Chris Butler Mifa Archaeological Services Ltd

Chris Butler MIfA Archaeological Services Ltd

A Desk-based Assessment at

Harbour Primary School,

Church Hill, Newhaven,

East Sussex

Project No. CBAS0395

LW/3148/CC

by Chris Butler

June 2013

Chris Butler MIfA Harbour Primary School, Archaeological Services Ltd Newhaven

Summary

An archaeological Desk-based Assessment has been carried out at Harbour Primary School, Church Hill, Newhaven, where it is proposed to add new extensions to the north and west sides of the existing building.

The desk-based assessment has established that there is a high potential for archaeological remains from the Roman, Medieval and Post Medieval periods at the site, which is directly opposite the parish church.

The construction of the original school in 1952 almost certainly had a significant impact on the site, and any archaeological remains that may have been present. Prior to the construction of the new school in 1994 an evaluation excavation found the site to be heavily disturbed and no archaeological finds or features were observed. The construction of the new school in 1996 has had an enormous impact on the site, with the cut and fill terracing of the school, its playing field and car park/playground onto three levels. It is therefore likely that a large proportion of the already disturbed site will have had any surviving archaeological remains removed by the cutting of terraces, or buried under made ground.

In conclusion, due to the past impacts and the limited impact of the new extensions, together with the negative results of the previous evaluation excavation, it is recommended that no further archaeological intervention or monitoring is carried out at the site.

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Contents: Page

1.0 Introduction 1

2.0 Objectives & Scope of Report 2

3.0 Methodology 3

4.0 Archaeological & Historical Background 6

5.0 Impact of Development 16

6.0 Conclusions 18

7.0 Acknowledgements 19

Figures:

Fig. 1 Site Location Map Fig. 2 Map showing Archaeological Notification Areas Fig. 3 Map showing Conservation Areas Fig. 4 Map showing HER data Fig. 5 17th century Map Fig. 6 Yeakell & Gardner Map 1778-83 Fig. 7 Newhaven Tithe Map Fig. 8 1st Edition OS Map Fig. 9 2nd Edition OS Map Fig. 10 3rd Edition OS Map Fig. 11 4th Edition OS Map Fig. 12 1963 OS Map Fig. 13 Current Site Plan Fig. 14 Development Plan

Appendices:

Appendix 1 Archaeological Sites Recorded on the HER Appendix 2 Listed Buildings Recorded on the HER Appendix 3 Archaeological Events Recorded on the HER

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1. Introduction

1.1 Chris Butler Archaeological Services Ltd has been commissioned by East Sussex County Council to carry out an Archaeological Desk-based Assessment at Harbour Primary School, Church Hill, Newhaven, East Sussex, in order to establish the likely presence and importance of any archaeological remains that may be affected by the proposed construction of a new stand-alone building and small extension (LW/3148/CC).

1.2 The site is located on the north-west side of Church Hill, opposite the Parish Church of St Michael and All Saints, to the west of Newhaven town centre (Fig. 1). The site, centred at TQ 441 011, is a rectangular plot of land within which Harbour Primary School is situated. Harbour Primary School was originally built in 1996 replacing an earlier building (Southdown Junior School) on the same site.

1.3 The site lies in an Archaeological Notification Area (Fig. 2) that covers an area designated to cover the Roman villa building discovered in the 19th century, and the area of the Parish Church, which may have been the location of the medieval village, if it centred around the surviving medieval church. Two other Archaeological Notification Areas are located in Newhaven, with the closest being that around the town centre, also defining an area of Roman settlement. The site is directly opposite the Church Hill Conservation Area which includes the Grade II* Listed church (Fig. 3).

1.4 The site is located on a gentle northeast-facing hill that runs down to meet the River Ouse. Land within the site slopes gently down from c.45m OD at the south end to approximately 34m OD at the north end. The geology of the site, according to the British Geological Survey, comprises Newhaven Chalk1.

1.5 The Extensive Urban Survey (EUS) for Newhaven2 has characterised the site as “being along the medieval Brighton-Newhaven-Seaford road, west of the modern town centre. The location of the pre-18th-century town centre is unknown and it is possible that it was at the centre of the medieval village of Meeching”. The EUS includes the site within Historic Urban Character Area (HUCA) 1 and states that “the combination of the 12th-century church, several 18th and 19th-century buildings and structures, limited survival of boundaries, considerable late 19th and 20th-century development, and moderate archaeological potential give this HUCA a Historic Environment Value (HEV) of 3”. An HEV of 5 is the highest attained measure.

1.6 This report initially covers the objectives and scope of the survey, then discusses the methodology used in the Desk-based Assessment, and then reviews the archaeological heritage of the area. Finally a conclusion assesses the potential impact of the development.

1 http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyviewer_google/googleviewer.html 2 Harris, R.B. 2005 Newhaven: Historic Urban Character Report, Sussex Extensive Urban Survey. 1

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2. Objectives & Scope of Report

2.1 The objective of this report is to gain information about the known or potential archaeological resource of the site and its immediate area. This will include information relating to the presence or absence of any archaeology, its character and extent, date, integrity, state of preservation, and the relative quality of the potential archaeological resource.

2.2 This will allow an assessment of the merits of the archaeology in context to be made, leading to the formulation of a strategy for the recording, preservation and management of the resource or, where necessary, the formulation of a strategy for further investigation where the character and value of the resource is not sufficiently defined to permit a mitigation strategy or other response to be defined.

2.3 The report will consider the archaeological resource within a radius of 500m around the site, whilst also taking into account sites further afield where these may be considered to have an impact or relevance to the site in its landscape setting.

2.4 It should be noted that this report can only take into account the existing known archaeology, and by its nature cannot provide a complete record of the archaeological resource of the site. Its intention is to provide an overview of the known archaeology in the area of the site, from which judgements can be made about the potential archaeological resource of the site itself.

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3. Methodology

3.1 This Desk-based Assessment has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Planning Policy Statement 5 (PPS 5), the Standard and Guidance for Archaeological Desk-based Assessment (Institute of Field Archaeologists 2001), and the Standards for Archaeological Fieldwork, Recording and Post Excavation Work in East Sussex (ESCC 2008).

3.2 The research for this Desk-based Assessment has included an analysis of the following resources:  ESCC Historic Environment Record (HER ref no 090/13)  Historic mapping  NMR records  East Sussex Record Office (ESRO)  Defence of Britain database  British Geological Survey  Personal & Public library resources

3.3 The following maps were used:  c.17th century map ESRO PDA 426/3  Speed (1610)  Morden (1695)  Kitchen (1750)  Bowen (1756)  Yeakell & Gardner (1778-83)  Cooper (1808)  Cole (1808)  Moule (1837)  1838 Newhaven Tithe map (ESRO - TD/E/113)  1st Edition OS Map (1874)  2nd Edition OS Map (1899)  3rd Edition OS Map (1910)  4th Edition OS Map (1928)  OS Map (1963)

No estate map or inclosure map is known to cover the site. Information gained from the map regression exercise is contained in the Post Medieval section below.

3.4 The Archaeological Sites and Listed Buildings recorded within the HER are listed in Appendices 1 and 2 to this report and are mentioned in the text where relevant. The Monuments are shown on Fig. 4. Historical and other sources are given as footnotes as appropriate. A search of aerial photographs held at the National Monuments Records (NMR) was carried out which produced a total of over 200 vertical photos. None were however requested for inspection as development of the site in the second half of the 20th century is well attested through mapping and the short timescale available for the production of this report.

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3.5 A walkover survey of the site was undertaken on the 11th June 2013. Church Hill is a narrow lane running south-west out of the town centre. The church is situated on the highest ground to the south of the lane, with the embankment around the graveyard retained by a substantial flint built wall (Plate 1). The 18th century Rectory is situated to the west of the church, also on the south side of the lane. The school is situated opposite the church on the north side of the lane, and is surrounded on the north and east sides by more recent housing development, and to the west by a rehabilitation centre based on the Union Workhouse (Plate 2).

Plate 1: Parish Church from School Plate 2: Union Workhouse building

3.6 The school has clearly been terraced into the north-facing slope of Church Hill, and is on three levels. The highest level, at the west end, is a grass playing field (Plate 3) which has been terraced into the slope by cut and fill, creating a steep slope (c5-6m) down to the next level and to the north where the adjacent housing is located. The next level is where the main school building is located (Plate 4), and again has been terraced into the slope by cut and fill. On the north side of this level there is a drop from the edge of the playground of c.2-3m to the level of the adjacent housing (Plate 5).

Plate 3: Upper playing field level Plate 4: Main school building level

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3.7 From the main building level, it drops again by c1.5m to a small tarmac playground and car park at the north-east end. At the north end of the main buildings there is a small area of vegetation and then a large drop (c.5m) into an artificial amphitheatre (Plate 6), which is just a little higher than the houses adjacent to the north-west side of the school. The amphitheatre is approached by steps at its north and south ends. At the north-east end of the site the ground falls again down to the level of the adjacent houses, and gives the impression of having been built up through cut and fill of this lower terrace.

Plate 5: Drop from main level to adjacent housing Plate 6: Amphitheatre

3.8 The proposed development comprises two elements; firstly an extension on the north end of the existing building which extends across the area of vegetation and into the amphitheatre, as shown in Plate 7, and secondly the replacement of the existing conservatory structure on the west side of the building with a new larger two-storey extension (Plate 8).

Plate 7: Location of north extension Plate 8: existing conservatory structure

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4. Archaeological & Historical Background

4.0.1 This section considers each archaeological period in turn, reviewing the known archaeological resource of the area, defining its location and extent, character, date, integrity, state of preservation, and quality.

4.0.2 Two archaeological interventions have been carried out at the site centre (see Appendix 3). The main one of interest to the archaeological potential of the site is the discovery (EES9046) of a nearby Roman villa that occurred in the 1850’s. Prior to the construction of the new school in 1996 a total of six machine-cut trenches and two hand-dug test-pits were excavated at the site to a maximum depth of 1.2m (EES14192). The area was found to be heavily disturbed and no archaeological finds or features were observed in any of the interventions3.

4.0.3 The review of each period will also bring in evidence for that period from a wider area, especially where there is little known archaeological evidence locally. This will enable a more accurate judgement to be made about the archaeological potential for the site. This evidence will include that taken from similar landscapes and geologies.

4.1 Palaeolithic Period (900,000BC – 10,000BC)

4.1.1 This period covers a huge expanse of time, during which early hominid occupation of Southern Britain was intermittent. The period is divided into warm and cold periods, with the evidence suggesting that hominid occupation occurred during some of the warm periods. Apart from a small number of exceptional sites (e.g. Boxgrove), most of the evidence for human activity in this period comes from isolated finds of stone tools, often in secondary deposits.

4.1.2 At least six or seven Lower Palaeolithic handaxes have been found in Newhaven (they were given a collective HER number of MES1804, which perhaps implies that each is poorly provenanced). Three of the handaxes are held in the Barbican House Museum in Lewes and their weathered colouration has revealed that one was probably found within the river gravel deposits that overlie the chalk. The material for these tools may have derived from the river gravels on the edge of the River Ouse valley4 or alternatively, from the outcrops of Clay- with-Flints which tend to cap some of the highest points of the South Downs5.

3 Stevens S. 1994 Archaeology South-East Report 192 4 Pope, M. 2003 ‘The earliest occupation of Sussex: recent discoveries and future objectives’ in Rudling, D. (Ed) The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000, Kings Lynn, Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd 17-28. 5 Wymer, J. 1999 The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain, Vol. 1, Wessex Archaeology & English Heritage, p171. 6

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4.1.3 Near to the site, an in-situ assemblage of possible Upper Palaeolithic flintwork (MES1803) was recovered from fissures within a Clay-with-Flints deposit, overlying the chalk, during the South Way excavations (EES9047). Further south of the site, on First Avenue, a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe (MES1780) was discovered in 1949 during building work within an area of chalk geology. These nearby finds reveal that there is a high possibility of Palaeolithic flintwork being present on the site with its chalk bedrock and overlying Head deposit.

