham by Sea, by F. H. Witten, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, shorter notice, pp.393-396) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Horsham 1975-76 (Interim), by F. H. Witten, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, shorter notice, pp.396-398) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, by Alec Down, published 1 January 1978 (vol. 3, 256 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850332729 & ISBN-13: 9780850332728) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6611] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1978, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1979 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9191] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The mosaics of Chilgrove, by D. J. Smith, published 1979 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 4, article, pp.109-112, ISBN-10: 085033344X & ISBN-13: 9780850333442) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7196] & West Sussex Libraries

Roman mosaics.

The animal bones, by A. Outen, published 1979 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 4, article, p.118, ISBN-10: 085033344X & ISBN-13: 9780850333442) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7196] & West Sussex Libraries

The Excavation of a Cross Dyke at Old Erringham Farm, Upper Beeding, West Sussex 1976, by Owen Bedwin, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.11-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Harting Beacon, West Sussex, Second Season, 1977, by Owen Bedwin, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.21-36) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of Three Roman Bloomery Furnaces at Hartfield, Sussex, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.47-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Winding Street, Hastings, 1974, by David C. Devenish, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.125-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Tanyard Lane, Steyning, 1977, by David J. Freke, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.135-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Steyne Road, Seaford, 1977, by D. J. Freke, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.233-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at South Street, West Tarring, 1978, by Owen Bedwin, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.234-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Medieval finds from Denton. 1, by Martin Bell, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Medieval finds from Denton. 2, by Brenda Westley, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.238-239) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

An Excavation at Selmeston, East Sussex, 1978, by A. E. Holloway, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.240-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations: The Roman Villas at Chilgrove and Upmarden, by Alec Down, published 1 August 1979 (vol. 4, 173 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 085033344X & ISBN-13: 9780850333442) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7196] & West Sussex Libraries

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1979, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1980 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9192] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The excavation of a late 16th-century blast furnace at Batsford, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, 1978, by Owen Bedwin, published 1980 in Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 14, no. 1, article, pp.89-112)

The Excavation of Two Bronze Age Barrows at Friday's Church, Barpham Hill, by Alec Barr-Hamilton, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.171-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on a Romano-British Farmstead at Elsted, West Sussex, by Martin Millett, Mark Redknapp and Others, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.197-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in the Parish Church of St. Thomas the Martyr, Pagham 1976, by David J. Freke, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.245-256) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Old Erringham, Shoreham, West Sussex. Part 2. the 'Chapel' and the Ringwork, by Eric W. Holden, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.257-297) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Further finds from Lewes Excavations 1974-6, by E. W. O'Shea, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, archaeological note, pp.369-373) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Chanctonbury Ring, Wiston, West Sussex 1977, by Owen Bedwin, David Rudling, Sue Hamilton, Peter Drewett and Karen Petzoldt, published November 1980 in Britannia (vol. 11, article, pp.173-222)   View Online

Chanctonbury Ring (NGR TQ 139 121) is one of the best known landmarks in Sussex. It consists of a clump of trees, mostly beech, but with occasional sycamore, situated on the very northern edge of the South Downs, about 8 km (5 miles) from the coast (FIG. I). The height above sea-level is 234 m (780 ft.), and the subsoil is Upper Chalk, though several local patches of Clay-with-flints were encountered during the excavation.

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1980, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1981 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9193] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Medieval and Post-medieval glass from the North-West Quadrant, by R. J. Charleston, published 1981 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 5, article, p.228, ISBN-10: 0850334152 & ISBN-13: 9780850334159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12290][Lib 10141] & West Sussex Libraries

Medieval and Post-medieval glass from the North-West Quadrant, by R. J. Charleston, published 1981 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 5, article, p.228, ISBN-10: 0850334152 & ISBN-13: 9780850334159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12290][Lib 10141] & West Sussex Libraries

The Excavation of a Medieval Kiln at Barnett's Mead, Ringmer, East Sussex, by J. Hadfield, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.89-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Lancing Down, West Sussex 1980, by Owen Bedwin, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, excavation report, pp.37-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Trundle, 1980, by Owen Bedwin and F. G. Aldsworth, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.208-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

An Excavation at Broadbridge, Bosham 1976, by Hugh Toller, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.214-216) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on 'The Mound', at Church Norton, Selsey, in 1911 and 1965, by F. G. Aldsworth and E. D. Garnett, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.217-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

An Excavation at 1-3 Tower Street, Rye, East Sussex, by J. Hadfield, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.222-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, by Alec Down, published 1 January 1981 (vol. 5, 256 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850334152 & ISBN-13: 9780850334159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7980] & West Sussex Libraries

Excavations at the Neolithic enclosure on Bury Hill, Houghton, West Sussex, 1979, by Owen Bedwin and others, published December 1981 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 47, article, pp.69-86)   View Online

Summary. Excavations at Bury Hill dated a small, continuously-ditched enclosure to the early Neolithic. The interior of the enclosure, c. 1 ha in extent, was sampled by two trial cuttings, 9 m wide, running across the enclosure at right angles to one another. No Neolithic features were found. Sampling the ditch produced early Neolithic pottery, flintwork and animal bone. Though continuous, the ditch had a 'beaded' appearance, with a single entrance. No corresponding bank survived, though aerial photographs indicated its existence on the inside of the ditch.

Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1981, by Owen Bedwin, published 1982 (offprint, Institute of Archaeology, London) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9194]

Excavations at the Devil's Ditch, Boxgrove, W Sussex 1981, by Owen Bedwin, published 1982 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 120, excavation report, pp.37-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8620] & The Keep [LIB/500307] & S.A.S. library

Later Bronze Age downland economy and excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex, by Peter Drewett and others, published January 1982 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 48, article, pp.321-400)   View Online

The Later Bronze Age site at Black Patch consisted of hut platforms and enclosures set in a system of rectangular fields. The settlement area is overlooked by round barrows. Area and sample excavations of the settlement revealed circular huts and activity areas within a C-14 date range of 1070 +/- 70 bc - 830 +/- 80 bc. Extensive economic data in the form of seeds, animal bones, foreign stones and artefacts were recovered. These formed the basis of an economic resource-area analysis undertaken around Black Patch and other contemporary occupation sites on the South Downs. From this an economic activity model is proposed.

Mesolithic Findspots near Horsham, by Dr. R. M. Jacobi, published July 1982 (contribution no. 5, 4 pp., Warnham Historical Society) accessible at: Warnham Historical Society   Download PDF

Excavations at Ounces Barn, Boxgrove, West Sussex, by O. Bedwin, published 1983 in Bulletin of the London Institute of Archaeology (vol. 20, article, pp.83-87)

The Excavation of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure on Barkhale Down, Bignor Hill, West Sussex, by Peter E. Leach, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, article, pp.11-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Miss P. A. M. Keef's Excavations at Harting Beacon and nearby sites 1948 - 1952, by Owen Bedwin, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.199-202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bignor Roman Villa 1975 - 1976, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.203-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Valley sediments as evidence of prehistoric land-use on the South Downs, by Martin Bell, published January 1983 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 49, article, pp.119-150)   View Online

Recent years have seen a shift of archaeological focus away from the confines of the individual site and towards broader issues of land-use and landscape history. Hence a need for archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence which tells us about the area utilized from sites rather than about the environment on the site itself. Valley sediments are one possible source of this evidence and this paper considers their potential with specific reference to sediments in chalkland valleys on the South Downs. It also attempts to confront some more specific problems of landscape history. One aim was to assess the extent of erosion and valley sediments within defined study areas and to establish to what extent climatic and land-use factors were responsible for changes in the pattern of sedimentation. It was also hoped that detailed work on land-use sequences would provide a framework for considering long-term settlement trends on the chalk. Why, for instance, do we have dense concentrations of archaeological sites on land which is today somewhat marginal, and how were the valley bottoms utilized in prehistory?

The Roman Villa at Bignor in the fourth century, by E. W. Black, published March 1983 in Oxford Journal of Archaeology (vol. 2, issue 1, article, pp.93-107)   View Online

The plan of the Bignor villa is reassessed in the light of recent excavations by Frere. Changes of plan are recognized and discussed. The farm buildings are considered in detail modifying Applebaum's original interpretations.

The Excavation of a Small Hilltop Enclosure on Court Hill, Singleton, West Sussex, 1982, by Owen Bedwin, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.3-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Hollingbury Camp, Sussex, 1967-1969, by John Holmes, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.29-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Earlier First Millennium Pottery from the Excavations at Hollingbury Camp, Sussex, 1967-1969, by Sue Hamilton, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.55-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of the Eastern Terminal of the Devil's Ditch [Chichester Dykes], Boxgrove, West Sussex, 1982, by Owen Bedwin and Clive Orton, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.63-74) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

A Trial Excavation in Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, by David R. Rudling, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, p.222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

The Archaeology of Chichester and District, by K. M. E. Murray, published 1985 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12606] & West Sussex Libraries

Recent Archaeological Research at Selmeston, East Sussex, by David R. Rudling, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.1-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of Barrows V-IX at West Heath, Harting,1980, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.35-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Rummages Barn, Binderton, West Sussex, 1983, by James Kenny, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.61-72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on the Site of the Southwick Roman Villa, 1965 and 1981, by David R. Rudling, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.73-84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Late Prehistoric and Romano-British Enclosure Complex at Carne's Seat, Goodwood, West Sussex, 1984, by Robin Holgate, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, pp.250-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Trial Excavations at Ditchling Beacon, East Sussex, 1983, by David R. Rudling, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, pp.251-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Roman Palace, Fishbourne, 1983, by David J. Rudkin, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, pp.256-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Battle Abbey: The Eastern Range and the Excavations of 1978-80, by J. N. Hare, published 1 January 1985 (208 pp., English Heritage, ISBN-10: 1850740623 & ISBN-13: 9781850740629) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Battle Abbey, founded by William the Conqueror himself for his deliverance, was one of the greater abbeys of medieval England. Excavations in 1978-1980 at the eastern range, or dormitory range, uncovered in entirety the chapter house and the redorter. The project also revealed the complete sequence of development at the site from the time of the battle through to the Dissolution.

