NAME CHANGE

AS FROM 1st January 2010 our group will become Horsham District Archaeology Group - same work, but a new name more in touch with local activity. We will be launching as an independant club and hope to establish good working relationships with all other Archaeological clubs in the neighbourhood, both sides of the Sussex/Surrey border.

For more information, please contact our new Membership Secretary:

Sue Macauley
42, Bluebell Close
Horsham
RH12 5WB

or email her on (and I will have to munge it to fool those dreaded spambots!! ) suemac2002 (at) aol (dot) com

Cost of Annual Subscription has come down, and is now a modest Full Membership £12, Family £20. Casual membership £3 per visit to cover the insurance.




So watch this space!!!


Dates of field meetings in 2010 are as follows:

Fri Jan 8th; Sat Jan 23rd.
Fri Feb 12th; Sat Feb 27th.
Fri March 12th; Sat March 27th.
Fri April 9th; Sat April 24th.
Fri May 14th; Sat May 22nd.
Fri June 11th; Sat June 26th.
Fri July 9th; Sat July 24th.
Fri August 13th; Sat August 28th.
Fri Sept 10th; Sat Sept 25th.
Fri Oct 8th; Sat Oct 23rd.
Fri Nov 12th; Sat Nov 27th.
Fri Dec 10th; Sat Dec 25th - No Meeting!!!!

Fieldwalk at Dedisham on 28th February 2009

Well, what a good turnout!! Virtually a full compliment turned up on Saturday 28th eager to walk a sector of Field B where Michael Luke reported a scatter of Roman building ceramics. Ian and I laid out a dozen 20 metre x 20 metre grids the day before, ready for the walk, and on the day Peter and Andy turned up to carry out the surveying and to record any small finds we discovered during the fieldwalk. By the end of the day, we all staggered off the field carrying very heavy bags full of CBM, pottery, and flintwork.

I asked everyone to take responsibility for their own bagfulls of finds and to take them home and wash them. Everyone instantly agreed as it was the fairest way to distribute the "work", and I suspect they couldn't wait yo examine their "treasures". We shall all be meeting up on 14th April to examine our finds, identify them, and record everything.

The flints we found and which we treated as small-finds looked very interesting, mosy being tiny blades. I thought they were possibly Mesolithic, and I took custody of those and when I got home I cleaned them and photographed them and sent the scans to Chris Butler, the lithics expert in MSFAT for confirmation. His response was to tell me that they did indeed appear to be Mesolithic Blades, and that from my description of the location they may possibly be evidence of a campsite. It would be useful, he added, to find some more. Consequently I returned to the site and found several more. Photos herewith. - watch this space.

If anyone new is interested in Archaeology and wants to start at the ground floor, come and join us. This year we shall be doing all sorts of things - fieldwalking, topographical surveying, Geofizz, hedgrow dating, hugging trees (Joan's speciality), and all sorts of interesting things. Training will be given so don't be frightened off, all are welcome. All I ask is that you enroll (Subs £12 per annum) which covers the Civil Liability Insurance - which is obligatory I'm afraid.

So, until my next posting.... Cheers everyone.