East Sussex
Alciston, Rose Cottage – Two evaluation trenches located footings of a 19th- century building,
and a range of post-medieval artefacts (CBAS).
Ashburnham, Kitchenham Farm: still processing finds from the spring excavation season and
currently carrying out further geophysical survey of the landscape there (HAARG).
Barcombe. Culver project (possible) ‘Mansio’ site. Further geophysics work has possibly
revealed where the Greensand Way meets the river. Geophysics survey of the probable industrial
settlement site recently excavated by Rob Wallace shows the road very clearly and the settlement
ditches running perpendicular to it. What was previously thought to be evidence of ironworking
has now been confirmed as a modern metal pipeline (Dave Stavely).
Barcombe Bath House – excavations concentrated on the north furnace area (Flues B & C) and
the most westerly room (WR2). Both areas were extensively excavated to the interpreted natural.
Both proved to be intriguing multi-phase structures which to date are not fully resolved and a fifth
year of excavation (2012) is now on the cards. Coins from the early 4 th C.AD were found on the
surface of the filled in north ditch and the top fill of WR2, including a ‘Wolf and Twins’
barbarous from AD330/5. A small column base was excavated adjacent to Flue B but may be just
reused material to narrow flue entrance rather than an in situ feature? WR2’s use is still in
question as there is no proof of it being a swimming pool so far other than a corner drain and the
double walling. Increased use of metal detectors resulted in a greater collection of small finds
than in previous seasons with many (seemingly) female associated items such as hair pins now
being found.
In 2012 it is also hoped to also survey the water channel and Michael Allen will return to an area
called ‘The Wilderness’ to further investigate a Bronze Age wetland (the site produced a
waterlogged, prehistoric oak stake during sampling in 2010 ) (Mike Allen/ David Rudling CCE/
MSFAT).
*Bishopstone Tidemills. Excavations in the former allotment area have uncovered evidence of
late 19th- to 20th- century manuring, the original steps into the allotment from the road and two
structures. The first is some form of late lean-to on the south side of the barn, possibly an
improvised military field kitchen. The main structure contained a cast metal vessel set in
brickwork above a hearth for heating. The other structure, which does not appear on any of the
maps and photos, proved to be a pineapple pit. This appears to be only the second excavated in
the country – with the other at the lost gardens of Heligan. The pit is set in the ground with a
central growing bed that would have been roofed as a greenhouse. Around this bed manure would
have been placed to provide the heat. The structure was later converted to a hot flue system of
heating though this never appears to have been used. It can only be assumed that the pit may have
been an early attempt at pineapple growing by William Catt which was abandoned before the first
Tithe map was produced.
Broadwater Warren. Monitoring 2nd year of Forestry operations for RSPB, including clearance
of trees from the firing range. Recorded possible pillow mound, couple of other mounds, and
continuation of hollow ways and banks previously located (CBAS).
Brede: WB at Grade 2 listed oast house (the first American style oast in the UK) which revealed
nothing (HAARG).
*Brede High Woods. Recently appointed to run Community Archaeology programme for the
Woodland Trust over three years – will involve excavation of medieval/post-medieval farmstead,
ironworking site, charcoal burning platform and saw pit. – Opportunities for volunteers - Contact
CBAS
Brighton, Rocky Clump. (TQ 328 101).
The excavations have uncovered a huge Romano-British rubbish pit or midden. Incredible
number of finds of pottery including several really impressive decorated items. There is a huge
layer of mussel shells, about 2 metres long, and a lovely 1st- century brooch. The area being
excavated is possibly only 1/6th of a huge geophysical anomaly which could be the whole midden.
It does suggest that the settlement must not be that far away. Numbers have been good all season
with some people regularly coming down from London to dig and draw. The dig is likely to
continue until late November or even early December, weather permitting. For further details
contact John Funnell on john.funnell@brightonarch.org.uk or call 01273 607127.
Brighton, Exeter Street. WB revealed contemporary finds and no features (BHAS).
Brighton, 51 Roedean Road. WB which produced bones and single sherds of prehistoric and
Roman pottery, but no features (BHAS).
Burwash: just off Main Street. WB revealed Victorian remains (HAARG).