Excavations at Copse Farm Oving, West Sussex, by Owen Bedwin, Robin Holgate and others, published December 1985 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 51, article, pp.215-245)   View Online

Two farmsteads, one of late Iron Age (second-first centuries BC) date and the other dating to the early Romano-British period (first-second centuries AD), were excavated at Copse Farm, Oving. The site is situated within the Chichester dykes on the Sussex/Hampshire Coastal Plain. The Iron Age farmstead produced pottery spanning 'saucepan' and 'Aylesford-Swarling' traditions, a transition in ceramic production which is poorly understood in Sussex. Information on the agricultural economy and small-scale industries (principally metalworking) practised at this site give an insight into the way the Coastal Plain was settled and exploited at the end of the first millennium BC.

An Early Anglo-Saxon Settlement Site at Botolphs, West Sussex: an interim report on excavations, by Mark Gardiner, published 1986 (pamphlet, Field Archaeology Unit, University of London) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9663]

A late Roman fixed plate buckle from Highdown, Ferring, W Sussex, by Sally White, published 1986 in Medieval Archaeology (vol. 30, article, pp.91-92)   View Online

Science fraud at Piltdown: the amateur and the priest, by Harold R. Booher, published 1986 in Antioch Review (vol. 44, no. 3, article, pp.389-407)

Namely Charles Dawson and Teilhard de Chardin.

An Early Mesolithic Site and Prehistoric Flintwork from Graffham Common and neighbouring areas on the Lower Greensand, West Sussex, by Robin D. C. Holgate, E. W. Holden and H. G. Holden, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.1-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Seaford Head Camp, East Sussex, 1983, by Owen Bedwin, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.25-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Late Prehistoric and Romano-British Enclosure Complex at Carne's Seat, Goodwood, West Sussex, 1984, by Robin Holgate, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.35-50) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Romano-British Site by Chichester Harbour, Fishbourne, by David J. Rudkin, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.51-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Fletcher's Croft, Steyning, 1967-1968, by Jane Evans, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.79-96) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Cuthman's Field, Church Street, Steyning, 1962, by K. J. Barton, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.97-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Saxon Sunken Building at North Marden, West Sussex, 1982, by Peter L. Drewett and others, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.109-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Lordington, Stoughton, West Sussex, 1984, by Robin Holgate, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, archaeological note, pp.244-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Seaford, 1985, by Robin Holgate, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, archaeological note, pp.254-255) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Neolithic Oval Barrow at North Marden, West Sussex, 1982, by Peter Drewett, published January 1986 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 52, article, pp.31-52)   View Online

An extensively plough-damaged oval barrow of the third millennium bc was excavated. The entire mound had been removed by ploughing. No burials were found under the site of the mound but disarticulated human skeletal material was found in the ditches. The main flanking ditches appear to have silted in naturally with evidence of Beaker activity and Romano-British agriculture in the higher levels. Some evidence of deliberate back-filling, including the burial of carved chalk objects, was found in the ditches at the east end. A single Saxon hut was excavated in the north-east corner of the barrow and a rubbish deposit containing Middle Saxon pottery was found in the upper levels of the ditch in the south-west corner of the barrow.

The Excavation of a Roman Tilery on Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, East Sussex, by David R. Rudling, Caroline Cartwright, Giles Swift, Sally Foster, John Shepherd, Pat Hinton and Fred Tebbutt, published November 1986 in Britannia (vol. 17, article, pp.191-230) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501322]   View Online

During the winter of 1981/2 Giles Swift of the Wealden Iron Research Group discovered in a ploughed field on Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, East Sussex (TQ 45603835) an area of burnt clay and Roman tile, together with a few pieces of Roman pottery. The site, which lies close to a small stream, is located between an extensive Roman iron-working site to the south-west and possible large Roman iron-ore quarries to the north-east (FIG. 1). In advance of further plough damage, during the summer of 1982 the Field Archaeology Unit (Institute of Archaeology) undertook a trial excavation and survey in order to attempt to interpret and date the site more precisely. This work was funded by the Department of the Environment and East Sussex County Council. The 1982 investigations revealed a well-preserved Roman tile kiln and a rectangular floor of tile and burnt clay. Unfortunately extremely inclement weather during the second half of the excavation meant that it was impossible, given the time and resources available, to finish excavating either of these discoveries. The farmer, Mr Udell, kindly agreed to leave and plough around the excavation area and a second season of excavations was undertaken in 1983 thanks to the financial backing of East Sussex County Council and Keymer Handmade Clay Tiles of Burgess Hill, Sussex. In between the two excavations, staff of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory carried out a geophysical survey of the area to the west of the tile kiln.

Two Dorset archaeologists in Sussex : Lieut. General Pitt-Rivers in Sussex 1867-1878 and Herbert Samuel Toms, Curator of the Brighton Museum 1896-1939, by G. A. Holleyman and Ralph Merrifield, published 1987 (Henfield: The Author)

Medmerry: a reassessment of a Migration Period site on the south coast of England, and some of its finds, by D.M. Goodburn, published 1987 in International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (vol. 16, no. 3, article, pp.213-224)

Whilst carrying out work on the collections of Chichester District Museum, Sussex, England,  the writer came across finds from the Saxon coastal site of Medmerry.

Excavations in Rocks Wood, Withyham, 1982, by A. F. Harding and J. Ostoja-Zagorski, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.11-32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Halt Mesolithic Site, Near Horsham, West Sussex, 1985, by Robin Holgate, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.33-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Late Bronze Age Site at Yapton, West Sussex, 1984, by David R. Rudling, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.51-68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

Excavation of a Lynchet, Gildredge Park, Eastbourne, by Lawrence Stevens, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.69-74) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Alciston, 1984, by Peter E. Leach, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.91-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Testers, White Horse Square, Steyning, 1985, by Mark Gardiner, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, article, pp.53-76) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library

Trial Excavations at Horsham, West Sussex, 1987, by David R. Rudling, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, archaeological note, p.245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library

Archaeology Around Worthing, by Sally White, published 1989 (Worthing Museum Publications no. 17, booklet, Worthing Museum & Art Gallery, ISBN-10: 0906834066 & ISBN-13: 9780906834060) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10527] & West Sussex Libraries

The Roman brooches from Chichester, by D. F. Mackreth, published 1989 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 6, article, pp.182-196, ISBN-10: 0850336635 & ISBN-13: 9780850336634) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10381] & West Sussex Libraries

The insect fauna of the Roman well at the Cattlemarket, by M. A. Girling, published 1989 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 6, article, pp.234-241, ISBN-10: 0850336635 & ISBN-13: 9780850336634) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10381] & West Sussex Libraries

The vertebrate remains from Chichester Cattlemarket, by B. Levitan, published 1989 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 6, article, pp.1971-1975, ISBN-10: 0850336635 & ISBN-13: 9780850336634) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10381] & West Sussex Libraries

The Excavation of a Late Medieval Hall-House at Brook Lane, near Horsham, West Sussex*, by Robin Holgate, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.123-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

Chichester Excavations, by Alec Down and Margaret Rule, published 1 February 1989 (vol. 1, new edition, 173 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850336961 & ISBN-13: 9780850336962) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Chichester Excavations, by Alec Down, published 15 February 1989 (vol. 6, 256 p., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850336635 & ISBN-13: 9780850336634) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10381] & West Sussex Libraries

Post-medieval cattle horn cores from the Greyfriars site, Chichester, West Sussex, England, by P. Armitage, published 1990 in Circaea (vol. 7. no. 2, article, pp.81-90)   View Online

The auditory ossicles in human skeletal remains from a leper cemetery in Chichester, England, by T.D. Brunitje, published 1990 in Journal of Archaeological Science (vol. 17, no. 6, article, pp.627-633)

Archaeological Finds at Rustington, West Sussex, 1986-1988, by David R. Rudling, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.1-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Excavations in Friars Walk, Lewes 1989, by Miles Russell, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.141-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Miss P. A. M. Keef's Excavations on a Roman Farmstead at Lambs Lea, West Sussex, by Oliver J. Gilkes, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, archaeological note, pp.246-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Michelham Priory, 1988, by Jane Bellam, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, archaeological note, pp.252-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Excavation of a Sheep Pond and adjacent Lynchet, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Lawrence Stevens, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, archaeological note, pp.256-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Flint procurement and Neolithic Axe production on the South Downs: a re-assessment, by Julie Gardiner, published July 1990 in Oxford Journal of Archaeology (vol. 9, issue 2, article, pp.119-140)   View Online

This paper reviews the evidence for Neolithic flint axe production on the South Downs in the light of recent chemical analysis of axes and the author's own research involving surface flint collections. The organisation, status and chronology of the Sussex flint mines is discussed and the distribution of flint axes described. Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age settlement is shown to concentrate on the clay-with-flints which is also a major flint source. It is argued that the production of axes from mined flint was replaced by utilisation of surface deposits in the later Neolithic and case studies are presented.

