INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY, UCL ARCL 0027: Archaeological Surveying 2018-19 Year 2/3 Option, 15 credit module Topographic survey of a newly discovered burnt mound complex in Charlton Forest, East Dean, West Sussex. Co-ordinator and designer: Mark Roberts
[email protected] Rm: 307. 0207 679 7535 Turnitin Code 3884042 Teachers: Mark Roberts and Alec Walker Contents 1/. Background 3 2/. The Survey Course (Specific) 25 3/. The Survey Course (General) 31 4/. Reading List and Bibliography 36 Appendix 1 Setting up the total station 41 Appendix 2 An example of an Historic Environment Record and scheduling description [The Waltham Down Barrow Group] 43 Appendix 3 Students attending the surveying course 44 Appendix 4 Useful telephone numbers and contacts 45 Appendix 5 Acknowledgements 45 Cover Page. The Downland block between the Cocking Gap and the head of the River Lavant, looking SW. Note the steep South Downs’ escarpment and the southern edge of the Weald, to the right of the image. Charlton Forest is located in the centre of the photograph. Rear Cover. Digital Terrain Model of Burnt Mound 2 on Bow Hill, made by students on the 2013 Surveying Course. 2 1/. Background The 2018 surveying course will take place in November, on land within the demesne of and owned by the Goodwood Estate, in West Sussex. This land 500m west of the East Dean and Upwaltham parishes, within Charlton Forest, is leased to the Forestry Commission. The survey area is situated at the eastern boundary of the estate, some 2km ENE of East Dean village and 0.9km south of the Downland scarp crest (Fig.1).