4.2 Mesolithic Period (10,000BC – 4,000BC)

4.2.1 The start of the Mesolithic period saw Britain largely covered by pine and birch woodland, which was gradually replaced by a mixed deciduous woodland that provided an ideal environment for the bands of hunter-gatherers who were exploiting the resources on a seasonal basis6. There is some evidence that these groups utilised the resources of the South Downs, especially during the Later Mesolithic, either to hunt and gather or to obtain flint with which to make their tools.

4.2.2 Although there is no evidence of Mesolithic activity recorded within a 500m radius of the site centre, several Mesolithic find spots are known from the southern fringes of Newhaven. An assemblage of flintwork (MES1807 / EES9562), which included a number of tools, was found during the construction of a gym at Tideway School in 19737. To the west of the school, a spread of flintwork was uncovered during an archaeological evaluation at Harbour Heights (MES16381 / EES14083). More Mesolithic flintwork was discovered further to the east at Newhaven Fort.

4.2.3 Beyond Newhaven, an extensive assemblage of Mesolithic flintwork, associated with a possible remnant Mesolithic land surface, was exposed during recent archaeological fieldwork at Peacehaven8 whilst a large assemblage of Mesolithic flintwork was also produced during the nearby excavation of a Bronze Age barrow at Friar’s Bay in 20089.

4.2.4 The evidence for this period suggests that Mesolithic hunter-gatherers exploited both coastal and riverine resources. Therefore, there is a possibility that isolated Mesolithic artefacts may be found on the site.

6 Holgate, R. 2003 ‘Late Glacial and Post-glacial Hunter-gatherers in Sussex’, in Rudling, D. (Ed) The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000, Kings Lynn, Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd, 29-38. 7 Bell, M. G. 1974 ‘Tideway School, Newhaven’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 112, 158. 8 Butler, C. 2008 ‘The Prehistoric Flintwork’ in ASE Report 9 Birks, S. Forthcoming MSFAT Report 7

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4.3 Neolithic Period (4,000BC to 2,500BC)

4.3.1 A number of changes occurred during the Neolithic, some of which may have had an impact on the local area. Some of the woodland was being cleared and small scale agricultural activities are likely to have started. However, environmental evidence suggests that although the Downs may have been largely cleared of woodland by the end of the Neolithic, leaving an open landscape, there is little evidence for ploughing having taken place10.

4.3.2 Other changes in the earlier part of the Neolithic period include the construction of large- scale monuments and the first industrial activity. The site is midway between the causewayed enclosures of Combe Hill and Offham; two of eight such sites in Sussex11. Although both sites occupy high positions, their location on the north side of the Downs suggests that they had little influence over the Newhaven area12. It has been suggested that the Whitehawk causewayed enclosure at Brighton may have exerted some influence along the coastal area13.

4.3.3 The flint mines of the Early Neolithic provide the first evidence for industrial activity in Britain. Although there are a number of flint mines situated on the South Downs further west in the Worthing area, there is no evidence for any mines in this area14. There is however evidence for the continued use of the Clay-with-Flint outcrops during the Neolithic to procure flint and manufacture axes15.

4.3.4 A stray polished flint axe (MES1781) was found to the northwest of the site in the garden of 30 Lee Way in 1962. Three polished flint axes were discovered in Newhaven in the late 19th century (MES1789) and some Neolithic flintwork came from the Harbour Heights evaluation (EES14083).

4.3.5 Further afield, evidence for Early Neolithic activity was uncovered at Rookery Hill in Bishopstone16 where there may have been a settlement, whilst Later Neolithic flintwork has been found from various sites at Seaford, such as at Valley Dip17, Seaford Head18 and the area between South Hill and Cuckmere Haven19.

10 Wilkinson et al. 2002 ‘The Excavation of Six Dry Valleys in the Brighton Area: The Changing Environment’, in Rudling, D. (ed) Downland Settlement and Land-Use, London, Archetype Publications Ltd. 11 Drewett, P. 2003 ‘Taming the Wild: The first farming Communities in Sussex, in Rudling, D. (Ed) The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000, Kings Lynn, Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd, 39-46. 12 Oswald et al. 2001 The Creation of Monuments, Swindon, English Heritage. 13 Drewett, P. 1994 ‘Dr V. Seton Williams’ excavations at Combe Hill, 1962, and the role of Neolithic causewayed enclosures in Sussex’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 132, 7-24. 14 Barber, et al. 1999 The Neolithic Flint Mines of England, Swindon, English Heritage. 15 Butler, C. 2001 ‘A Mesolithic and later prehistoric flintworking site at East and West Hills, Pyecombe, West Sussex’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 139, 7-26. 16 Bell, M. 1977 ‘Excavations at Bishopstone’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 115. 17 Butler, C. 1996 ‘Later Prehistoric flintwork from Valley Dip, Seaford, East Sussex’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 134, 219-224. 18 Sussex Notes & Queries 1950-3 Vol. 13, 193-7 19 Holden, E.W. 1979 ‘Flint artefacts from Seaford’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 117, 224-7. 8

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4.3.6 It is possible that Neolithic artefacts could be present within the site and if so may indicate the presence of underlying Neolithic features, although evidence for Neolithic settlement is very rare and the likelihood of finding Neolithic artefacts is considered to be low.

4.4 The Bronze Age (2500BC to 800BC)

4.4.1 The Bronze Age saw the final clearance of the last woodland on the South Downs and environmental evidence suggests that the Downland was given over to an open grazed landscape with limited arable agriculture until the end of the period when arable land appears to have increased20.

4.4.2 The evidence suggests that the surrounding Downland landscape may have been quite densely populated by small farming settlements, surrounded by fields during the Middle and Later Bronze Age. Examples have been found on the Downs to the northeast of Newhaven, with an example fully excavated at Black Patch21.

4.4.3 Field systems have often been found associated with these settlements, with some having been identified from aerial photographs elsewhere on the South Downs. The absence of similar earthworks in the area of the site is probably due to the area having already been built upon. Traces of field systems may, however, be present further west towards Peacehaven.

4.4.4 Beyond a 500m radius of the site centre, a Bronze Age cremation burial with fragments of a pottery vessel and fire-fractured flints was found during construction of the gym at Tideway School in 1973 (MES1807 / EES9562), and more recently a watching brief at the School22 recorded a ditch terminal or pit which produced an assemblage of Late Bronze Age pottery (c.900BC) and flintwork. Bronze Age flintwork and pottery has also been found at, for example, Newhaven Fort (EES9432) and during the evaluation at Harbour Heights (EES14083).

4.4.5 Numerous burial mounds (or barrows) were erected on the South Downs23, especially along the ridgeline. A Bronze Age barrow at Friar’s Bay, Peacehaven was recently the subject of ongoing excavations to record it before it was lost to cliff erosion24.

20 Wilkinson et al. 2002 ‘The Excavation of Six Dry Valleys in the Brighton Area: The Changing Environment’, in Rudling, D. (ed) Downland Settlement and Land-Use, London, Archetype Publications Ltd. 21 Drewett, P. 1982 ‘Later Bronze Age downland economy and excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex’, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 48, 321-400. 22 Butler, K. 2011 An Archaeological watching brief at Tideway School, Southdown Road, Newhaven, CBAS Report CBAS0135 23 Grinsell, L.V. 1934 ‘Sussex Barrows’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 75, 214-75. 24 Birks, S. Forthcoming MSFAT Report in SAC 9

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4.4.6 Given the evidence for substantial activity on the South Downs during the Bronze Age, and the discoveries of Bronze Age material within Newhaven itself, there is a possibility that remains from this period may be found during work at the site.

4.5 The Iron Age (800BC to 43AD)

4.5.1 During the Early Iron Age it seems likely that the pattern of settlement and agriculture seen in the Later Bronze Age continued, although house structures dating to this period are rare. The field systems carried on in use throughout the Iron Age, whilst some of the settlements originating in the Later Bronze Age also appear to have remained in use into the Early Iron Age.

4.5.2 Iron Age settlements on the South Downs are relatively rare, although Iron Age pottery has been found during the South Way excavations in Newhaven town centre (EES9047)25 and at Castle Hill (MES1783), Newhaven Fort (EES9432) and Harbour Heights (MES10293).

4.5.3 One major feature of the Iron Age is the hillfort, of which some 20 are known from Sussex. Many of these also appear to have originated in the Later Bronze Age. They became important centres of control and redistribution in the Middle and Later Iron Age. An Iron Age hillfort was situated on Castle Hill and it is recorded on 17th century maps although the construction of Newhaven Fort and coastal erosion have removed all trace of the hillfort today.

4.5.4 Given the relatively close location of the site to the hillfort on Castle Hill, and the presence of Late Iron Age pottery within the town centre, there is a possibility that artefacts or evidence for settlement or field systems could be present at the site.

4.6 The Roman Period (43AD to 410AD)

4.6.1 The Roman invasion of Britain in 43AD resulted in dramatic alterations to this island’s social and economic environments26. On the South Downs many of the rural farmsteads and associated field systems that were in existence in the Later Iron Age continued throughout the Roman period. Where they have been excavated, they provide evidence for a mixed farming economy of crops and animal husbandry. Roman pottery was found on Castle Hill, suggesting that the settlement here continued into this period.

25 Bell, M. 1976 ‘The Excavation of an Early Romano-British site and Pleistocene Landforms at Newhaven, Sussex’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 114, 218-305 26 Rudling, D. 2003 ‘Roman Rural Settlement in Sussex: Continuity and Change’, in Rudling, D. (Ed) The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000, Kings Lynn, Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd. 10

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4.6.2 Roman villas are almost entirely concentrated on the Sussex Coastal Plain and immediately to the north of the South Downs, or in North Kent. The remains of a Roman building, possibly part of a villa, were discovered in an ‘upland meadow’ in Newhaven in 1852 (MES1793 / EES9045). Although the precise location of this site is unknown, its described location would imply that it is sited in the vicinity of the site. The building was represented by a flint foundation wall and roof and flue tiles. Samian ware and amphora found at the site hint at the high social status of the residents. Three coins date occupation of the site to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

4.6.3 Other evidence of Roman activity close to the site is represented by two coin hoards, both found in 1920. The closest to the site comprised 73 coins and may have been discovered just to the west of St Michael’s Church on Church Hill (MES1795) in an earthenware pot when workmen were backfilling a trench, although the exact location is uncertain. Coins from this hoard dated to the 3rd century AD, when the nearby villa site was occupied. The second much smaller hoard of 15 coins and was uncovered whilst digging a well in the south part of Denton Island, north of the site (MES1792)

4.6.4 A second possible Roman villa site was uncovered during excavations by Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society between 1971 and 197427 in the town centre (MES1796 / EES9047). These excavations occurred prior to construction of the southern section of the A259 ring road (South Way) and building development of adjoining land. The settlement was enclosed by a ditch and the evaluation site stands approximately 60m outside of this. Five wooden and stone built buildings, including a possible granary, were located in the partially excavated enclosure, and the presence of a nearby bath house was hinted at by the finds recovered. The excavator believed that these buildings were the outbuildings of a small villa occupied in the 2nd century AD. Exposed plough marks reveal the land outside the enclosure to have been cultivated. In the late 2nd century AD, the buildings were systematically levelled, the ditch was infilled and the settlement was abandoned, perhaps shifting to the upland meadow site.

4.6.5 As the site is located on or near to a Roman villa or settlement site, there is a high possibility that artefacts or features may be encountered at the site indicative of farming or the presence of outbuildings.

4.7 The Saxon Period (410AD to 1066AD)

4.7.1 In the early Post-Roman period there was a change in the economy and land-usage on the South Downs. Arable cultivation was replaced by a pastoral regime, and there was some regeneration of woodland and scrub28.

