Author: David Cuthbertson

We had a good day Friday washing our pot and glass, thanks to the generous offer of the use of Archaeology South East’s finds unit for the day. A total of 6 volunteers managed to wash about half of our finds. It was great to see our finds looking nice clean and shiny. If you […]

We excavated some amazing ceramics and glassware, particularly considering the Newmarket Farm was only occupied by farm labourers and their poverty stricken families. Many of these are to be washed on Friday 10th July – do you fancy joining us?

Last month I gave a talk as part of the Woodingdean V.E. day commemorations. It was about the demise of Newmarket Farm and the Balsdean downs east of Woodingdean (a village near Brighton), 1938 – 1945. Unfortunately I was so busy (and anxious) researching the talk I didn’t get around to telling many people about […]

As you may know I have both AD(H)D, Asperger’s and an above average intelligence. Just like the archetypal mad professor, it is a wonderful combination of traits to have in order to start an exciting and ambitious project. However I do have a tendency to allow things to get out of control 🙂 About 5 […]

The Whitehawk Camp Family Archaeology Day – at which we had a stall – was a great success. The Museum recorded well over 500 visitors – many of which stopped to admire our display – and very good it looked too, if I say so myself!

Great news! The Newmarket Farm Dig project is to participate in the Family Archaeology Day at Brighton Museum, Saturday 31st January 10am-4pm. We hope to have lots of pictures as well as finds from our last dig on display. Archaeologist, Hilary Orange, wearing her manager’s hat for the Whitehawk Camp Community Archaeology Project passed on […]

It is a wonderful feeling, knowing that I am not on my own, and that similar work has been considered to be of historical importance. So it was, on Monday, that I attended the The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology AGM and talk, at the Society of Antiquaries in London. My first time, and needless to […]

I recently found a new website with maps, which was given the fantastic acronym of MAGIC. I am always looking out for (free) online sources for maps. I have always loved maps. And now the abilities of free software – such as Gimp, an Open Source alternative to Photoshop, or Inkscape, an Open Source alternative […]

  Last month I wrote of an exciting oral history project based on Stanmer, which is to provide the basis for a play by Sara Clifford of Inroads Productions that is due to be written. It will be centred around a clash of cultures – ancient and modern – which were very much accentuated during the […]

Several months ago I contacted Bethan Prosser of Brighton University’s Community University Partnership Programme. I have been looking for support on and off for a while now – both academic and practical. Until recently, apart from some very good meetings with some of their staff nothing has as yet materialized. One of these meetings was […]