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Friday, despite the cold and the Saxon dig at Patcham, 4 volunteers turned up to dig. We concentrated on the western half of the ‘lean-to’ extension to the south of the original cottage. We have now excavated down through the demolition rubble, with its fragments of slate roof tile, uncovering more of the flint and […]

Sunday was another cold breezy day, with 4 volunteers & a welcome flying visit from John Funnel who is in charge of field work for Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society. Digging is now progressing downwards rather than sideways, working through the footings/foundation layers either side of the walls of the later extension at the S […]

Sunday’s flying visit by John Funnel (head of digging for BHAS) was a very useful one for me. He has been acting as mentor for me, since I have no previous dig experience. I also have ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome – which basically means I get side-tracked very easily and find it difficult to motivate […]

After a grey start, the sun soon came out, though the wind was cool. Four volunteers turned up. Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society are busy for another week with their Saxon dig in Patcham. The pictures above show the approximately circular area of brick and chalk rubble which had previously been uncovered to the side […]

Yet another nice sunny day (with a cold wind), but the turn-out was lower than usual. Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society is busy in Patcham with an exciting Saxon dig for the next couple of weeks. Nevertheless, four Woodingdean-ers did some excellent work furthering the excavation of Newmarket Farm. The tiled floor was further excavated […]

Eight keen volunteers turned up for a nice sunny day’s digging. One of the highlight’s was my mother, Peggy’s 71st birthday – cake all round! She was the last person to be born in Newmarket Farm, but just 6 month’s later her family had to leave so the farm could be used for target practice […]

There is so much written about vernacular architecture, and farms on the Internet. But a lot of it is hidden away amongst commercial and other sites so the good stuff can be hard to find. A quick search recently revealed: Historic Farmsteads: Preliminary Character Statement – South East region Historic Farm Buildings Group Farmsteads Toolkit […]

Our third dig day was with a select group of four volunteer diggers – the rain first thing may well have put some people off. Luckily it had dried up by the time we started digging, and the sun soon came out! We excavated a 2x2m square on the western side of the south gable […]

For the academically minded! This paper explores the fuzzy, chaotic, aspects of archaeology – the reasons why I have found the implementation of a recording methodology so difficult. It relates to my studies on the philosophy of science: Archaeology at the Edge of Chaos: Assemblage Issue 3.