Castle Croft, nr Boreham Street: ongoing geophysics and working on a NE licence to test pit
on the adjoining field (HAARG).
Eastbourne, 202 Willingdon Road. Watching brief during construction of extension. The site is
located adjacent to a Saxon cemetery discovered in the 19th century. No features or artefacts
suggesting this site is situated outside the limits of the cemetery (CBAS).
Eastbourne, Land off Penrith Way, Langney. (NGR 56230 10370)
PWL11 Alice Thorne. Ten 30m long evaluation trenches were excavated. A small number of
discrete features and ditches were identified, together with a very small quantity of pottery of
typical Late Iron Age or Romano-British fabric (7 small body sherds weighing 6 grams in total).
No positive evidence of settlement activity was recorded and the small finds assemblage suggests
that these features probably represent remote agricultural field boundary ditches. Another field
boundary ditch of probable post-medieval date was also observed in Trench 9 and several undated
features were identified across the site. A small focus of modern activity was recorded in the
northern part of Trench 6. (Archaeology South-East/CGMS).
Eastbourne, Filching Road (with Greg Chuter). WB revealed a medieval hearth scattered with
large unabraded C14th- pottery including the entire profile of one vessel (ESCC/Eastbourne
Museum Service).
Falmer, The Keep, Woollards Field, (NGR 3388 0812)
WFF 11 Katherine Grant. An archaeological evaluation comprising the excavation of two trialtrenches was carried out in advance of the redevelopment of the site. With the exception of the
northwest-southeast ditch which was previously recorded at the site, no archaeological features or
finds were revealed during this stage of work. This ditch and two sarsen stones were identified at
the site during historic landscape and walk-over surveys. The evaluation demonstrated that the
two sarsen stones were sitting on the surface and were not in-situ. It is therefore likely that the
stones were deposited at the edge of the field during farming activity. The ditch is likely to be of
fairly recent post-medieval origin and probably formed a boundary which separated the copse
from the field to the west. It is probable that this physical boundary was created to prevent
livestock from entering the wood and damaging the young growth of the woodland.
Unfortunately, the shallow and disturbed profile of the ditch meant that datable artefacts were not
recovered and as such no secure date was ascertained. (Archaeology South-East)
Firle: South-East Water pipeline scheme - Kent Archaeology Projects - A range of features
have been revealed including prehistoric pits containing assemblages of Middle Neolithic
Peterborough Ware and Late Bronze Age undecorated post Deverel-Rimbury pottery. Mike
Seager-Thomas is providing the analysis of the pottery and he notes that the latter group may also
include some (MBA) Deverel-Rimbury pottery. Peterborough Ware is fairly rare locally,
although there is a single jar from nearby Selmeston and Mike notes that the LBA material has
close parallels from Glynde Pit and Beddingham Roman Villa, both just hundreds of metres from
the present site (ESCC).
Glyndebourne Wind Turbine (TQ 4509 1115). WB on the erection of a wind turbine at Mill
Plain, c. 400m north of Glyndebourne opera house revealed cultivation related material, worked
flint and three shallow ‘pits’ marked by concentrations of fire-cracked flint. Although each
feature contained a small assemblage of LBA pottery there was no other evidence to aid
interpretation (CG Archaeology).
Hailsham Headquarters Building, Wealden District Council. (TQ 5907 0971). (HQH 11
Andrew Margetts). An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during ground works for the
refurbishment and extension of Wealden District Council’s Headquarters building in Hailsham.
No archaeological finds features or deposits were encountered during the work, the site having
been significantly truncated by modern services and the construction of the existing building.
(Archaeology South-East)
Hartfield, Parrock Brook - Small extension produced a small assemblage of post-medieval
finds. Recording of walls showed them to be modern in date (CBAS).
Hastings, Ore Place Farm, The Ridge. (NGR TQ 8202 1223).
(OPH11 Gary Webster). An archaeological watching brief was maintained during groundworks
which included a sewerage pumping station and approximately 45m of associated pipe trenching.
