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Site Name:
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Cow Park |
OS Reference:
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TQ 4520 3090
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Parish:
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Hartfield |
Former Parish:
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Hundred:
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District:
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Wealden |
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County:
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East Sussex |
River Basin:
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Medway |
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Site Type:
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Bloomery |
Period:
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Roman |
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Century:
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01, 02 |
Geology:
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Ashdown Beds |
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Geology notes:
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Latest known date:
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Dating evidence:
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Pottery from the site was largely East Sussex ware, dated to the first half of the first century AD.
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Site Description:
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This site is 1.25km from Garden Hill, 750m from Pippingford bloomery, and 950m from East Wood bloomery. It is sited on Ashdown Sand, but it is postulated that the iron ore used came from pockets in the surface derived from the Wadhurst Clay which formerly overlay the Ashdown Sand. Three furnaces were found, of the domed type associated with early working at Minepit Wood (q.v.) and Pippingford Park (q.v.). Each of the furnaces had a reheating hearth in association with it. A smithing area was identified about 2m from one of the furnaces, with traces of an iron block supported on two substantial wooden posts.
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Scheduled Monument Number:
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HER Reference:
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MES5271 (ANA) |
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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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No |
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 Tebbutt, 1978
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Description of site vegetation:
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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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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)
Tebbutt, C. F.. (1978) Reports on Fieldwork. Wealden Iron, Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group. 1st series, 13. pp. 6-15
(for this site see page(s) 2-6)
Cleere, H. F. and Crossley, D. W.. (1995) The iron industry of the Weald. Merton Priory Press. Cardiff
(for this site see page(s) 301)
Tebbutt, C. F.. (1979) The excavation of three Roman bloomery furnaces at Hartfield, Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections. 117. pp. 47-56
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