The Excavation of a Beaker Bowl Barrow at Pyecombe, West Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.1-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on the South Lawn, Michelham Priory, Sussex, 1971-1976, by Lawrence Stevens and Patricia Stevens, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.45-80) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Medieval Aisled Hall at Park Farm, Salehurst, East Sussex, by Mark Gardiner, Gwen Jones and David Martin, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.81-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Laughton Place: A Manorial and Architectural History, with an account of recent Restoration and Excavation, by John H. Farrant and Others, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.99-164) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Cliffe, Lewes, 1987 and 1988, by David R. Rudling, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.165-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Archaeological Discoveries at Toddington, West Sussex, by Oliver J. Gilkes and Peter Hammond, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, archaeological note, pp.241-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Marginalia: Piltdown Man: the great English mystery story, by Keith Stewart Thomson, published May 1991 in American Scientist (vol. 79, no. 3, article, pp.194-201)

Misinterpreting Piltdown, by John H. Langdon, published December 1991 in Current Anthropology (vol. 32, no. 5, article, pp.627-631)

Hastings Country Park history and archaeology, by Anne Scott, with pottery reports by Zoe Vahey and cover by Danny Vance, published c.1992 (34 pp., Hastings: Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Prehistoric Earthworks on Halnaker Hill, West Sussex. Excavations 1981-1983, by Owen Bedwin, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.1-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Romano-British Iron Working Site at Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex, by Caroline R. Cartwright, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.22-59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Steyning New Museum, Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex 1989, by Andrew Reynolds, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.60-68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Lewes Castle, East Sussex 1985-1988, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.69-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

Recent Work on the Earthworks at Isfield, East Sussex, by Mark Gardiner, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.140-146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

The Sixteenth-Century Forge at Blackwater Green, Worth, West Sussex. Excavations 1988, by Christopher Place and Owen Bedwin, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.147-163) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Bronze Age Round Barrow (Site 15), Cornish Farm, Eastbourne, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, archaeological note, p.235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

Piltdown: an appraisal of the case against Sir Arthur Keith [and comments and reply], by Phillip V. Tobias, Peter J. Bowler, Andrew T. Chamberlain, Christopher Chippindale, Robin W. Dennell, F. G. Fedele, Paul Graves, Caroline Grigson, G. Ainsworth Harrison, Francis B. Harrold, Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, Martin K. Nickels, Nicolas Rolland, Curtis Runnels, Frank Spencer, C. B. Stringer, N. C. Tappen, Bruce G. Trigger, Sherwood Washburn and R. V. S. Wright, published June 1992 in Current Anthropology (vol. 33, no. 3, article, pp.243-293)

Sir Arthur Keith (1866-1855) was an anthropologist who was a strong supporter of Piltdown Man, and was believed by some to be involved in the Piltdown Hoax.

Roman salt production in Chichester Harbour: rescue escavations at Chidham, West Sussex, by Richard Bradley, published November 1992 in Britannia (vol. 23, article, pp.27-44)   View Online

As a schoolboy in the early 1960s the writer discovered a series of Iron Age and Roman salt-production sites along the shoreline of Chichester and Portsmouth Harbours (FIG. 1). These areas were visited intermittently over the next ten years and many of the observations made at that time were published in 1975. That study described the topographical setting of these sites and the character and chronology of the surface finds. It also included some discussion of the economic context of salt-making and its place in the settlement pattern.

On the Piltdown joker and accomplice: a French connection?, by Norman Clermont and J. F. Thackeray, published December 1992 in Current Anthropology (vol. 33, no. 5, article, pp.587-589)

Teilhard de Chardin.

Chichester Excavations, by Alec Down, published 1993 (vol. 8, 256 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850170044 & ISBN-13: 9780850170047) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Report on the cattle horn cores from the Greyfriars site, Chichester, 1984, by P. L. Armitage, published 1993 in Chichester Excavations (vol. 8, article, pp.211-218, ISBN-10: 0850170044 & ISBN-13: 9780850170047) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Excavation of a Late Anglo-Saxon Settlement at Market Field, Steyning, 1988-1989, by Mark Gardiner, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.21-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

An Earthwork at Tottingworth, Heathfield, by Mark Gardiner, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.68-72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Phoenix Brewery Site, Hastings, 1988, by David R. Rudling, Luke Barber and David Martin, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.73-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

On Piltdown: the French connection revisited, by Phillip V. Tobias, published February 1993 in Current Anthropology (vol. 34, no. 1, article, pp.65-67)

Teilhard de Chardin

A late Anglo-Saxon disc brooch from Steyning, West Sussex, by Andrew Reynolds, published 1994 in Medieval Archaeology (vol. 38, article, pp.169-171)   View Online

Dr V Seton Williams' excavations at Combe Hill, 1962, and the role of Neolithic causewayed enclosures in Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.7-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

Archaeological excavations at America Wood, Ashington, West Sussex, by Greg Priestley-Bell, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.33-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

The excavation of a Romano-British site at Moraunt Drive, Middleton-on-Sea, West Sussex, 1992, by Luke Barber, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.87-100) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

The Excavation of a Medieval site at Muddleswood, near Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.101-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

Inflammatory bone changes in leprous skeletons from the medieval hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene, Chichester, England, by Mary E. Lewis, Charlotte A. Roberts, and Keith Manchester, published 1995 in International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (vol. 63, article, pp.77-77)

The Excavation of a Bronze Age round barrow at Round-the-Down, near Lewes, East Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1995 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 133, article, pp.7-18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13209] & The Keep [LIB/500288] & S.A.S. library

Late Iron Age and Romano-British Occupation at Ounces Barn, Boxgrove, West Sussex; Excavations 1982 - 1983, by Owen Bedwin and Chris Place, published 1995 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 133, article, pp.45-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13209] & The Keep [LIB/500288] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bignor Roman Villa, West Sussex 1985-1990, by Frederick G. Aldsworth and David Rudling, published 1995 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 133, article, pp.103-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13209] & The Keep [LIB/500288] & S.A.S. library

Man the Hunter' returns at Boxgrove: assesses what the Boxgrove excavations, now ending, tell us about early human society, by M. Roberts, published 1996 in British Archaeology (18, article, pp.8-9)

Archaeological investigations at Woolbeding Bridge, W. Sussex, by Janet Miller and M. Austin, published 1996 in Structural Engineer (vol. 74, article, pp.90-92)

Sieving experiment: the controlled recovery of charred plant remains from modern and archaeological samples, by Dominique de Moulins, published 1996 in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (vol. 5, no. 1, article, pp.153-156)

The archaeological soil samples came from two different sites excavated in 1994 by the CAS. Eight samples were came from Battle Abbey, East Sussex.

An archive report on Recent excavations at Harrow Hill, Sussex, by John McNabb, P. J. Felder, Ian Kinnes and Gale Sieveking, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, article, pp.21-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Lewes Friary 1985-1986 and 1988-1989, by Mark Gardiner and Others, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, article, pp.71-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Recent Archaeological Work at Pyecombe Church, West Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, shorter article, pp.213-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Thomas King's excavation at Greyfriars, Chichester, in 1835, by Timothy J. McCann, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, shorter article, pp.238-239) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Excavation of a Bronze Age Settlement at Varley Halls, Coldean Lane, Brighton, East Sussex, by Ian Greig, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.7-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Potlands Farm, Patching, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.59-70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Rocky Clump, Stanmer Park, Brighton, 1951-1981, by Oliver J. Gilkes, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.113-126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Archaeological excavations in Steyning, 1992-1995. Further Evidence for the Evolution of a Late Saxon Small Town, by Mark Gardiner and Chris Greatorex, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.143-172) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Old Post Office site, 15-17 High Street, Crawley, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.193-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Fieldwork and excavation on the Robertsbridge bypass, 1985, by Mark Gardiner, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, shorter article, pp.301-308) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Boxgrove, West Sussex: Rescue excavations of a Lower Palaeolithic Landsurface (Boxgrove Project B, 1989-91), by M. B. Roberts, S. A. Parfitt, M. I. Pope and F. F. Wenban-Smith, published January 1997 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 63, article, pp.303-358)   View Online

In 1988 an area of 12,000 m² in Quarry 2 at Boxgrove, West Sussex, was identified as being under threat front gravel and sand extraction. It was decided to sample the threatened area in 1989 with a series of 6 m2 test pits. The results of this survey identified two areas that merited further investigation, and area excavations were carried out at Quarry 2/C and Quarry 2/D in 1990 and 1991 respectively. These concentrated on the main Pleistocene landsurface (Unit 4c) and revealed spreads of knapping debris associated with the production of flint handaxes. Two test pits and area Q2/C produced handaxes, over 90% of which had tranchet sharpening at the distal end. A small amount of core reduction and only a few flake tools were found: these were all from Quarry 2/C. Faunal remains were located in the northern part of the excavations where Unit 4c had a calcareous cover. In Quarry 2/C the bones of C. elaphus and Bison sp. exhibited traces of human modification.
The project employed two methods of artefact retrieval: direct excavation in metre squares and bulk sieving of units within them. Comparison of the results from these methods suggests that, when on-site time is limited, the integration of these methods is a valid technique in both qualitative and quantitative terms for data recovery. The excavated areas are interpreted as a tool-sharpening and butchery site that may have been a fixed and known locale in the landscape (Q2/C), and a location on the periphery of an area of intensive knapping reduction (Q2/D). Sedimentological and microfaunal analyses demonstrate that Unit 4c was formed as a soil in the top of a marine-lagoonal silt, the pedogenic processes being similar to those observed after draining Dutch polder lakes. The palaeoenvironment is interpreted as an area of open grassland with some shrub and bush vegetation. In places the surface of the soil supported small ephemeral pools and flashes. This area of grassland is seen as a corridor for herds of ungulates moving east and west between the sea to the south and the relict cliff and wooded downland block to the north. Within this corridor these herds were preyed upon by various carnivores, and hominids.
The temperate sediments at Boxgrove were deposited in the later part of the Cromerian Complex and immediately pre-date the Anglian Cold Stage; they are therefore around 500,000 years old. The archaeological material from these and overlying cold stage deposits is broadly contemporary with that at High Lodge, Suffolk and Waverley Wood, Warwickshire.

Lewes Priory: Excavations by Richard Lewis, 1969-82, by Malcolm A. B. Lyne and Mark Gardiner, published June 1997 (197 pp., Lewes: Lewes Priory Trust, ISBN-10: 095308390X & ISBN-13: 9780953083909) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503443] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A detailed record of the findings of Richard Lewis who died before he could publish the results of his work.

Levin Down, Singleton, West Sussex: archaeological and land use history report, by Joy Ede, published 1998 (57 pp., Sussex Wildlife Trust) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13932] & West Sussex Libraries

Amateurs and professionals: the excavation of Angmering Roman Villa 1935-1947, by Oliver J. Gilkes, published 1998 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 136, article, pp.67-80) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13921] & The Keep [LIB/500297] & S.A.S. library

Archaeological investigations on the route of the Crawley High Street Relief Road, Crawley, West Sussex, by M. John Saunders and Others, published 1998 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 136, article, pp.81-94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13921] & The Keep [LIB/500297] & S.A.S. library

The last refuge of the faeries: archaeology and folklore in East Sussex, by Martin Brown and Pat Bowen, published 1999 in Archaeology and folklore, edited by Amy Gazin-Schwartz and Cornelius Holtorf (article, p.261)

The excavation of a Romano-British site at Burgess Hill, West Sussex, by Jennifer Sawyer, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, article, pp.49-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A watching brief and subsequent excavation by the Field Archaeology Unit, University College London, in advance of development of land to the west of Burgess Hill revealed a number of Romano-British features. Evidence of Mesolithic and Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age activity was established through the surface collection of a small assemblage of worked flint. A single blade/burin of Upper Palaeolithic date was also located. Romano-British features, which were predominantly of late 4th-century date included a ditch with a large pottery assemblage and a probable corn-drying oven.

The excavation of land adjacent to the Old Farmhouse, Pevensey, East Sussex, 1994, by Luke Barber, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, article, pp.91-120) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rescue excavations undertaken during 1994 by the Field Archaeology Unit of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, on land adjacent to the Old Farmhouse, High Street, Pevensey, revealed a dense concentration of archaeological features. The excavations and post-excavation work were funded by English Heritage.
Although some residual Romano-British material was found, no evidence of actual occupation of this period was discovered. The onset of habitation on the site appears to have been during the 12th century. The badly damaged remains of one possible building dating to this period were identified. It appears to have gone out of use by the end of the 13th century. Numerous features, predominantly pits, dating from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries were also located, although no definite structural remains could be associated with them. Evidence for activity dating from the 16th to 18th centuries was limited. 19th-century activity had, however, been extensive, causing serious damage to the earlier remains in the street frontage area.

Archaeological work at the site of the Millennium Seed bank, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, shorter article, pp.183-187) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Marking time and making space: excavations and landscape studies at the Caburn Hillfort, East Sussex, 1996-98, by Peter L. Drewett and Sue Hamilton, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, article, pp.7-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Caburn dominates the lower Ouse valley in East Sussex. Its use and significance have waxed and waned but its unique dome shape against the skyline must have helped define peoples' sense of place throughout time. This article, based on the first three field seasons of the Society's project, examines the surfaces of the hill, the use of space on the hill and through time. In prehistory the Caburn may have been a special place, perhaps a sacred hill, while in post-Roman times its strategic location was utilized in times of threat.

Boxgrove, by Mark Roberts, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.12-13, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A mid-Fifth century hoard of Roman and pseudo-Roman material from Patching, West Sussex, by Sally White, John Manley, Richard Jones, John Orna-Ornstein, Catherine Johns and Leslie Webster, published November 1999 in Britannia (vol. 30, article, pp.301-315)   View Online

Rock shelter stratigraphy: Excavations at Eridge, by Christopher Greatorex and Mike Seager Thomas, published 2000 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 138, article, pp.49-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14509] & The Keep [LIB/500298] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation of two rock shelters at Eridge during 1999 yielded close to 500 struck flints of Mesolithic date and evidence of possible Late Iron Age/Early Romano-British iron-smelting. Although disturbed by animal activity, the relationship of the finds to each other and to the sediments in which they were found indicated the existence of former land surfaces and activity areas. Buried positive features, including two hearths and a pour of tap-slag, were also identified.

Caburn: sacred mount and classic hill fort, by P. Drewett, published 2001 in Current Archaeology (Issue 174, article, pp.256-262)

Evidence of Sussex prehistoric ritual traditions: the archaeological investigation of a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on Baily's Hill near Crowlink, Eastbourne, by Christopher Greatorex, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, article, pp.27-73) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

During the summer of 1998, a prehistoric monument located on Baily's Hill, near Crowlink, East Sussex, was totally excavated in advance of its impending destruction through coastal erosion. The investigation undertaken by the University College London Field Archaeology Unit established that a number of cremation pits cut into an area of natural chalk demarcated by a shallow, possibly encircling ditch, represented a formative phase of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age burial at the site. No evidence for an in-situ 'barrow' or capping contemporaneous with such activity was discovered. However, all the recorded burials, including the partial remains of an adult male inhumation, were covered with an oval-shaped cairn encompassing a typical later Bronze Age assemblage of over 15,000 humanly-struck flints. The proposed date of this upstanding structure was supported by the associated presence of Late Bronze Age pottery. Yet Neolithic, Beaker and Early Bronze Age sherds were also recovered from the body of the mound. It would thus appear that residual material derived from previous activity on the downland ridge had been scraped up and incorporated into the cairn matrix. Clearly, the Crowlink monument had retained, or at least recaptured, a position of ritual significance within the local landscape many years after its period of initial use.

Chanctonbury Ring revisited: the excavations of 1988-91, by David R. Rudling, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, article, pp.75-121) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Great Storm of October 1987 caused major destruction to the trees at Chanctonbury Ring, an important prehistoric and Romano-British archaeological site. Subsequent proposals to replant the destroyed trees led to a series of trial excavations within the Ring in order both to assess the archaeological remains to be affected by the proposed replanting scheme, and to re-locate the two main Roman masonry buildings discovered during tree planting works in 1909. Along with the results of the archaeological investigations of 1987-91 the findings of earlier investigations, including those associated with a major programme of tree-planting in 1977, have been reassessed. This fresh analysis suggests an earlier, Late Bronze Age, date for the construction of the hillfort, and identifies the 'ancillary' Romano-British masonry building as a polygonal temple with a rectangular entrance chamber. Large quantities of pigs' teeth and skull fragments found in the vicinity of this temple indicate that it may have been associated with a cult of the boar.

Excavations on a medieval site at Little High Street, Worthing, West Sussex, 1997, by Julie Lovell, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, article, pp.133-145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A rare opportunity to undertake excavations within the town revealed two grain-dryers, pits and a sequence of boundary and enclosure ditches spanning possibly the 10th to early 15th centuries. These are likely to have lain behind buildings on the High Street frontage and reflect Worthing's development as a nucleated village settlement from c. 1200. The finds include a locally-important assemblage of medieval pottery.

Excavations on a late medieval ironworking site at London Road, Crawley, West Sussex, 1997, by Nicholas Cooke, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, article, pp.147-167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations by Wessex Archaeology in advance of redevelopment of land off London Road in Crawley revealed considerable evidence for late medieval ironworking on the northern edge of the town. This included substantial deposits of smelting and forging slag, several ironworking hearths and a sequence of associated clay floors. Sufficient evidence was recovered to suggest a variety of ironworking processes including ore roasting, smelting and forging/smithing took place either on, or in close proximity to, the site. Of particular interest were the remains of a structure, probably a smithy, in one of the properties on the London Road frontage. Archaeomagnetic dating indicates that the main period of ironworking was during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, a date broadly supported by the small quantity of pottery recovered. A series of regular field boundaries to the west of the street frontage appeared to represent a planned medieval field system, probably established in the 13th century. Post-medieval activity, not associated with ironworking, was represented by the remains of a 17th-century building and well, and three 19th-century buildings.

An archaeological discovery on Brack Mount, Lewes, East Sussex, by Gabor Thomas, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, shorter article, pp.224-227) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Clothkits Warehouse Extension, Brooman's Lane, Lewes, by C.E. Knight-Farr, 1978, by Anne Locke, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, shorter article, pp.227-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library

The excavation of a Saxon grubenhaus at Itford Farm, Beddingham, East Sussex, by Richard James, published 2002 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 140, article, pp.41-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15109] & The Keep [LIB/500299] & S.A.S. library   View Online

During the summer and autumn of 1998, a watching brief was maintained by Archaeology South-East (a division of University College London Field Archaeology Unit) during the construction of a wastewater pipeline between Lewes and Newhaven. Visual inspection of the pipeline easement to the north of Itford Farm, Beddingham revealed a number of cut features in the chalk bedrock. Excavation of the features revealed one to be an Early Saxon sunken floored building (grubenhaus) of 5th- to 6th-century date, from which a small but interesting assemblage of pottery was recovered. A boundary ditch of probable Saxon-Norman date was also investigated. Further features proved to be natural solution hollows in the chalk. No other structures were observed within the easement, but the discovery indicates the longevity of settlement at Itford Farm, and provides an interesting, albeit small-scale, example of shifting settlement patterns within the Ouse Valley.

Tree-ring analysis of timbers from Chiddingly Place, Chiddingly, East Sussex, by A. J. Arnold and C. D. Litton, published 2003 (33 pp. & 11 leaves of illus., English Heritage) accessible at: British Library

Facing the Palace: Excavations in front of the Roman Palace at Fishbourne, by John Manley and David Rudkin, published 2003 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 141, article, pp.1-160) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500293] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Archaeology of Sussex to AD 2000, edited by David R. Rudling, published 15 October 2003 (262 pp., King's Lynn: Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd., ISBN-10: 0954445619 & ISBN-13: 9780954445614) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500076] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavation and survey in Bishopstone, East Sussex, 2003, by G. Taylor, published 2004 in Society of Medieval Archaeology Newsletter (30, article, pp.6-7)

River Lavant Culvert: excavations in Market Road car park, St John's Street, Chichester, 1996, by Frances Raymond, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, article, pp.45-61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation revealed two large ditches on the same alignment as the city wall. One of these may have been the Roman inner town ditch, re-cut at a later date. The other is likely to have been the medieval ditch constructed in 1378. Substantial post-medieval foundations had been laid immediately above the tertiary silts within this feature. These may have been associated with an episode of landscaping, involving an attempt to control the floodwaters of the River Lavant. Additional features included an early Roman hearth, a cellar of medieval or later date, a post-medieval property boundary, and a 19th- or early 20th-century well and outbuilding. A possible relict river channel was also located on the line of the 19th-century culvert.

Excavations at 1-3 High Street, Seaford, East Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, article, pp.79-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An area of c. 7 m by c. 7 m was mechanically stripped following the discovery of buried features during an archaeological evaluation of the site. The remains of a substantial structure were uncovered in the western half of the excavation area. The surviving masonry consisted mainly of flint and chalk/clunch, bonded with a sandy mortar. A single sherd of pottery dating from 1300 - 1400 was recovered from the foundation trench. A chalk-lined well was located below the corner of the building from which pottery dating from 1200 - 1275 was recovered, and the masonry also truncated a pit from which a pottery assemblage dating from 1225 - 1325 was recovered.
More limited structural remains built on a similar orientation were encountered in the eastern half of the site. Part of one of the structures truncated a pit containing pottery dating from 1125 - 1225. Hence all the structural remains encountered during the excavations appear to be of late medieval date.
The other features consisted of a small group of pits and post-holes. Medieval pottery was recovered from 19 separate contexts. The earliest group dates from 1125 - 1225, with the latest group dating from 1325 - 1425. Other finds include glazed roof tiles, floor tiles, slate, metalwork and animal bone (including fish) and charred seed remains.

Excavations east of London Road, Ashington, West Sussex 1999, by P. B. Higgins, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, shorter article, pp.131-135) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations in Winchelsea, Sussex, edited by David Martin and David Rudling, published 15 December 2004 (UCL Field Archaeology Unit monograph, no.3, viii + 184 pp., King's Lynn: Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd., ISBN-10: 095444566X & ISBN-13: 9780954445669) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Excavation of a Late Bronze Age enclosure site at Gatwick Airport, 2001, by Nicholas A. Wells, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.47-69) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In the summer of 2001, Framework Archaeology was commissioned to undertake a programme of archaeological investigations in advance of car park development in the North-West Zone of Gatwick Airport. The investigations culminated in the excavation of a partially enclosed Late Bronze Age settlement lying on the edge of the River Mole floodplain. Pollen, plant and insect remains indicated that the settlement occupied an area of previously cleared forest and woodland. An open landscape of grassland floodplain with scattered clumps of trees provided browsing and grazing for domestic animals. We can suggest that tillage occurred on the higher ground beyond the floodplain. The settlement developed and the landscape was cleared for pasture. The floodplain became drier, possibly because of modification and management of the watercourses and the increasing intensity in land-use. The excavation has demonstrated the archaeological and palaeo-environmental potential of the Mole Valley as it cuts through the Weald.

Roman and Medieval remains in Middleton-on-Sea, West Sussex: excavations at Nalgo Lodge, 2000, by Neil Griffin, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.151-172) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rescue excavations by Archaeology South-East (University College London Field Archaeology Unit) revealed evidence of parts of a Romano-British and medieval ditched field system, medieval smithing slag and traces of a possible building made of flint with a tiled roof. Roman activity falls within a broad date range between the mid- 1st and 4th centuries AD. Medieval pottery suggests a focus of activity in the late 13th-14th centuries, although some continuation into the early 15th century is also indicated. The presence of worked and burnt flint at the site, in addition to a solitary Middle to Late Bronze Age feature, suggests prehistoric activity in the vicinity. A single, poorly preserved Anglo-Saxon grave, carbon dated to cal. AD 680-890, with an east-west orientation, was also located.

Refining the biography of a marketplace tenement: a recent excavation and archaeological interpretive survey at 'The Marlipins', Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, by Gabor Thomas, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.173-204) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In advance of its recent redevelopment, The Marlipins - New Shoreham's sole remaining known medieval vernacular building and a local museum since the 1920s - was subjected to a programme of archaeological survey and recording which has shed new light on its constructional history. Emphasis is placed on integrating new details relating to the earliest (12th-century) phase of the building, including the tree-ring dates returned by the heavy timber joists spanning the ground floor, which must now have a strong claim to be the earliest in-situ survivals of domestic structural timber-work in Sussex, and the buried foundations for a previously unknown north wall incorporating a rectangular stone-lined pit - interpreted as the subterranean remnant of a first-floor garderobe. In addition to refining the chronology of its constituent phases, the opportunity is taken to reassess the likely function of the building as originally intended. A wider archaeological context for the historic range was provided by the results of an adjoining excavation which uncovered the footings for a medieval timber building or buildings, a group of medieval and post-medieval pits and foundations for 18th- and 19th-century workshops and sheds. Finds from this sequence included the first closely-dated assemblages of post-medieval pottery and glass to have been recovered from the town.

The excavation of a Later Saxon privy at Norton in East Sussex, by Mike Seager Thomas, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.267-269) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Dower House, Bayham Abbey, Little Bayham, East Sussex: tree-ring analysis of timbers, by Alison Arnold and Robert Howard, published 2006 (31 leaves, English Heritage) accessible at: British Library

Landscapes of failure: the archaeology of flooded wetlands at Titchwell and Thornham (Norfolk) and Broomhill (East Sussex), by Mark Gardiner and Barrie Hartwell, published 2006 in Journal of Wetland Archaeology (vol. 6, issue 1, article, pp.37-60)   View Online

Broomhill was flooded in the late thirteenth century, but earlier flood events are identified from a study of the earthworks. The position of thirteenth-century scour holes was recorded and evidence for the medieval pre-flood landscape noted

Archaeological investigations at the junction of High Street and Kilnmead, Crawley, West Sussex , by Simon Stevens, Luke Barber and Jeremy Hodgkinson, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, short article, pp.203-207) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeological investigations at the site of Loxwood Place Farm, Loxwood, West Sussex , by Simon Stevens, Luke Barber and Lucy Sibun, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, short article, pp.207-212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation of a Mesolithic occupation site and a Saxon building to the rear of Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex , by Greg Priestley-Bell, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.51-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A small-scale excavation was undertaken in November 2001, following evaluation of the site in July of the same year. Mesolithic features and flintwork were identified, including evidence for a possible structure. Neolithic/Bronze Age and Roman activity was also represented within the finds assemblages and a single Roman feature identified. A Saxon building associated with late sixth- to early/mid seventh-century pottery provides important evidence for the Early-Mid Saxon period.

Excavations at the former site of Tribe's Yard, Bersted Street, Bognor Regis, West Sussex , by Simon Stevens, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.115-127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A small-scale excavation was undertaken at the site during March and early April 2002, following an evaluation in December of the previous year. Despite heavy modern truncation, a group of features ranging in date from the Middle Saxon (AD 650 - 750) to later medieval periods were excavated and recorded. The finds assemblages from all represented periods were small and the recovered environmental evidence was limited. However, the discovery of rare Middle Saxon remains was of particular significance.

The development of the port of Littlehampton, West Sussex, and excavations at East Bank, River Road, by Timothy Bradley and Christopher Phillpotts, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.155-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at East Bank, River Road, Littlehampton revealed a series of alluvial deposits, a late-eighteenth-century chalk well, and a large early-nineteenth-century wharf building, which fronted onto a dock to its west. In the late nineteenth century the dock was infilled and alterations were made to the wharf building. A coal shed was added to the rear and another structure was erected to the north to front River Road. A series of tiebacks retaining a river defence wall dating to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century was also recorded. This paper integrates the findings of the archaeological excavations with cartographic and documentary sources in order to trace the process of wharf building and the subsequent development of the east bank of the River Arun in Littlehampton during the later post-medieval period.

The West Dean Archaeological Project: research and teaching in the Sussex Downs, by Bill Sillar, published 2007 in Archaeology International (vol. 10, article, pp.54-57)

Archaeological investigations on the site of the former Rowe's Garage, Chichester, West Sussex , by Rachael Seager Smith, Nicholas Cooke, Rowena Gale, Stephanie Knight, Jacqueline I. McKinley and Chris Stevens, published 2007 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 145, article, pp.67-80) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15980] & The Keep [LIB/500363] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation on land formerly occupied by Rowe's Garage on The Hornet, Chichester revealed a large, mid-first century AD ditch, adding to the series of possibly defensive ditches previously identified immediately east of the later Roman town. During the rest of the Romano-British period, the site was used for small-scale domestic settlement, crop-processing and other agricultural activities. After the fourth century AD much of the western part of the site was quarried for clay and gravel. A handful of features provided evidence for the medieval and later suburb known to have developed outside the Eastgate from the thirteenth century; any more ephemeral remains were probably destroyed during the construction of the modern Rowe's Garage itself.

Archaeological investigations on the A27 Polegate Bypass, East Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2007 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 145, article, pp.119-135) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15980] & The Keep [LIB/500363] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The remains of a medieval farmstead were excavated following the identification of an area of archaeological interest during a large-scale evaluation of the route of the proposed bypass. A range of features including enclosure ditches, pits and post-holes were recorded. Finds included medieval pottery, animal bone, tile, brick, burnt clay, metalwork, ironworking slag, geological material and glass. Study of the pottery suggests that the site was occupied from the late twelfth/early thirteenth century to the mid-fourteenth century, although a few finds indicate some later activity.
A watching brief was maintained during groundworks for the bypass. Two post-medieval kilns were recorded (reported elsewhere). No further medieval sites were identified.

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.

An archaeological excavation at Steyning Museum, Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex, by Christopher Greatorex, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.95-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Seventeen medieval features were recorded during an excavation undertaken at Steyning Museum, Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex. These discoveries included part of a tenement boundary, pits and three possible post-holes dating to the twelfth to early/mid-thirteenth century. A single shallow scoop of mid-thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century origin was also investigated. The range of recovered artefacts/ecofacts (pottery, burnt clay, metalwork, animal bone and marine shell) is indicative of general waste derived from a relatively low-status family group or smallholding utilizing mainly local resources. This project has contributed to the detailed understanding of Steyning's early development and confirmed the archaeological potential of the immediate area.

Archaeological investigations at the ASDA site, Crawley, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.107-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An archaeological evaluation of the site carried out in June 2002 revealed a range of surviving archaeological deposits, despite extensive modern truncation. Seven separate areas of the site were then subjected to full excavation and recording based on potential identified during the evaluation. Although small quantities of flintwork were recovered from the overburden of one area, all of the excavated features dated from the medieval and post-medieval periods, with the majority of features dating from the mid-thirteenth to the third quarter of the fourteenth century. Two ironworking hearths and large quantities of slag were encountered as well as evidence of the deposition of domestic refuse in pits and ditches. A thirteenth-century well produced a remarkable assemblage of artefacts and environmental evidence including a large group of insect remains.

