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Site Name:
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Smythford |
OS Reference:
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TQ 3581 3898
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Parish:
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Worth |
Former Parish:
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Hundred:
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District:
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Mid-Sussex |
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County:
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West Sussex |
River Basin:
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Medway |
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Site Type:
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Smithing hearth, Bloomery |
Period:
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Roman |
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Century:
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01 |
Geology:
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Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand |
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Geology notes:
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Earliest known date:
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Latest known date:
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Dating evidence:
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Archaeomagnetic date: AD70 +/- 20 years (AD 50-90) at 68% confidence level (A. J. Clark)
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Site Description:
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A burnt clay structure (probably a smelting furnace) with associated bloomery slag was excavated, together with remains of a primary forging (consolidation) hearth. Archaeomagnetic tests show a first century AD date (70 ± 20).
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Scheduled Monument Number:
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HER Reference:
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Bay Height (m.):
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Bay Length (m.):
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Classis Britannica tiles:
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No |
Samian pottery:
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No |
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Cylindrical slag plugs:
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Yes |
Two-finery forge:
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No |
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Excavation?:
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Yes |
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Excavation Details:
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See Hodgkinson 1985
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Description of site vegetation:
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Hazel coppice with oak standards
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Slag Heap Area (m. sq) :
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Slag heap grade (Hodgkinson 1999):
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1 |
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Persons Involved in Discovery:
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WIRG Field Group
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References:
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Hodgkinson, J. S.. (1999) Romano-British iron production in the Sussex and Kent Weald: a review of current data. Historical Metallurgy. 33, no. 2. pp. 68-72
(for this site see page(s) 71)
Cleere, H. F. and Crossley, D. W.. (1995) The iron industry of the Weald. Merton Priory Press. Cardiff
(for this site see page(s) 305)
Hodgkinson, J. S.. (1985) A Romano-British ironworking site at Crawley Down, Worth, Sussex. Wealden Iron, Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group. 2nd series, 5. pp. 9-20
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