No archaeological finds, features or deposits were encountered. The site was largely truncated by
construction work relating to the road and existing services. (Archaeology South-East)
Hastings, 206 The Ridge. – Five evaluation trenches located no archaeological features. The
resultant small assemblage of finds included two sherds of C15th/16th pottery (CBAS).
Hastings, 195 The Ridge. (NGR 582656 111932).
(HTT 11 Katherine Grant). Three trial-trenches were excavated to a cumulative length of 60m.
The trenches showed considerable signs of disturbance to the natural horizon as well as evidence
of landscaping activity at the site. No archaeological features or finds were encountered during
the evaluation. Natural geology consisted of compact light to mid orange sand/sandy clay with
sandstone and siltstone inclusions (Ashdown Beds). (Archaeology South-East)
Lewes. Keer Street. WB at an 18th- century house that backs on to the town ditch. The ditch
appeared not to have been fully filled in at the time the house was constructed and a large
assemblage of pot and animal bone was retrieved (LAG).
Lewes, 205-206 High Street. An evaluation located post-medieval garden features, made ground
and an assemblage of medieval and post-medieval artefacts (CBAS).
Lewes, Southover Grange. Two phases of a watching brief during wall repairs. The large
assemblage of medieval material recovered is currently being analysed (CBAS).
Mayfield, North Lodge. WB revealed no features. A couple of medieval pottery sherds were
found (CBAS).
Newhaven, 5 Denton Rise, Denton. (NGR 545216 102604).
Watching Brief DRN11. Initial works monitored and nothing seen. Further on site works are due
to start in the New Year. (Archaeology South-East)
Northiam, St Mary’s church. (TQ 83008 24517). WB on drainage and septic tank trenches dug
into the southwest part of the graveyard, south of the church. St Mary’s is a 12th- century church
much ‘improved’ by Sidney Smirke in the 1830s when the Frewen mausoleum was added. A
small area under the south porch floor revealed the tread of a stone staircase that served a gallery
above the south aisle and some of the foundations of the south porch were also revealed. As
expected several burials were disturbed during the works within the actual graveyard in an area
devoid of memorial stones (CG Archaeology).
Offham, Offham Water Treatment Works. (NGR: TQ 540133 112270).
(OFF 10 Chris Russel). An archaeological watching brief was maintained during intrusive ground
works associated with the enlargement of the existing water treatment works at Offham, East
Sussex. No significant archaeological remains were encountered during the ground works
although an assemblage of finds was recovered from the topsoil and made ground deposits. This
assemblage is consistent with post-medieval agricultural activity at the site. (Archaeology SouthEast)
*Ore, Old St Helens Church. Community project with HAARG and other volunteers to record
memorials in the churchyard and sort out the various piles of loose stone. Recorded cemetery
monuments and inscriptions in August prior to potential disruption caused by laying of anti
badger grill over graveyard surface. Written and photographic record taken of all monuments
observed in the area of the works. Monitoring of Badger works in the churchyard continuing. Test
pits have also been excavated to ascertain foundation depths of the church walls. Proposed
community excavation in chancel and nave of church planned for next April. Anyone interested
should contact CBAS (CBAS/ HAARG).
Patcham, Ashley Close. WB revealed a small empty pit (BHAS).
Robertsbridge, Robertsbridge Abbey. Geophysical work - enhancing an earlier excavation/
evaluation survey by David and Barbara Martin with Robertsbridge Historical Group. Results
have revealed building footprints not previously visible by air and some features that appear to
run outside the Scheduled area (HAARG).
Rodmell, South Downs House, The Street. (TQ 41860 06110).
WB on a garage construction next to a converted 19th- century barn, in a previously landscaped/
developed garden area. Ground reduction to the interpreted natural revealed an arcing chalk subwall, c. 1970s garden feature concrete footings below garden soil and a concentration of animal
bones within the backfill of a 20th- century drain trench. Limited artifact evidence across the site
(CG Archaeology).
Seaford, Former Tennis Courts, Corsica House. Evaluation and geoarcheaological test pitting
ongoing (CBAS).
Seaford, Abundant Grace. Follow on watching brief from an earlier evaluation. Recorded a
WW2 air raid shelter and collected a couple of pieces prehistoric flintwork (CBAS).
