T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S S O U T H
Manor Farmhouse, Manor Farm, South Heighton, East Sussex
Archaeological Watching Brief
by Felicity Thompson
Site Code: MFS16/52
(TQ 4503 0293)
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TQ 45000 46000 MFS 16/52 Manor Farmhouse, Manor Farm, South Heighton, East Sussex, 2016 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 1. Location of site within South Heighton and East Sussex. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 122 at 1:25000 Ordnance Survey Licence 100025880 03000
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MFS 16/52 N Manor Farmhouse, Manor Farm, South Heighton, East Sussex, 2016 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 2. Detailed location of site.
Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:1250 South Heighton Farm
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Outline of site area monitored down to natural geology
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TQ45050 MFS 16/52 N Manor Farmhouse, Manor Farm, South Heighton East Sussex, 2016 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 3. Showing area monitored during the watching brief.
0 10m General stratigraphy recorded at south-west boundary
NW SE 20.00m AOD
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Subsoil
Natural chalk Base of excavation
General stratigraphy recorded at south-east boundary
NE SW 18.00m
Topsoil
Subsoil
Natural chalk Base of excavation
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Manor Farmnhouse, Manor Farm, South Heighton, East Sussex, 2016 Archaeological Watching Brief
Figure 4. Sections
0 1m Plate 1. General view of site looking south-west.
Plate 2. General view of site looking north-east. MFS 16/52 Manor Farmhouse, Manor Farm, South Heighton, East Sussex, 2016 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 1 - 2. Plate 3. Stratigraphy looking south-west. Scales: vertical 1m, horizontal 0.50m.
Plate 4.Stratigraphy looking south-east. Scales: vertical 2m , horizontal 0.50m.
MFS 16/52 Manor Farmhouse, Manor Farm, South Heighton, East Sussex, 2016 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 3 - 4. TIME CHART
Calendar Years
Modern AD 1901
Victorian AD 1837
Post Medieval AD 1500
Medieval AD 1066
Saxon AD 410
Roman AD 43 BC/AD Iron Age 750 BC
Bronze Age: Late 1300 BC
Bronze Age: Middle 1700 BC
Bronze Age: Early 2100 BC
Neolithic: Late 3300 BC
Neolithic: Early 4300 BC
Mesolithic: Late 6000 BC
Mesolithic: Early 10000 BC
Palaeolithic: Upper 30000 BC
Palaeolithic: Middle 70000 BC
Palaeolithic: Lower 2,000,000 BC