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Archaeology Architecture Balsdean Cottage Excavation Newmarket Bottom Newmarket Farm Newmarket Hill Outside Toilet Project South Downs Trench Water tank Woodingdean

Revised Excavation Plan

Detailing my archaeological plans, trench by trench, has enabled me to realise just how much work will be involved in order to better understand how the cottage may have functioned: Find NE corner of garden boundary wall (1x1m trench on corner & extend if required to max 2x2m) Find S boundary wall junction; including corner […]

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Archaeology Brighton Castle Hill Local history Newmarket Bottom Newmarket Hill WWII

New WWII Archaeology on the Downs?

Really excited that after a walk to Castle Hill nature reserve, on the side of Newmarket Hill, I may have found some new archaeology! At TQ36470682, just above the edge of the steep sided Newmarket Bottom, was a spread of small (about 1cm diameter) pebbles associated with a 5m diameter roughly levelled off platform. It […]