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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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Welcome to Newmarket Hill – a South Down Blog!

Post author By David Cuthbertson
Post date December 17, 2012
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**Newmarket Farm, painted by Bob (Desmond) Phipps.

In 1830, in the heart of the South Downs, a remote farm labourer’s cottage and barns was built. This blog records my efforts to discover some of its many stories.

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Castle Hill Healthwalk June 6, 2023 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …
Balsdean Progression Walk June 10, 2023 at 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 50.840637, -0.075086 Balsdean Progression Walk, second Saturday of the month: A lovely linear walk from Castle Hill, finishing near Kipling Gardens, Rottingdean.Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. Grid reference TQ356063.Buses: 2, 22 & 52.Challenging, with hills. Cafes and toilets available in Rottingdean.See the…
Castle Hill Healthwalk June 13, 2023 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …
Castle Hill Healthwalk June 20, 2023 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …