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Site Name:
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Turners Green |
OS Reference:
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TQ 6401 1944
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Parish:
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Warbleton |
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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Ashbourne |
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Site Type:
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Bloomery |
Period:
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Iron Age, Roman (unsure) |
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Century:
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01 |
Geology:
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Ashdown Beds |
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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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Radiocarbon dates (calibration revised 2020):
Furnace: 1810 +/- 70 yrs: AD 77- 409 (95.4%);
Furnace: 2040 +/- 70 yrs: 206 BC - AD 131 (91.8%);
Smithing hearth: 1900 +/- 70yrs: 43 BC - AD 254 (92.3%).
Pottery:
Mainly East Sussex Ware of the 1st or 2nd century AD; single sherd of Hofheim type flagon 1st century; two sherds of Verulamium type late 1st century; one probable Oxford Ware sherd 3rd or 4th century.
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Site Description:
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W. Beswick partially excavated a small bloomery site in 1970-1. The features were close to the bottom of a wet ditch where timber was preserved, although not enough to be diagnostic. The ditch may be a later feature. Subsequent excavation by Dr O Bedwin revealed a bloomery of late Iron Age and/or early Roman date.
The Grid Reference given in the report (TQ 6408 1947) is incorrect for the location indicated in Figure 1.
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Scheduled Monument Number:
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HER Reference:
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MES4987 (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 Beswick (2003).
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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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W. Beswick
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References:
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Beswick, W.. (1991) Pipe-like objects from bloomery sites. Sussex Archaeological Collections. 129. pp. 246-9
Haselfoot, A. J.. (1979) General Secretary's Report. Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter. 21. pp. 1-4
T, E. O.. (1979) Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society News. 24. pp. 3
Beswick, W.. (2003) The excavation of a first-century ironworks at Turners Green, Sussex, 1968-70. Wealden Iron, Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group. 2nd series, 23. pp. 6-21
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