27 Bell, M. 1976 ‘The Excavation of an Early Romano-British site and Pleistocene Landforms at Newhaven, Sussex’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 114, 218-305. 28 Gardiner, M. 2003 ‘Economy and Landscape Change in Post-Roman and Early Medieval Sussex, 450-1175’, in Rudling, D. (Ed) The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000, Kings Lynn, Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd, 11

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4.7.2 Evidence for Saxon settlement is difficult to find, with the discovery and excavation of larger settlements, such as Bishopstone29, being comparatively rare, as is the discovery of isolated Saxon buildings, such as the Sunken Featured Building at Itford Farm to the north of Newhaven30. On the basis of place-name evidence, it is possible that nearby Medieval settlements, including Meeching (the predecessor to Post Medieval Newhaven), may have had Saxon origins31.

4.7.3 Saxon cemeteries and individual graves are often found. Burials are probably the most common form of evidence for Saxon settlement and provide us with good evidence for the social structure and nature of Saxon society.

4.7.4 Locally the Saxon period is only represented by the few rather doubtful sherds of pottery from the South Way excavations (EES9047)32, whilst four sherds of late Saxon pottery were found further afield at Castle Hill (EES9432)33. It is therefore considered unlikely that any evidence for Saxon activity will be encountered at the site, although it is possible that the medieval church had a Saxon predecessor.

4.8 The Medieval Period (1066AD to 1500AD)

4.8.1 The settlement now known as Newhaven went under the name of Meeching during the Medieval period. It was not recorded in the Domesday Book but may have been first documented soon after in a charter that records William de Warenne having endowed a church, mill and four acres of land at ‘Mecinges’ to the Priory of St. Pancras at Lewes in around 109534.

4.8.2 The Medieval coastline was very different to that of today, with the mouth of the River Ouse having been located close to Hawks Brow to the southeast of the Medieval town of Seaford35. This settlement controlled access up river to Lewes and seems to have been established prior to 1089.

29 Bell, M. 1977 ‘Excavations at Bishopstone’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 115. 30 James, R. 2002 ‘The excavation of a Saxon grubenhaus at Itford Farm, Beddingham, East Sussex’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 140, 41-7. 31 Dodgson, J. McN. 1966 ‘The significance of the distribution of the English place-names in-inga, -inga- in south east England’ Medieval Archaeology, 10, 23. 32 Bell, M. 1976 ‘The Excavation of an Early Romano-British site and Pleistocene Landforms at Newhaven, Sussex’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 114, 218-305. 33 Bell, M. 1974 ‘Castle Hill, Newhaven’, Sussex Archaeological Collections 112, 154-5. 34 Salzman, L.F. ed 1932 The Chartulary of the priory of St. Pancras of Lewes, Sussex Record Society 38, 21. 35 Woodcock, A. 2003 ‘The Archaeological implications of Coastal Change in Sussex’ in Rudling, D. (Ed) The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000, Kings Lynn, Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd, 12

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4.8.3 The exact location of Meeching village is unknown36. It may have focused around the parish church of St. Michael and All Angels (MES1805) on Church Hill, which has a surviving Norman tower and apse. Alternatively, it may for instance have been sited about 350m to the east of the church beside the presumed location of the manor house (MES1808), where Court House Farm once stood, or it may have stretched along the old coast road that passed close to the church and led downhill to an important ferry crossing across the Ouse. The first option may now seem less likely given that a six trench archaeological evaluation on the site in 1994 (EES14192) recorded no finds or features, although the site was highly disturbed.

4.8.4 Little evidence for Medieval settlement has been found in Newhaven, due presumably to the lack of intrusive archaeological fieldwork that has occurred there. The South Way excavations (EES9047) revealed hillwash, up to 1.5m deep, which had resulted from intensive cultivation in the Medieval period. Pottery recovered from this ploughwash is thought to have derived from manuring the fields. The only features excavated at this site were two shallow pits that contained 13th and 14th century pottery. The appraisal site may have been located closer to the Medieval village than the South Way excavations, if the settlement developed around the church along the old coast road, which seems to have followed the present day course of Church Hill.

4.9 The Post Medieval Period (1500AD to the Present Day)

4.9.1 During the early 16th century the original mouth of the River Ouse at Seaford became blocked and a new course was opened up in its present location in c.1539. Newhaven was first mentioned in 1566. However, even in the following century the settlement was still referred to as Meeching, as seen from the county maps of Sussex by Speed and Morden.

4.9.2 There is no Listed Building in Newhaven of a 16th or 17th century date. When demolished in 1953, Court House Farm was discovered to be a 17th century house, possibly a manor house (MES1808). The newly built harbour of Newhaven was protected in the 16th century by a fortification built on the east end of Castle Hill. A 17th century map shows the settlement of ‘Myching’ and the now dismounted battery on the beach, but provides no real detail of the settlement (Fig. 5)37.

4.9.3 As with the earlier mapping, the mid 18th century maps of Sussex by Kitchen and Bowen only really depict the location of Newhaven (neither map is therefore reproduced here). The Yeakell and Gardner map of 1778-83, however, details the street layout of Newhaven (Fig. 6). The church is shown, and although house plots are shown extending along both sides of the road, the site of Harbour School is open fields. A windmill (MES17053) is shown a short distance to the west of the site.

36 Ibid. 37 ESRO PDA 426/3 13

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4.9.4 Newhaven expanded in the 18th century38. By the end of this century, the core settlement was restricted to the area defined by the 1970’s ring road, with the area to the north of the High Street having been particularly built up. The settlement had also branched uphill along Church Hill to a point beyond St Michael’s Church (MES1805). The nave of the church was rebuilt in the late 18th century, and the rectory of St Michael’s Cottage at 40 Church Hill may also date to the 18th century.

4.9.5 In 1759, a battery was built at the mouth of the River Ouse. It became the ‘Upper Battery’ in 1855 when a new ‘Town Battery’ was constructed close by at the base of the cliff. By 1865, Newhaven Fort had been built on the east end of Castle Hill, to overlook the harbour entrance39.

