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Special Projects: Cooksbridge Earthwork (Pycroft) H260 |
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In November 2003 members of MSFAT and students from a CCE class carried out a tape survey of a possible house platform in a field south of Cooksbridge (See plan below). Bruce Milton also supervised a geophysical survey of the site, which produced some interesting results. In March 2004 a series of test trenches were excavated across the platform to investigate the geophysical anomalies. Unfortunately, the results were very disappointing, as the anomalies could not be traced in the excavation. The topsoil produced Post Medieval pottery and tile, but below this was a clay layer and then below that clay subsoil with natural flints. No trace of a building or any other features were found in the trenches, except for one test pit in the south-east corner of the platform. This produced numerous pieces of brick and tile with Post Medieval pottery and glass, and below this was a possible floor layer of chalk pieces with some flints. Amongst the finds were a piece of worked bone, and a copper-alloy handle, but all of the finds appear to fit an 18th-19th century date. Some initial historical research, has produced records from the 17th and 18th century, although the 18th and 19th century maps do not show any buildings. (See Tenement analysis P125/67). |
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Plan of a tape survey of a possible house platform in a field south of Cooksbridge. |
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©2007 Sussex Archaeological Society