Sedlescombe, Land at Pestalozzi Village. (NGR 578880 117550).
LPV11 Simon Stevens. A total of 12 trenches were excavated. A limited number of shallow
undated features were recorded and a small assemblage of material was recovered from the
overburden. In the absence of significant features, and/or large assemblages of ironworking slag,
it can only be concluded, based on currently available evidence, that the present site was not
utilised during the known use of the general area for Roman ironworking. (Archaeology SouthEast)
St Leonards on Sea, Filsham Valley School. (NGR TQ 7850 0925).
FVS11 Chris Russel. One trench was excavated which revealed natural silty clay geology at a
maximum height of 19.54m OD in the northwest of the trench falling off to 17.17m OD in the
southeast. Some disturbance, probably associated with the present school, was noted in the form
of a layer of made ground and two service trenches.
One archaeological feature containing a single Late Iron Age/Early Roman pottery sherd was
recorded. A single sherd of medieval pottery and flint flakes and a flint core of possible
Mesolithic or Neolithic date were recovered from colluvium. (Archaeology South-East)
Stanmer House, Stanmer Park. (NGR TQ 3364 0945).
Excavation. Alice Thorne SER11. A two-phase excavation of the remains of a Jacobean manor
house and service range to the rear of the re-modelled early 18th-century mansion. Project aims
were to understand and record phasing, chronology and dating of exposed walls, floors, etc. of the
lost wing which was demolished in the 1960s. A succession of remodelled and extended rooms,
inserted chimneys, systems of water management etc. were revealed, with evidence of raised
floor levels, re-used worked stone within brickwork and two bread ovens, evidence of which
could be discerned within the cellars of Stanmer House. On-going post-excavation work will help
to refine the project aims and the results will ultimately be published in SAC. (Archaeology
South-East)
Westham, 25 Pevensey Park Road. WB during extension, located two cut features producing
Romano-British pottery and tile (CBAS).
Wilmington, Priory Barn Cottage. (NGR 554368 104271).
WIP05 Simon Stevens and Katherine Grant. An archaeological watching brief was maintained
during limited groundworks associated with landscaping works at the site, which lies within the
Scheduled area of Wilmington priory. No significant archaeological deposits or features were
encountered during two monitoring visits. Although a range of artefacts was recovered from the
various contexts recorded at the site, the vast majority were late post-medieval or modern in date.
The exception was the small assemblage of building material, some of which was probably used
in the fabric of the medieval priory. (Archaeology South-East)
Winchelsea, Wren Cottage, 13 High Street. (NGR 59055 11740).
WCW11 Greg Priestley-Bell. One hand-dug evaluation trench was excavated. The work revealed
a remnant of an external hard standing or yard surface either relating to the 15th- to early 16thcentury building (Wren Cottage) or possibly to an earlier building previously located on the site.
A section of collapsed wall was also found, probably relating to the demolition of a medieval or
early post-medieval wall. It is likely that this wall would have stood broadly in the same
alignment as the nearby east-west return of the western garden wall. The garden walls perhaps
represent the remains of a now demolished building which could have predated the present 15th
too early 16th century structure. (Archaeology South-East)
Winchelsea, New Cottage. Evaluation and watching brief for a new extension confirmed an
adjacent cellar would not be impacted and resulted in the location of possible floor and C17 th/18thcut feature and post hole (CBAS).
West Sussex
Broadbridge Heath, Rapkyns Care Centre. (NGR 513490 132260).
RCB11. Nineteen evaluation trenches were excavated at the site. No archaeological features or
deposits were encountered. The topsoil finds were limited to occasional small pieces of firecracked flint etc. (Archaeology South-East)
Burgess Hill, Worlds End field. WB for a housing development has revealed Bronze Age
activity in the form of pits with pottery (WSCC/TVA).
Burgess Hill, Land adj Hammonds Place. No features, small assemblage of post-medieval
material (CBAS).
Burgess Hill, Mid Sussex Special School, RH15 1DZ. (TQ 31242 18495).
