Rat Island, Portsmouth.

Rat Island, Portsmouth.

James Kenny will be giving an online talk for Sussex Past on the Priory Park work on Tuesday 21st of January.sussexpast.co.uk/event/spring-t…

Next talk: Dave Johnston, University of Southampton, on the excavations of HMS Hazardous Prize run aground in 1706 in Bracklesham Bay. Discussing the ship's history it will also consider some of the artefacts found. When: 7.30 pm, Wednesday 22nd of January Chichester Cinema, Chichester.

Interesting and wow!news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-hum…

After our winter break we headed to Eartham Woods to walk the Roman Road of Stane Street and explore the liar results of the surrounding woods. More to be explored......too muddy and slip slidding around!

Next Talk: Elke Raeman, Finds Specialist UCL Archaeology South-East, UCL Institute of Archaeology on 'Finds from the hinterland of Chichester: a Neolithic pin, Bronze Age hoards and Roman satyrs.' When: 7.30 on Wednesday 26th of February at Chichester Cinema, Chichester.

Refreshed our first aid today. Can't be too careful when out on site.

Snakes on a plain! Well, sort of. Adders are waking up from their winter slumber and ready to capture those beautiful rays of sunshine. Usually shy, adders are venomous, and dogs should be kept on the lead on access land, just to be on the safe side. 📷 Julia Vasylevska

As a protected species, it is illegal to kill or harm an adder. If you do encounter one, you needn't worry too much, just observe from a safe distance and wait for them to pass or, just leave them be.

Wednesday saw volunteers undertaking Geophysical survey at StauntonCountryPark to locate any evidence of the Chinese Summer House and Turkish Kiosk built in the 1830s by George Staunton

Next Talk: Mark Roberts on 'Recent archaeological discoveries from some of the landed estates of western Sussex'. Recent work continues to shed light on the archaeology and history of our area and allows a deeper. When: 7.30, Wednesday 26th of March Chichester Cinema, Chichester.

Last week saw CDAS volunteers undertaking Magnetometer survey at Court Hill.

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Great morning up Cissbury Hillfort. Guests and Steve brought flints.

Great morning for our young archaeologists up in Highdown Hill, digging and exploring the area. Thanks to James Brown and James Sainsbury for the opportunity. 20ish happy kids.

West Sussex Archives Society would like to invite members to their Conference on 27th September at the New Park Centre, Chichester. On booking please tell them your society name. The conference starts at 11 15 ans the feehe rate for non-members of WSAS is £25.

This week CDAS has been surveying at Stansted house looking to reveal more of the secret garden which has been hidden underground for the last 230 years.

CDAS open days Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd between 1300 – 1600 to see results of investigation on Stansted House's South Lawn Park at the garden centre and walk through house via the Dutch Garden. If you can visit the State Rooms and the servant quarters; stanstedpark.co.uk

Next Talk: James Kenny, Chichester District Council archaeologist, on the results of CDAS’s investigations of the medieval remains in Priory Park, Chichester, in 2022-2025. When: 7.30 on Wednesday 24th of September at New Park Centre, Chichester.