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Natural PlacesSite Name: Rocky ClumpCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.639 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Sussex Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Village: Stanmer
Map Ref: TQ325101
Latitude: 50.875218N Longitude: 0.118121W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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JohnLindsay couldn't find on 1st Mar 2012 I found out about this in the Stanmer booklet sold by the preservation society, reading it on the train home, The booklet which I picked up at Ditchling Beacon doesn't show it. But then it doesn't show the tumuli or the remains of the hill settlement either and says the beacon word comes from Armada times, and the pond is 17th century, so there is quite a bit of work to be done. The leaflet from the Wildlife trust of course is wildlife.
There are some references in the stanmer booklet but they are far from clear so more work to be done.
Spent an afternoon wandering around Stanmer Park, lots of stones lying around but no idea whether I found this clump or not.
Andy B have visited here
There is a ditch surrounding part of the site, though this was probably a later addition to an otherwise ancient site. The history of the site begins in the Romano-British period, where between the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, there was a some buildings in the vicinity.
One of the naturally placed sarsens on the site is on the corner of one square building, of which several large postholes were found, which has been interpreted by some as the site of a Romano-British shrine but more recently thought is that this is just a farm building. The enclosure ditches measure 2 metres wide and almost 2 metres in depth. Finds have included numerous sherds of Iron Age and Roman pottery, copious amounts of animal bones, a silver finger ring and La Tene brooch. One of the recent finds was a baby burial.
More at Standing Stones In Sussex ans see recent dig updates at Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society, where there is also a photo gallery.
Note: Rocky Clump Excavations Tour Saturday 8th September
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