Sarah Porteus SSS10. An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during ground works
associated with the construction of the Mid Sussex Special School. Groundworks revealed a
plough soil, heavily truncated in places, overlying the natural Weald Clay substrate. A line of
trees is thought to mark a field boundary which once previously extended to the north west with
remaining trees removed in the early 20th century. (Archaeology South-East/CGMS)
Burpham Camp, Burpham. (Centred NGR: 503948 108858).
BCB11 Chris Russel. An archaeological watching brief was maintained during works associated
with the construction of a new equipment shed. No archaeological remains were encountered
during the ground works which were very shallow in nature. (Archaeology South-East)
Chichester, Watergate Hanger. CDAS held its training excavations at Watergate Hanger,
where they spent two weeks re-excavating walls of the Roman villa investigated by WSCC in the
mid. 1980s. This was an attempt to prove that a series of masonry structures running away from
the north-east end of the house were in fact aisled hall. They successfully traced the south wall of
the building for a distance of c.15 metres and established that its east, probable gable, wall still
stands to a height of 0.5 metres over at least 4 metres (CDC/James Kenny).
Ford, Ford Water Treatment Works new rising main. (NGR: SU 9960 0270).
FHF 11. This site is mostly truncated by the existing WTW, but the west part of the site did
contain the extensions of some Late Bronze Age and Romano-British linears found during ASE’s
previous excavation of Ford Water Treatment works in 2006. (Archaeology South-East)
Hassocks, South Bank. (TQ 3004 1542). 4 x 1m square evaluation trenches revealed no
significant features but an assemblage of 161 pieces of worked Downland flint of Mesolithic
origin was recovered. This when added to previous assemblages found on the surrounding
Greensand adds to the picture of major Mesolithic activity in this area possibly indicating a
repeatedly visited longer stay camp. CBAS/MSFAT
Hassocks, Former Highways Depot, London Road. (NGR 530236 116282).
HDH11 Nick Garland and Matt Pope. Eight evaluation trenches were excavated across the site.
The evaluation trenches revealed no archaeological remains and appeared in Trenches 1 to 6 to
have been truncated by modern development. Further stratum was revealed in two
geoarchaeological test pits which revealed alluvial deposits containing organic material and
discrete seams of weathered flint. Subsequent purposive geoarchaeological investigation
comprising four 3m deep test pits revealed that the site probably lies entirely over an alluvial
channel. (Archaeology South-East)
Haywards Heath, Proposed Pipeline from Fox Hill WTW to the south of Birch Way, RH17.
(NGR TQ 333 216 to TQ 342 227).
Watching Brief, FHP11. A watching brief is being maintained c. 1.8km pipeline crossing
agricultural land to the south of Haywards Heath. A moderate number of features were located
along its length including ditches, pits and post-holes many of which are undated. Some ditches
are on a noticeably different alignment to the current hedgerows and are not depicted on the
earliest maps of the area. Worked flint predominates in a limited range of artefacts collected
during easement stripping. (Archaeology South-East)
Henfield, Townmead. Four evaluation trenches excavated. No features, small assemblage of
post-medieval material (CBAS).
Horsham: Southwater, Land at Millfield, Magnetometer Survey and Watching Brief. (NGR:
516256 125440). Chris Russel. A detailed fluxgate gradiometer survey was carried out on land at
Millfield, in advance of the development of the site. The survey covered approximately 4.5ha and
consisted of short grass pasture bounded by hedges. Several anomalies were identified, most of
which were linear and positive in response. Two of these anomalies were consistent with field
boundaries recorded on 19th- century Ordnance Survey maps. An archaeological watching brief
was also carried out during the excavation of four geotechnical test pits. No archaeological
features, deposits or artefacts were identified during this work. A phase of trial trench evaluation
is scheduled to take place towards the end of 2011. (Archaeology South-East)
West of Horsham, Land East of the A24. (centred NGR 515500 130000).
LWH09 Gary Webster. An archaeological watching brief was conducted by ASE on large areas
which were being stripped for the building of a housing estate as well as the estates associated
roads and services. There were several archaeological features investigated during this watching
brief. Most notably several burnt pits, likely remains of hearths, were located and excavated.
Three of these burnt pits were located in close proximity to each other. A further 6 post holes
were also uncovered during the watching brief. A small assemblage of degraded CBM was
recovered from the burnt pits. (Archaeology South-East)
Littlehampton, White Meadows Primary School. (NGR 502540 102940).