4.9.6 The parish Tithe map of Newhaven, dated 183840 (Fig. 7), shows the site to be spread across parts of two fields opposite the church. To the south-west of the site is the Union Workhouse (Plate 2) built in 1835 as a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act41, and on the north- east side the map shows buildings now extending up to that boundary of the site. An engraving of 1855 shows the site to be open grassland (Plate 9).

Plate 9: Engraving of 1855 (http://www.ournewhaven.org.uk/)

4.9.7 The River Ouse was straightened by the New Cut (MES8377) excavated between 1865 and 1866. Its construction created Denton Island and led to the erection of a new bridge (MEDS1784) at a different crossing point across the Ouse.

4.9.8 The 1st Edition OS map (Fig. 8) shows that by 1874 there had been little change in the layout, with the field boundaries appearing to be unchanged. The church, rectory and Newhaven Union Workhouse are all shown, along with the cottages to the north-east of the site. By 1899, as seen on the 2nd Edition OS map (Fig. 9), there has been little change to the area of the site, although there has been some extension northwards of the Workhouse, and the start of new development can be seen along the Brighton Road.

38 Harris, R.B. 2005 Lewes: Historic Urban Character Report, Sussex Extensive Urban Survey. 39 Baldock, P. 2006 Newhaven Fort, Norwich, Jarrold Publishing. 40 ESRO TD/E 113 41 Wells, R., ‘The Poor Law 1700-1900’, in Leslie, K. and Short, B. (eds.) An Historical Atlas of Sussex (1999) 14

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4.9.9 By the 1910 3rd Edition OS map (Fig. 10), the site is now shown as Allotment Gardens. The Workhouse buildings have extended north-west, and development along, and to the north of, the Brighton Road has continued, and also extended south along Newfield Road. By the 4th Edition OS map of 1928, the site is unchanged, and still Allotment Gardens (Fig. 11). The Workhouse is unchanged and now referred to as the ‘Poor Law Institution’. An aerial photograph of Newhaven, taken from the north in 193142 shows the church on the edge of the photo and the extreme eastern end of the site, which appears to show open ground.

4.9.10 During the Second World War, Newhaven was put into a state of defence. A large number of buildings were constructed to the north of Newhaven Fort adding to the hospital and other buildings built during the 1860’s and a drill hall / gymnasium built prior to 192843. Further inland, two pillboxes (MES7556 and MES7557) were built on either side of Denton Island whilst a third pillbox (MES7555) was constructed beside the river close to the road bridge (MES1784), all now removed. A number of surface and below ground air raid shelters were erected in the town (Appendix 1 and Fig. 4). There were at least 27 air attacks on Newhaven during the war, which resulted in the deaths of 15 civilians. There is no record of the area around the church at Church Hill having been directly hit, however on the 10th October 1940 three bombs fell on the convent to the north of the church causing extensive damage and killing one of the nuns44. A Luftwaffe aerial photograph45 taken during the Second World War shows the site to be open ground, but little detail can be seen.

4.9.11 The OS map of 1963 (Fig. 12) shows the site to still be allotment gardens, with housing development having encroached from the north up to the northern boundary of the site. Development has also extended from the town centre towards Harbour Heights to the south of the church. Southdown County Primary School (sometimes referred to as Newhaven County Primary School) was opened in Southdown Road in September 1952. In 1967 Southdown School was transferred to a new building that had been built on Church Hill (Plate 10). This school building was demolished and the current school built in 1996 (Fig. 13).

Plate 10: Southdown School c.1988 (http://www.ournewhaven.org.uk/)

42 http://www.ournewhaven.org.uk/ 43 Johnson, C. 2000 Archaeological & Historic Landscape Survey: Castle Hill, Newhaven, East Sussex, Archaeology South-East Report 1247. 44 Rowland, D. 2001 Coastal Blitz, Seaford, S.B. Publications. 45 http://www.pillbox.org.uk/methodology/documents.asp 15

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5. Impact of the Development

5.1 The desk-based assessment has established that the wider vicinity of the site witnessed human activity throughout prehistory. Some finds from the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic have been recovered, whilst the Bronze Age and Iron Age appear to have brought an increase in activity, although none of this appears to have had a direct impact on the site

5.2 The Roman period seems to have seen a substantial increase in activity, with a possible villa having been located close to the site, and Roman settlement in the town centre, whilst other finds hint at fairly intensive activity. Place-name evidence suggests that Meeching may have had Saxon origins, although there is little direct evidence for Saxon occupation.

5.3 It is possible that the medieval settlement of Meeching was located around the church, and therefore it is possible that Church Hill was fronted by medieval house plots, although to date no archaeological evidence for this has been found. Elsewhere in the town, excavations in South Way produced two shallow pits that contained 13th and 14th century pottery.

5.4 Newhaven grew slowly throughout the Post Medieval period, but although the church nave was rebuilt and a new rectory constructed in the 18th century, the site remained open fields through this time. In the 19th century the Workhouse was built to the west of the site. The site itself became allotments in the early 20th century, and although the surrounding area was quickly developed for housing, it remained allotments until the building of Southdown County Primary School in 1952.

5.5 Given the evidence accumulated during this desk-based assessment, the probability of finding remains from each of the different archaeological periods is shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1 Period Probability Palaeolithic Low Mesolithic Low Neolithic Low Bronze Age Low Iron Age Low Roman High Saxon Low Medieval High Post Medieval High

5.6 It is considered that there will be limited potential for palaeo-environmental remains or geoarchaeological investigations at this site.

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5.7 The proposed development (Fig. 14) will involve the building of an extension at the north end of the existing building in the area of the amphitheatre, and the removal of an existing conservatory structure on the west side of the building and its replacement with a new larger two-storey extension. Foundations for these extensions and the excavation of any services will damage or completely remove any surviving archaeological layers within their footprint.

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6 Conclusions

6.1 This desk-based assessment has established that there is a high potential for archaeological remains from the Roman, Medieval and Post Medieval periods at the site. All other periods are represented in the archaeological record further afield, albeit sometimes beyond a 500m radius of the site centre, as was the case for the Mesolithic and Bronze Age periods.