Excavations at the Jenner and Simpson Mill site, Mount Street, Battle, East Sussex, by Richard James, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.148-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 1997 Archaeology South-East carried out a major excavation in the centre of Battle, on the site of the medieval market place. An earlier evaluation in 1990 revealed the existence of stratified medieval deposits on the site. The 1997 work was hampered by extensive modern disturbance relating to the recent industrial use of the site, but did reveal an interesting sequence of features relating to the medieval and early post-medieval use of the site. Fragmentary remains of a stone building identified from documentary sources as being a former market hall or courthouse were excavated, together with a major boundary ditch and a series of rubbish pits. Two large ponds were also located. Artefacts included quantities of medieval and early post-medieval pottery, which, although not forming major assemblages, nevertheless cast light on the life of the town.

Excavations at The Pilgrims Rest, Park Lane, Battle, East Sussex, by Richard James, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.210-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An archaeological investigation at 42 North Street, Horsham, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.215-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

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.

Archaeological Excavations on the Route of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass West Sussex, 1992: Volume 1: Late Upper Palaeolithic-Anglo-Saxon, by A. P. Fitzpatrick, Andrew B. Powell and Michael J. Allen, published 17 November 2008 (284 pp., Wessex Archaeology, ISBN-10: 1874350191 & ISBN-13: 9781874350194) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Five main excavations and a number of smaller ones were undertaken in advance of the construction of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass near Chichester, West Sussex, in 1992. This volume presents the evidence for settlement and related evidence that spans 11,000 years from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the medieval. The sites examined included a Late Upper Palaeolithic palaeosol, two early Mesolithic residential base camps, isolated Early and Late Neolithic pits, an Early Bronze Age barrow and a Middle Bronze Age settlement, a Middle Iron Age settlement, an unusual Romano-British enclosure of unknown function, perhaps a shrine, and an Anglo-Saxon Sunken-Featured building.

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.

Excavations at No. 5 John Street, Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, article, pp.97-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations in September 2001 of an area measuring c. 10 m by c. 7 m within the historic core of the town revealed a total of 32 archaeological features, including structural remains, rubbish pits, cesspits and post-holes. There was some modern truncation and an extension to the area uncovered a probable Victorian well. However, the majority of the datable features encountered were medieval, ranging in date from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, with some sixteenth- and seventeenth-century material. Medieval finds included pottery, both local and imported in origin and glazed and unglazed fragments of roof and floor tile. Large quantities of oyster shell and a small assemblage of animal bone were also recovered. Environmental evidence was recovered from a number of the features.

Archaeological investigations at the former site of Parbrook Bungalow, Stane Street, Billingshurst, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, short article, pp.217-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An archaeological excavation at 94-96 High Street, Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, short article, pp.220-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Valdoe: Archaeology of a Locality within the Boxgrove Paleolandscape, by Matthew Pope, Mark Roberts, Andrew Maxted and Pat Jones, published January 2009 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 75, article, pp.265-304)   View Online

A programme of archaeological assessment, funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, was undertaken at the Valdoe Quarry in West Sussex ahead of a renewed and final stage of gravel extraction at the site. This paper gives an account of the evidence for human activity recovered in the course of this work. The analysis demonstrates that the Valdoe Quarry contained archaeology relating to the transport and modification of bifaces. These signatures formed part of wider patterns of land-use operated by the same hominin groups found at Boxgrove, within a single, developing palaeolandscape. It is concluded that further activity sites remain to be discovered within the general environs of the Valdoe and the parish of East Lavant where historically there have been surface finds of bifaces.

Ovingdean Medieval Manor, by John Funnell and Carol White, published April 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 117, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In May and early June 2008 Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society (BHAS) returned to Hog Croft field at Ovingdean, East Sussex. BHAS Field Unit previously excavated here in 2002, 2003 and 2006, confirming a substantial medieval complex: 13th century manor house, barns and out-houses, a well and several large ditches. This project by Carol White, MA student at Sussex University, was to focus on an area of interest from the 2006 excavation, the location of a possible detached kitchen, discerned by finds of bone and large amounts of marine shell. Boundaries to south and east were defined by robbed out wall foundation ditches, revealing a large dressed stone block at the eastern terminus. The interior was littered with large flint nodules, mortar, roof and medieval floor tiles. The 2008 investigation aimed to confirm the kitchen location, and to examine the south west quadrant of the manor house.

Excavations at Barcombe: Hot bath discovered in Church Field, by David Rudling and Chris Butler, published April 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 117, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 2008 a new research and training project was started in Church Field, Barcombe, East Sussex, adjacent to Dunstalls Field, site of the Roman villa excavated between 2001 and 2007 (see annual reports in previous issues of Sussex Past & Present). Previously, field walking, geophysics and test pitting in Church Field had indicated the presence of a Roman-period building, perhaps one with an underfloor hypocaust heating system.

Arlington Excavations: A major Roman roadside settlement uncovered, by Greg Chuter, published December 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 119, article, p.10, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Between 2004 and 2009 archaeological investigation of the fields south of Arlington village, by local volunteers under the direction of Greg Chuter identified a hitherto unknown Roman roadside settlement, an associated cemetery site and the true course of the major Roman road between Pevensey and the Ouse Valley.
Roman activity was first noted in the area as early as 1915 when a local farmer collected quantities of Roman pottery from two of his fields; further finds were recorded in the 1960s leading to the excavation of a Roman building, thought at the time to be a villa. Rescue excavation during the construction of the Arlington reservoir recorded further evidence of Roman occupation including a pottery kiln.

Nyetimber Farm barns, Gay Street, West Chiltington, near Pulborough, West Sussex : tree-ring analysis of timbers, by Alison Arnold, Robert Howard and Martin Bridge, published 2010 (English Heritage) accessible at: British Library

The excavation of prehistoric remains, a Roman road and post-medieval kiln at Stane Street, Westhampnett, West Sussex, by Greg Priestley-Bell, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.47-70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Evaluation and excavation on the line of Stane Street at Westhampnett, near Chichester, West Sussex revealed significant remains relating to the Roman road, including part of the agger, a flanking ditch, both zonal ditches and the rutted surface of a metalled 'carriageway'. Roman Stane Street at this location was c. 25 m wide in total, with c. 7 m between zonal ditch and flanking ditch (all measurements taken from the centres of the ditches). While the flanking ditch produced mid first-century AD pottery, a small quantity of Early Saxon pottery, together with fourth-century Roman pottery, was recovered from the surface of the rutted southern 'carriageway'. A brick kiln of probable mid sixteenth- to seventeenth-century date was revealed during the evaluation and preserved in situ. A small number of prehistoric features were also identified, including four possible Bronze Age pits, a Middle Iron Age ditch and a Late Iron Age/Early Roman pit.

The medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes, East Sussex: excavations 1994, by Luke Barber and Lucy Sibun, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.79-110) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

During the spring/summer of 1994 excavations were undertaken at the former site of the medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes, East Sussex prior to redevelopment works. Two areas were excavated but little structural evidence for the hospital buildings was located. One area revealed part of the hospital cemetery and 103 burials were excavated. Also within this area were two large quarries thought to have been dug during a construction phase at the hospital, probably in the twelfth century. The second area contained yet another quarry, used for the disposal of large quantities of domestic refuse, particularly pottery, in the early thirteenth century. This area also contained the remains of a sill wall for a timber-framed building, which may have served the hospital.

Beyond the villa: excavation at Southwick, West Sussex, 2008, by Giles Standing, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, short article, pp.247-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Pevensey Castle, 1936 to 1964, by Malcolm A. B. Lyne, published 10 January 2010 (163 pp., British Archaeological Reports, ISBN-10: 1407306294 & ISBN-13: 9781407306292) accessible at: British Library

Hidden Roman Waterways? Geoarchaeological research at Barcombe Roman villa, by Mike Allen, published April 2010 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 120, article, p.7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Between the Barcombe Roman villa (Dunstalls Field) and bath-house (Church Field) is a small ditched drain running from Barcombe toward the Ouse floodplain. Today it's an inconvenience as we have to cross the footbridge to go between these two Roman sites. But what was it like in Roman times; how did they cross between the villa and bathhouse? Perhaps the stream didn't exist then. . . or perhaps it, like some of the other small field-side ditches, were much larger water courses. If so, surely it is important to know a bit about the nature of these before we can really understand the villa and bath-house at Barcombe and the other Roman sites at Culver Farm. While we're on the subject of water, Church Pond next to St Mary's Church is large and auspicious, and clearly today a managed and landscaped feature. With the important Roman activity here, perhaps this water too was an important resource and factor in the choice of location here?

Ovingdean Excavations: Evidence of a curious Medieval diet uncovered?, by John Funnell, published April 2010 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 120, article, p.10, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 2009 the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society returned to Hog Croft field at Ovingdean. The new season of excavations was designed to uncover and plan the medieval house found in 2003 and partially exposed in subsequent seasons. Previous excavations had uncovered the north/east and south corners of a substantial building constructed of flint and mortar. The corners of the house revealed previously had shown a distinct difference in construction, and raised a number of interesting questions.

Coldean Valley Excavations: Extensive Bronze Age settlement revealed, by Lisa Jayne Fisher, published August 2010 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 121, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In the summer of 2008 a small trench was excavated across a lynchet (field bank) next to the University of Brighton's halls of residence, Varley Halls, off Coldean Lane in Brighton. This was a small training excavation which I directed as part of my MA in field archaeology at the University of Sussex, with expert support in the field from John Funnell of the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society (BHAS) alongside several BHAS diggers. The trench was targeted across a lynchet to establish a date and see how it related chronologically to the nearby Middle Bronze Age (MBA) settlement, which was excavated as part of the Brighton-by-pass project by Ian Grieg in 1992.

The Later Anglo-Saxon Settlement at Bishopstone: a downland manor in the making, by Gabor Thomas, published 31 December 2010 (280 pp., Council for British Archaeology, ISBN-10: 1902771834 & ISBN-13: 9781902771830) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Well known for the Early Anglo-Saxon settlement previously excavated on Rookery Hill and its impressive pre-Conquest church, Bishopstone has entered archaeological orthodoxy as a classic example of a 'Middle Saxon Shift'. This volume reports on the excavations from 2002 to 2005 designed to investigate this transition, with the focus on the origins of Bishopstone village. Excavations adjacent to St Andrews churchyard revealed a dense swathe of later Anglo-Saxon (8th- to late 10th-/early 11th-century) habitation, including a planned complex of timber halls, and a unique cellared tower. The occupation encroached upon a pre-Conquest cemetery of 43 inhumations.