WML10 Simon Stevens. An archaeological watching brief was maintained during groundworks
undertaken as part of the amalgamation of two schools. However the monitored area of the site
was found to have been heavily truncated by services. (Archaeology South-East)
Land at Meadow Way, West Sussex. (NGR 49087 10688).
TMW11 Greg Priestley-Bell. An archaeological/geo-archaeological watching brief was
maintained during geo-technical investigations. The watching brief comprised the continuous
monitoring of the mechanical excavation of six geo-technical/permeability test pits and one
permeability test pit. In addition, window samples were examined. A single straight ditch
measuring at least 130m long, c.2m wide and 700mm deep was identified in three test pits.
Although no dating evidence was recovered the feature was likely to predate 1778. Aldingbourne
Raised Beach deposits, consisting of marine sand with occasional small beach cobbles, were
identified below Head in two test pits in the centre and north-east of the site. In addition, c.
900mm of fine marine sand was also recorded in a window sample from the north-eastern edge of
the site. Lambeth Group clay (Reading Beds) was recorded below Head in one test pit in the
south-west corner of the site. (Archaeology South-East)
Medmerry: Managed Retreat Surveys
Survey 1.
One of the trial boreholes made by the contractors turned up un-abraded Roman pottery from an
indeterminate depth. Aerial photographs of the field to the east of the borehole originally gave
some indication of crop marks. However, there was no evidence of any features in either the
resistivity or magnetometry surveys carried out in a two hectare area around this borehole.
In the field to the south west quadrant of the borehole, there was an indication of a linear feature.
This could either be a modern land drain, or it could be an earlier ditch.
The magnetometry results show only a clear linear feature of marked responses going off the
survey area. It is unlikely that this is an ancient feature because the responses are so sharp.
However it could relate to WW2.
A break in the south west linear response in the
magnetometry plot might be caused by the linear feature in the resistivity plot – suggesting that
the linear feature in the resistivity plot is post WW2. If this were the case, there would be no
ancient archaeology.
Survey 2
Aerial photographs in a second filed showed apparent rectangular enclosures across the field.
On the brick earth that comprises a large part of the geology underlying this area, magnetometry
is of little value unless the features are very dominant.
The resistivity plot revealed features at two levels:
•
With the probes 0.5 meters apart, the cultivation marks were clearly picked up, with some
indications of features possibly circular below.
•
With the probes 1.0 metre apart, deeper features were indentified. The power cable was
for example much clearer. The images of the circular features were more intense.
It has been suggested by colleagues familiar with the area, that the faint roughly circular features
are bomb craters dating from WW2 when this area was used as a practice bombing range.
Presumably, unexploded ordnance has long since been removed from the site.
In spite of tempting targets identified through aerial photographs, and field walking, these surveys
have found no ancient archaeological features (David Rudkin/CDAS)
Midhurst Gas Replacement Works. (NGR: SU 8867 2146).
Watching Brief MID11 . Midhurst Gas Replacement works watching brief is ongoing. There
were three main sections to be watched; the first (South Street), second (Duck Lane) is ongoing
but has so far been truncated by previous works and the third (Sheep Lane) is due to commence in
January 2012. (Archaeology South-East)
Pagham, Land at Becket’s Barn, Church Farm Holiday Village. (SZ 88422 97396).
Greg Priestley-Bell. The site lies within the curtilage of Scheduled Ancient Monument 219
(West Sussex), Becket’s Barn, one of the surviving buildings of the former Pagham Rectory, the
earliest record of which dates to 1299. The superficial geology is brickearth and alluvium (tidal
flat deposits) at the northern boundary of Pagham Harbour. A much reduced probably Bronze
Age burnt mound was identified, consisting of a spread of comminuted fire-cracked flint
measuring 4.8m long, 1.4m wide up to 180mm deep. A channel c. 10m wide and 600mm deep
crossed the site broadly SW-NE; until relatively recently, the area to the south and east of
Becket’s Barn was a large meadow in which an extensive pattern of earthworks was evident.