6.2 Prior to the construction of the new school in 1994 a total of six machine-cut trenches and two hand-dug test-pits were excavated at the site to a maximum depth of 1.2m (EES14192). The area was found to be heavily disturbed and no archaeological finds or features were observed in any of the interventions46.

6.3 The construction of the of the original school in 1952 almost certainly had a significant impact on the site, and any archaeological remains that may have been present, although a photograph (Plate 10) of the school seems to show that there had been only limited terracing into the slope. However the construction of the new school in 1996 has had an enormous impact on the site, with the cut and fill terracing of the school, its playing field and car park/playground onto three levels. It is therefore likely that a large proportion of the already disturbed site will have had any surviving archaeological remains removed by the cutting of terraces, or buried under made ground.

6.4 The extension at the north end will be partly on made ground that has been built up, and partly in the amphitheatre, which may be one of the few areas at original ground level, however it seems likely that the construction of the amphitheatre will have damaged or disturbed any archaeological remains in this area. The extension to the west of the building will be in an area of made ground that is likely to be some 2-3m depth over the original ground surface. The foundations are unlikely to impact that original surface.

6.5 In conclusion, due to the past impacts and the limited impact of the new extensions, together with the negative results of the previous evaluation excavation, it is recommended that no further archaeological intervention or monitoring is carried out at the site.

46 Stevens S. 1994 Archaeology South-East Report 192 18

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7 Acknowledgements

7.1 I would like to thank Christian Williams of ESCC for commissioning this survey, and Anna Hindmarsh of NPS Group for making the arrangements for the survey and site visit, and the School Caretaker Mel Voice for showing me the site. Sophie Unger at ESCC, provided copies of the East Sussex HER.

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Fig. 2: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: Map showing Archaeological Notification Areas (adapted from map provided by ESCC) Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number 100037471

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Fig. 5: Harbour School, Newhaven: c.17th century map (Copyright reserved: ESRO PDA 426/3)

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Fig. 6: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: Yeakell & Gardner Map (1778-83)

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Fig. 7: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: Newhaven Tithe Map (1838) (Copyright reserved ESRO TD/E113)

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Fig. 8: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: 1st Edition OS Map (1874)

Fig. 9: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: 2nd Edition OS Map (1899)

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Fig. 10: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven : 3rd Edition OS Map (1910)

Fig. 11: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: 4th Edition OS Map (1928)

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Fig. 14: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: Current site Plan (Adapted from architects drawing)

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Fig. 14: Harbour Primary School, Newhaven: Development Plan (Adapted from architects drawing)

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Appendix 1: Archaeological Sites Recorded on the HER HER No. NGR Period Type of Site Notes MES1780 TQ 4438 0098 Lower Middle Acheulian Found in 1949 at First Avenue during building operations in an area of Palaeolithic handaxe chalk geology. Precise provenance unknown. MES1781 TQ 4417 0154 Neolithic Polished flint axe Found during gardening at 30 Lee Way in 1962. MES1784 TQ 447 014 Post Medieval Newhaven swing bridge Erected after River Ouse was straightened by New Cut of 1865-1866. Demolished and replaced with a new swing bridge when the new ring road was constructed. MES1792 TQ 445 016 Roman Coin hoard Small hoard of 15 coins found in 1920 when digging well in south part of ‘The Island’. Third brass with some silver coated. MES1793 TQ 441 012 Roman and Post Possible Roman villa site Roman remains discovered whilst digging in an upland meadow Medieval (EES9045). Finds included tiles (roof and flue), coins, bullock’s horns and bones, flints, grey pottery, Samian ware, amphora, nails, iron fragments and a C15 brass Nuremberg token. Two sides of a flint foundation wall and tiles (roof and flue) may represent the ash-pit of a Roman farmhouse. Site now covered by a modern housing estate. MES1796 TQ 445 013 Roman Possible Roman villa site Excavations at South Way (EES9047) uncovered a C2-C3 Roman site. In the early C2 AD, a rectangular ditched enclosure was built to contain timber structures. In the Antonine period, the structures were demolished and the ditch was infilled. MES1803 TQ 445 013 Palaeolithic Worked flints South Way. Recovered from fissure during archaeological excavation (EES9047). 156 pieces of waste flint were recovered. MES1804 TQ 445 015 Palaeolithic Axes At least 6, maybe 7, Lower Palaeolithic handaxes have been found in Newhaven. Not all may have been derived from the river gravels. MES1805 TQ 442 011 Medieval Church Church of St Michael and All Angels MES1808 TQ 446 010 Medieval and C17 manor house? on site Meeching Court, Hillcrest Road. Demolished 1953. Post Medieval of C13 building MES7555 TQ 447 016 WW2 Pillbox Removed MES7557 TQ 445 018 WW2 Pill box Unknown type. Removed. MES7559 TQ 446 006 WW2 Air raid shelter Harbourside Hotel car park MES7560 TQ 45000 01410 WW2 Surface air raid shelter One of two extant surface air raid shelters incorporated into buildings at the Parker Pen site. Identified by C. Butler.

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HER No. NGR Period Type of Site Notes MES7562 TQ 445 010 WW2 Below ground air raid To rear of Newhaven Boys School (now Hillcrest Centre). Extant. shelter MES7556 TQ 444 017 WW2 Pill box Unknown type. Removed. MES7563 TQ 438 008 WW2 Storage tanks Naval oil tanks MES7564 TQ 45000 01420 Post Medieval Surface air raid shelter Was in playground of Railway Road Infants School. Removed. MES7565 TQ 443 014 WW2 Air raid shelter Lewes Road / High Street area. Probably removed. MES7566 TQ 446 012 WW2 Air raid shelter South Road. Probably removed. MES7567 TQ 446 012 WW2 Air raid shelter South Lane (questionable given the NGR). Probably removed. MES7582 TQ 446 013 WW2 Air raid shelter Held 48 persons. Chapel Street. Probably removed. MES7586 TQ 446 013 WW2 Basement air raid shelter Held 40 persons. 13 Chapel Street. MES7587 TQ 446 013 WW2 Basement air raid shelter Held 40 persons. 23 Chapel Street. MES7594 TQ 443 007 WW2 Fortified House Hillcrest MES7595 TQ 442 008 WW2 Fortified House 3rd Avenue MES8362 TQ 445 016 Post Medieval Industrial estate C20. Denton Island. MES8370 TQ 444 014 Post Medieval Newhaven Social Club C19. Bridge Street. MES8371 TQ 446 013 Post Medieval Former Chapel C19 chapel. Now Sea Cadet HQ. Chapel Street. MES8372 TQ 444 017 Post Medieval Bowling Club C20. Denton Island. MES8377 TQ 446 017 Post Medieval River cut Part of Lower Ouse navigation. C19. Near Denton Island. MES8382 TQ 447 013 Post Medieval Sheer Legs crane Site of. Newhaven Harbour. Recorded on 2nd - 4th OS Editions. MES8383 TQ 447 014 Post Medieval Dolphin (mooring piles) C19. In water at Newhaven Harbour. MES8385 TQ 448 014 Post Medieval Former derrick C19. Newhaven Harbour. MES8388 TQ 44980 01270 Post Medieval Former gas works C19 MES8389 TQ 444 012 Post Medieval Former Congregational C19. Meeching Road / South Way. Chapel MES8391 TQ 44960 01250 Post Medieval Railway workers cottages C19 MES16381 TQ 4378 0055 Mesolithic Flintwork MES17053 TQ 438 009 Post Medieval Windmill On 1805 Surveyors Draft and Tithe map MES19397 TQ 4362 0066 18th Century Beacon MES21983 TQ 444 012 Medieval Market Town Newhaven - Meechings

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Appendix 2: Listed Buildings Recorded on the HER DES No. NGR Period Type of Site Comments DES1640 TQ 44209 01082 c.1800, possibly earlier St Michael’s Cottage 40 Church Hill. Rectory. Grade II. DES1639 TQ 44238 01120 1785 Thomas Tipper Monument 20m west of porch to the Church of St Michael and All Angels. Headstone. Grade II. DES1648 TQ 44261 01128 c.1120 Church of St Michael and All Angels 40 Church Hill. Norman central tower and apse with late C18 and C19 additions. Grade II*. Recorded in HER as MES1805. DES2144 TQ 44246 01155 C18-19, probably earlier Walls enclosing the churchyard of the 40 Church Hill. Probably includes earlier work. Church of St Michael and All Angels Altered and restored in C20. Brick and unknapped flint. Grade II. DES1647 TQ 44262 01164 1800 Memorial to Captain James Hanson Obelisk memorial with railings in NE corner of and the crew of HMS Brazen churchyard. Grade II. DES1650 TQ 44283 01179 C18 and C19 Wall on east side of church hill, Repaired C20. Unknapped flint, some brick returned along Meeching Rise quoins and coping. Grade II. DES2141 TQ 44504 01395 C18 19 High Street Dwelling, now offices. Tile hung C19. Grade II. DES1644 TQ 44550 01452 c.1900 National Westminster Bank, railings, 5 High Street. Bank building. Grade II. wall, gate piers and lamp overthrow DES1638 TQ 44579 01434 Probably C18 5 Chapel Street Light industrial building, now offices and store. Refenestrated late C19. May have been connected with the flour mill opposite demolished in the mid C20. Grade II. DES1646 TQ 44575 01435 c.1800 1-3 Chapel Street Dwellings over shops. Grade II. DES2143 TQ 44561 01475 C18 The Bridge Hotel Bridge Street. Hotel. Partly refenestrated in C19 and C20. Grade II. DES2142 TQ 44826 01404 c.1882 The Marine Workshops Railway Approach. Engineering workshops for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Cross Channel packet ships, latterly for port maintenance. Upper storey partly rebuilt in mid 1940’s. Reroofed 1961. Grade II. DES1645 TQ 44825 01361 c.1885 Carpenters shop and paint store London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Grade II DES1649 TQ 44099 01030 c.1835 Union Workhouse Grade II

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Appendix 3: Archaeological Events Recorded on the HER

Reference NGR Type Comments

EES14368 TQ 44519 01457 Watching brief Undertaken by G. Chuter in 2008 at 10 High Street. A brick built chamber / tank with an arched roof was exposed, probably of C19 / 20 date. Underlying geology seen from residual / disturbed flint gravel to be either clay with flints or river terrace gravel. EES9047 TQ 44561 01324 Excavation Roman buildings (MES1796) at Dacre Road / South Road / South Way (ring road) excavated between 1971 and 1974 by Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society (BHAS). EES9045 TQ 44100 01200 Roman villa (MES1793) excavated in 1852 by Rev. F. Spurrell. EES14192 TQ 44210 01180 Evaluation Southdown County Junior School, Church Hill. Undertaken by Archaeology South East in 1994. 6 machine-cut trenches and two hand-dug test pits were excavated. Area found to be heavily disturbed. No archaeological finds or features were observed. EES14080 TQ 4471 0176 Archaeological and North Quay. Undertaken by Wessex Archaeology in 2004. geoarchaeological watching 26 test pits were excavated to a depth of 1.0-1.5m. No brief archaeological features or artefacts were found. The 14 boreholes had a depth of up to 45m. Chalk bedrock occurred at a depth of 26-29m (c.22-25m OD). It was overlain by a horizon of sands and gravels, likely to represent Pleistocene age fluvial or beach deposits. A thick layer of Holocene alluvial clays, sands and organic layers were identified. EES15019 TQ 44526 01390 Desk based Assessment Rear of 17 High Street, Newhaven – CBAS Ltd EES15037 TQ 4449 0127 Desk based Assessment 28 South Way, Newhaven – CBAS Ltd EES15124 TQ 449 017 Desk based Assessment Land off New Road EES9562 TQ 44 01 Excavation Tideway School

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