This is a hugely impressive volume and the author and his 25 contributors are to be congratulated for bringing the results of a complex excavation that completed in 2005 to publication in 2010. Would that every other archaeologist could match this speed! Since this project commenced when Gabor was employed as Research Officer for the Sussex Archaeological Society, the Society can afford to give itself a modest pat on the back.
This was a classic chalkland excavation, just to the north of the present church at Bishopstone (near Newhaven, East Sussex): strip the turf and thin topsoil, and the dark impressions of post-holes and pits showed up nicely against the white-ish chalk. So what was found? Two broad phases constitute the pre-Norman archaeology - a number of shroud burials (8th and 9th centuries) that may have formed part of a field cemetery prior to the building of the church and a subsequent elite settlement comprised of rectangular timber buildings associated with a large number of pits.
It is the settlement, with its rich array of finds and environmental data, that provides the most fascinating insights into late Anglo-Saxon life, but also raises the greatest challenges in interpretation. The timber buildings showed different construction techniques, and some may have been arranged around courtyards. However, the lack of stratigraphic depth meant that phasing the buildings was problematic. One can sense the excavator's frustration when four competing interpretations are laid out for one structural complex. Exceptional among the buildings was a deeply-cellared tower-like structure that may have been a strong room. Some 78 pits were found, a number beginning life as timber-lined storage pits, ending up as cess or rubbish pits.
The animal bone report makes for intriguing reading, presenting conclusions from an analysis of 28,135 fragmentary bones. The significant percentages of pig and marine fish suggest high-status occupants, who occasionally feasted, and lived an almost protourban lifestyle. An elevated status was also enjoyed by one local feline who seems to have been fed a lot of sea fish - an aristocratic puss that no doubt lorded it over its largely feral companions on site. There are a number of hints in the report that the lifestyles of some of the occupants incorporated un-Christian practices: the 'closure hoard' of iron-work buried in the tower's cellar, and the 43 'associated bone groups' from the pits echo earlier prehistoric and Romano-British behaviours.
In laying out his definitive interpretations of Bishopstone Gabor is at pains to be evenhanded. Through the lens of history Bishopstone could be considered as an Anglo-Saxon minster. Switch lenses to an archaeological one, and the site could be viewed as the centre of a successful estate. The time-depth of the current site suggests that the end of the nearby early Saxon settlement of Rookery Hill could have been broadly contemporary with the first burials at Bishopstone.
This volume represents an important contribution to the later Anglo-Saxon history and archaeology of Sussex and of southern Britain. I am sure it will be quoted extensively by other scholars, and its interpretations and data will be both repeated and no doubt re-worked. From inception to publication it's a great piece of work - well done to all concerned.

Mapping the archaeology of Ringmer parish to AD 1349, by David H. Millum, published 2011 (The Author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Dinosaur quarries of Hastings, by K. Brooks, published 2011 in Hastings and District Geological Society Journal (vol. 17, article, pp.7-13)

A cattle burial from Hassocks, West Sussex, by David Mullin, Lena Strid, and Edward Biddulph, published 2011 in Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 45, no. 2, article, p.366)

What did Ivan Margary ever do for me? An excavation of the Roman Greensand Way at Plumpton, by David Millum, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.25-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An account of an evaluation project of the Sussex Greensand Way at Ashurst Farm, Plumpton which confirmed Margary's inferred alignment and revealed information about the structure of the Roman road.

Excavation of medieval burgage plots and further evidence of iron working on land off Pegler Way, Crawley, West Sussex, by Stephen Hammond, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.49-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation at Pegler Way has extended the evidence of medieval burgage plot boundaries recovered from an adjacent site on the Crawley High Street Relief Road and added more evidence of the local disposal of iron-working waste, although again the primary working site has not been identified. A rare find of a wooden scutching knife suggests flax processing. The site appears to have been used only for a short span, from the late 12th to the 14th century.

Archaeological investigations at the Ropetackle site, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.59-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeology South-East undertook a programme of archaeological work at Ropetackle, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex between 2000 and 2003. A range of archaeological features were recorded, dating from the Late Iron Age to the post-medieval period, although the majority represented medieval activity. The medieval remains consisted predominately of pits, including cesspits, and wells, which produced substantial assemblages of artefacts and environmental evidence dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. Significant assemblages of local and imported pottery including a near-complete aquamanile were recovered, alongside ceramic building material, stone, metalwork, plant remains, and animal and fish bone. Large assemblages of post-medieval finds were also recovered, including significant groups of 17th- to 19th-century pottery from cesspits in former back yards.

Excavation of a post-medieval cottage at Eartham, West Sussex, by David Butcher, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.185-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In June 2009 an excavation was conducted in the village of Eartham, near Chichester, to investigate a group of buildings shown on 18th- and 19th-century maps. The remains of at least one building were located, together with large quantities of building material. Finds included pottery, animal bone, clay pipes, metalwork and glass; these suggest a date range for occupation of the buildings from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Evidence was also found of occupation on the site from the medieval period, including a 13th-century cesspit

Further beyond the villa: Southwick revisited, 1933 and 2008, by Giles Standing, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, short article, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Prehistoric Wetlands Discovery: A new Middle Bronze Age waterlogged site in Sussex, by Michael J. Allen, published December 2011 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 125, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

As part of the geoarchaeological and hydrological study by Mike Allen, funded by a Margary grant from Sussex Archaeological Society, of the environs of Barcombe villa and bathhouse (see previous issues of SP&P for details of these excavations), a preliminary investigation was undertaken in a former tributary valley of the river Ouse at 'The Wilderness'. This steep-sided broad flat-bottomed valley is now heavily wooded but in the past was an important tributary of the Ouse that may have allowed access to the Roman bathhouse and villa by shallow-draught boats or barges.
Preliminary augering in November 2009 with assistance from archaeology students John Kane and Philippa Whitehall of Sussex University, indicated the presence of alluvium over rare important prehistoric waterlogged peats in the former channel. In November 2010, with the permission of the land owner through the kind auspices of Rob Wallace, Mike Allen directed a further group of Sussex University students (Andy Bradshaw, John Kane, David Millum and Jan Oldham) during the excavation of a small test pit (1.2m x 1.2m) to examine and sample the site. This revealed 70cm of alluvium over a 40cm thick peat deposit with hazelnuts, twigs and preserved leaves. The most astonishing discovery, however, was a large waterlogged oak stake over 0.5m long and more than 20cm in diameter and clearly cut into a point (Fig. 2) with adze marks clearly visible. We assume it formed part of a trackway or platform over the peat-filled channel, later buried under nearly 1m of Roman and medieval alluvium.

Exploration of the Sussex coastal plain through time: excavations at Titnore Lane, Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, by Chris Clarke, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, article, pp.5-46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations undertaken by AOC Archaeology Group in 2008 at Titnore Lane, Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex revealed evidence for activity on site spanning from the Mesolithic through into the modern period, with only the Anglo-Saxon period not represented. The earliest activity was associated with the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic periods and consisted of a small number of scattered features and a dispersed finds assemblage. By the Middle Bronze Age the first signs of intensive exploitation of the coastal plain were identified in the form of a trackway and associated pits. There was a greater concentration of activity on site in the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age period; evidence of a small dispersed settlement was found which incorporated a roundhouse, a livestock pen and several pits. Continuity in activity continued into the Middle to Late Iron Age periods, represented by an unenclosed nucleated settlement consisting of several phases of roundhouse construction with an associated large artificial pond and possible workshops. In a further phase of continuity, the Late Iron Age settlement was replaced by an early Roman field system and general activity associated with Goring Roman Villa, located a short distance to the south of the site. Romano-British activity continued into the 2nd century ad before the site was abandoned by the mid 2nd century ad. This hiatus lasted until the 12th century, at which point a large enclosure and a ditch system were created, which were in use up to the 14th century. A limited number of post-medieval and modern features were present, which primarily represented the agricultural use of the site over the past few hundred years.

Archaeological investigations in the Vicarage Garden, Causeway, Horsham, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, article, pp.123-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Following an archaeological evaluation of the Vicarage Garden, Causeway, Horsham, West Sussex in June 2006, an open area was excavated during July and August 2006, and a subsequent watching brief was maintained during groundworks elsewhere at the site, ending in February 2007. Encountered features included medieval and early post-medieval ditches, pits and possible quarry pits. Finds included pottery, ceramic building material and stone, and a range of other artefacts, including worked bone used in the manufacture of pins.

Rocky Clump Excavation: Enclosure revealed in latest dig, by John Funnell, published April 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 126, article, p.13, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In April 2011 the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society returned to Rocky Clump, Stanmer, Brighton. For the past two decades the Society has been digging in the field to the north of the copse of trees finding pits, post holes, ditches and artefacts from the Late Iron Age and Romano-British periods. This year the excavations move to the field south of the copse to seek evidence for the actual settlement. A geophysical survey conducted several years ago indicated a number of circular anomalies which could be round house platforms. A number of trial trenches were therefore marked ready for investigation.

Culver Archaeological Project: An intriguing first seven years, by David Millum and Rob Wallace, published December 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 128, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

For the last seven years the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP), under director Rob Wallace, has been investigating the historical environment of the Upper Ouse Valley in the parishes of Barcombe and Ringmer. In 2005 Rob had discovered a substantial Roman road running to the east of the Barcombe villa complex, heading north east through the fields of Culver Farm, where CAP's subsequent fieldwork has been undertaken.

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.

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.