Although the date of the earthworks is unclear, they are probably medieval or early post-medieval
in origin and have usually been interpreted as fish ponds or sluices related to a tide-mill. A semicircular robber trench seen to the east of the ‘earthwork’ probably related to a ‘pigeon house’ the
earliest record of which dates to 1443-44. (Archaeology South-East)
Pulborough, The Ridings (formerly ‘Oddstones’) Stane Street.
Simon Stevens. To date, seven archaeological watching brief site visits have been made, resulting
in the monitoring of the footings for four residential units, a limited area of stripping for an access
road, and a pipe trench. Footings for the house plots were mechanically excavated to a width
varying between 600mm and 900mm, to a maximum depth of 1.5m. The pipe trench was 600mm
in width and c.1m in depth. The road strip was taken down to the surface of the underlying
‘natural’ Greensand.
The recorded stratigraphy was similar in character in all of the monitored areas and consisted of a
layer of humic topsoil, context [100], which was a maximum of 400mm in thickness, which
directly overlay a layer of subsoil, context [101], with a maximum thickness of 600mm, which in
turn directly overlay the ‘natural’ geological deposit of Greensand, context [102]. These layers
were consistent with those encountered during the evaluation phase (ASE 2011). The only noted
variation from this sequence was the presence of a 300mm thick layer of redeposited subsoil,
context [103] forming the surface layer in the area of Plot 55. This had clearly been deposited
there during other recent groundworks at the site, and sealed the usual stratigraphic sequence seen
elsewhere.
At least one ditch encountered in the earlier evaluation of the site has been recorded and a small
assemblage of finds has been recovered from the overburden, including struck flint, fire-cracked
flint and post-medieval pottery. (Archaeology South-East)
Pulborough: north edge of Pulborough. Trial trenching has revealed IA gulleys running down
slope and LIA & RB pits. More work is expected there (WSCC/ Surrey County Arch Unit).
Scaynes Hill, Woodland Survey – Wapsbourne Woods. Woodland survey discovered a total of
63 new sites, including ironworking site, banks, charcoal burning platforms, saw pits, hollow
ways etc (CBAS).
Selsey, Medmerry Managed Realignment. (NGR: 483469, 095339).
SEL10, Jon Sygrave. To date Archaeology South-East has conducted a walk over survey to
determine the sites potential for remains/structures dating to WW2, relating to the defence of the
site and its use as an air to ground attack practice range. Work has also involved: the monitoring
of top soil stripping ahead of haul road construction; surveying geophysical survey grid for work
conducted by Chichester District Archaeological Society; monitoring the work of the Selsey
Searchers metal detector group and surveying in the location of metal finds found. This site is
ongoing and further work is to be undertaken on site over the next year. (Archaeology SouthEast)
Shoreham by Sea. Land at Former Southlands Hospital and St Giles Place Upper
Shoreham Road, (NGR 522600 105930).
SSH10 Alice Thorne. An archaeological watching brief was conducted by ASE over a thirteen
month period during 2010-2011. Groundworks associated with the residential development of the
site were monitored in the archaeological watching brief. A brick built well and massive chimney
base relating to the late 19th century/ early 20th century Steyning Union Workhouse were
recorded. (Archaeology South-East/CGMS)
Steyning: Geophysics survey in an area where Margary’s Roman Rd crosses the Adur resulted in
the finding of a probable Roman settlement on the west side of the river and the correct alignment
of the roman road further north of that postulated (Dave Stavely/ IHRG)
West Wittering, Watching Brief. ASE has monitored stripping ahead of haul road construction
and clay storage area. One Roman stone and tile built structure was recorded, thought to relate to
salt working. (Archaeology South-East)
Worthing, Half Brick Pub, BN11 2HA. (TQ 16243 02854).
Sarah Porteus WBP11. An archaeological watching brief revealed extensive modern intrusions to
the site, the periodic extensions and remodelling of the site over the years appear to have
significantly disturbed the underlying deposits. A linear running roughly NNE to SSW may be a
ditch, boundary or old stream filled in during the life of the pub and possibly present before its
construction and backfilled with shell, clay pipe and ceramics most likely associated with the pub.
(Archaeology South-East)