2005 News Archive

December 2005

•  The Barcombe & Hamsey BIG DIG - Report - By Sue Rowland
  The Hamsey Big Dig was conducted as part of “Discovering Barcombe and Hamsey: contrasting communities”, a Sussex Archaeological Society community research project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. One of the aims of the project is to identify lost medieval house sites in both parishes. Early medieval documentation is sparse so archaeological evidence is very important. Few medieval sites have been identified so it can be assumed that some may have been replaced on the same site by later houses. A public meeting was held in Barcombe where residents were asked to come forward if they wished to dig a metre square test pit in their garden under the guidance of Chris Greatorex, archaeological consultant for the project. The aim was to find evidence for earlier settlement, particularly medieval.
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•  Landscape Character Assessment for Mid-Sussex - by Bruce Milton
  I attended a Stakeholder workshop in Burgess Hill last September. This was one of a series of workshops as part of an initiative set up by West Sussex County Council for their ‘Character of West Sussex Partnership Programme’ This programme aims to “identify the diverse character of West Sussex so helping to promote, protect and enhance this character and diversity”.
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•  West Sussex Liaison Group Meeting - By Bruce Milton

  On 1^st November this year, I attended the latest West Sussex Liaison Group meeting at the Marlipins Museum, Shoreham-on-Sea. The meeting, chaired by Liz Wilson the Finds Liaison Officer for Sussex was attended by the County Archaeologists and Museum curators together with several archaeological and metal detecting groups within West Sussex.
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November 2005

•  A Foreign Stone Hammer? - By Chris Butler
  A stone hammer was found during building work near Copthorne some years ago, and was recently shown to me by Allan, a resident of Barcombe.
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February 2005

•  Keymer Burial Ground - by Chris Butler
  On the 26^th and 27^th February MSFAT carried out an assessment excavation at Keymer, on the site of a proposed new burial ground. This is located opposite the church, and may have originally been on the Medieval road frontage.
  - FEBRUARY 2005 [Click the title above for more...]