All That Matters: Archaeology, by John Manley, published 2014 (160 pp., Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN-10: 1471801594 & ISBN-13: 9781471801594)

Archaeological investigations at 29-35 High Street, Crawley, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2014 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 152, article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18617] & The Keep [LIB/508097] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A small-scale archaeological excavation was undertaken at 29-35 High Street, Crawley following an evaluation of the site by trial-trenching. A small group of medieval and post-medieval features was uncovered including, significantly, the remains of an ironworking ore roasting hearth. Other features included pits and the remains of a number of late post-medieval buildings.

Eastbourne: Aspects of Archaeology, History and Heritage, edited by Michael J. Allen, published 1 August 2014 (114 pp., Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society, ISBN-10: 0954291867 & ISBN-13: 9780954291860) accessible at: Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society

A tribute to Eastbourne Archaeologist Lawrence Stevens. This collection of archaeological essays provides an easy insight into the wealth and diversity of archaeology and heritage in the Eastbourne area.

This volume has been produced to honour the tireless efforts of Lawrence Stevens, and his wife Pat, in researching and promoting the archaeology of Eastbourne for about forty years. I understand that Lawrence, the worthy recipient of a "festschrift", was taken completely by surprise by its presentation to him during a conference this summer, so the occasion was touching and delightful.
The first chapter is a short biography of Lawrence and describes his research, teaching and encouragement of other archaeologists and historians in the area. The extent of the Stevens' interests is indicated by the range of papers. On my first perusal, three contributions stood out as particularly note-worthy: Hayley Forsyth's analyses of skeletal material ("Eastbourne Ancestors") from two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries (Ockynge Hill and ECAT) - dating, inferences of nutrition, childhood home location, and disease; Martin Bell and Chris Butler's chapter on their excavation below the Long Man of Wilmington, with the conclusion that it is a post-medieval construct, created between AD1540-1710 (brick fragments tell the story) and David Rudlings's synopsis of the 1970's fieldwork on Bullock Down in the light of current interpretations of Romano-British rural settlements and votive practices.
On my second reading I found further interesting topics, for instance in Mike Allen's paper which provides dateable sequences for the inundation and drying out of the Willingdon Levels against hill wash data from elsewhere in town and also in that by Chris Greatorex, ostensibly about Crowlink Barrow, but leading on to a consideration of Beaker evidence on the Beachy Head block of Downland. This area is also the subject of Julie Gardiner's paper on Neolithic flintwork, with thoughts on socio-economic reasons for differences by location and date. It was also interesting to learn that the 1963 discovery of boat fragments in a sewer trench, might now be dateable to the Norman or Saxon period, shunting a medieval interpretation back to 10th-11th centuries AD, so it was a much rarer and more significant vessel. Finally, the topic of Lawrence Stevens' own particular interest in mills has been tackled by Peter Hill in an informative paper on the local examples.
This celebratory volume has variety, yet academic substance, and will introduce readers to many interesting aspects of Eastbourne's heritage. I congratulate both the recipient and the editor, and commend the volume.

Bridge Farm 2014: A year of incredible rarities, by David Millum AlfA, MA, BA, published December 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 134, article, pp.8-9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

As reported in Sussex Past & Present 133 (p5), this summer saw the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP) excavating an area of the Romano-British settlement at Bridge Farm that showed an 18 x 6 metre rectangle of 13 round anomalies observed in a geophysical survey. The team believed that this presented a pattern of postholes for a substantial building and, if so, the first building to be excavated at the settlement.

A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Sussex, edited by John Blackwell, Peter Holtham and Martin Snow, published 2015 (76 pp., Telford: Association for Industrial Archaeology, ISBN-13: 9780956025142) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508995] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A colour illustrated guide and gazetteer to sites of industrial arachaeological interest in East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. Includes windmills and watermills, railways, ironworks, kilns, breweries & malthouses, canals & waterways, bridges and toll houses, cinemas, piers, leisure facilities and museums.

Survey and excavation at Goblestubbs Copse, Arundel, West Sussex, by David McOmish and Gordon Hayden, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.1-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This report outlines the results of a programme of fieldwork undertaken by English Heritage in collaboration with the Worthing Archaeological Society. It focused on an area of woodland, some of it dense and unmanaged, to the west of the town of Arundel. Here, investigation centred on a cluster of enclosures at Goblestubbs Copse, and included detailed earthwork survey followed by a limited amount of excavation. The results are unequivocal: the enclosures date to the early decades of the 1st millennium AD and were likely still to have been in use at the time of the Claudian Conquest, and for a time thereafter too. The Goblestubbs complex may well be only one of a number of other contemporary foci in this particular area, suggesting that it was an important nexus of activity, complementary to developments further to the west in and around Chichester.

Archaeological investigations of the Devil's Ditch at Windmill Park, Stane Street, Halnaker, West Sussex, by Anna Doherty and Nick Garland, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.41-46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A small excavation was carried out on a section of "the Devil's Ditch" at Halnaker. This ditch-and-bank entrenchment has generally been interpreted as part of a series of dykes enclosing a c. 1st century BC territorial oppidum at the western edge of the Sussex coastal plain. However, previous campaigns of excavation have produced ambiguous dating evidence, leading to some suggestions that the monument is actually of medieval date. Although there were some indications of Roman and/or medieval re-cutting of the ditch, OSL dating of the primary fills produced date ranges falling entirely within the 1st millennium BC. The most significant finding is that the earliest fills of the ditch had started to accumulate by c.80 BC at the latest. This evidence essentially disproves the theory that the ditch was first established as boundary to a medieval deer park but it also poses questions about whether the entrenchment could have been founded before the Late Iron Age.

A Romano-British settlement with ovens and field system at Theobalds Road, Wivelsfield, East Sussex, by Andrew B. Powell with contributions by Catherine Barnett, Nicholas Cooke, Lorraine Mepham, Chris J. Stevens and Sarah F. Wyles, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.47-61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation west of Wivelsfield, East Sussex, revealed part of an early Romano-British settlement. One of the round-houses may have had a non-domestic, possibly ritual, function. The settlement appears to have been subsequently incorporated within a rectilinear arrangement of field/enclosure ditches. Along the edge of one of these ditches were built a series of features interpreted as ovens, of varying form and likely use, from which charred waste from cereal processing and charcoal from coppiced woodland were recovered.

Archaeological investigations at Pevensey and Westham CE School, High Street, Westham, East Sussex, by Richard James with contributions from Luke Barber, Lisa Gray and Lucy Sibun, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.73-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation at Pevensey and Westham CE School, Westham revealed evidence for medieval activity, mainly of 11th-13th century date. Two phases of ditch systems were identified, probably related to drainage activity associated with a marshland-edge location. A handful of pits and a possible structure were also recorded, although associated finds were very limited. A small collection of residual Roman pottery was recovered, but no features of this date were identified.

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.

Around the Ancient Track: Archaeological Excavations for the Brighton and Hove Water Treatment Works and Adjacent Housing at Peacehaven, East Sussex, by Diccon Hart, published 1 September 2015 (312 pp., SpoilHeap Publications, ISBN-10: 0957650949 & ISBN-13: 9780957650947)

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.

The Archaeology of the Ouse Valley, Sussex, to AD 1500, edited by Dudley Moore, Michael Allen & David Rudling, published 2016 (xxii + 137 pp., Oxford: Archaeopress Archaeology, ISBN-10: 1784913774 & ISBN-13: 9781784913779) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Ouse valley, East Sussex, is a key communication route from the Channel coast, via the Downs (and the historic county town of Lewes), to the wide expanse of the Weald. It traverses and encompasses landscapes and archaeological sites of both regional and national importance - all connected by the river Ouse and its valley. This is the first review of the archaeology of this important landscape - from Palaeolithic to medieval times by contributors all routed in the archaeology of Sussex. Binding together the archaeology is a review of the geoarchaeology and palaeo-environment following which the chapters document the collective archaeology and potential from the Palaeolithic of Boxgrove vs Piltdown, via Mesolithic archaeology from the textbook excavations of Grahame Clark to recent 21st century investigations. Monuments of causewayed enclosures, long barrows and round barrows represent some of the Neolithic and Bronze Age evidence with some extraordinary finds recorded in the Bronze Age. From hillforts and villas, to medieval rural and urban excavation; the Ouse valley represents a microcosm of the wider region, the contributions collectively reveal the importance and significance of this valley to the development of landscape history and society of a quintessential English county. The narrative concludes with the first detailed research agenda for the Ouse valley.

The excavation of two linear earthworks in Pudding Bag Wood and Stanmer Great Wood, Brighton, by John Funnell, published 2016 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 154, article, pp.89-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18939] & The Keep [LIB/509465] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, 2003, by Richard James, published 2016 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 154, article, pp.141-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18939] & The Keep [LIB/509465] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on St Anne's Hill: A Middle/Late Iron Age Site and Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at St Anne's Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex , by Anna Doherty and Christopher Greatorex, published 2 May 2016 (240 pp., SpoilHeap Publications, ISBN-10: 0957650981 & ISBN-13: 9780957650985)

Perceptions of Park Mound: One of the best preserved Early Medieval earthworks in Sussex, by Diana Jones, published August 2016 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 139, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Plumpton Roman Vlla: unexpected discoveries at this year's excavation, by David Rudling, published December 2016 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 140, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

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)

The Hayworth: a lowland Vaccary site in South-East England, by Andrew Margetts, published 2017 in Medieval Archaeology (vol. 61, article, pp.117-148)

Remains of an 11th?13th-century farmstead were found in excavations in 'The Hayworth', an early enclosure on the 'lost' manor of Trubwick, West Sussex

Breaking Chalk: the archaeological investigation of early neolithic flint mines at Long Down and Harrow Hill, West Sussex, 1984-86, by Jon Baczkowski and Robin Holgate, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.1-29)

An archaeological investigation of a Roman villa in the parish of Elsted with Treyford cum Didling, West Sussex, by Jonathan Dicks, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.73-80)

The 2013 excavations of the Romano-British settlement at Bridge Farm, Wellingham: an interim summary, by David Millum and Robert Wallace, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.81-96)

Goblestubbs Copse Enclosure: The 2016 excavation finally confirms the site phasing, by Gordon Hayden, published April 2017 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 141, article, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Politics and Archaeology, by Tim Loughton, M.P., published December 2017 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 143, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library