18 March 2026, 7pm – 8pm Online
The Council for British Archaeology presents: This is Archaeology. Collaboration in Action: the excavation and conservation of the Melsonby Hoards
For more info: www.archaeologyuk.org/get-involved...
Another well attended session at Patcham on Saturday, saw the remaining finds from Rocky Clump sorted, marked and bagged. The hardworking team completed the processing tasks by the middle of the afternoon. Extra time was not required and VAR** was used on only two occasions!
Some great finds processed today!
Check out our Instagram @brightonhovearch for more pictures
...contribution to make in local regeneration and Britain’s future on the world stage. However, a more coherent strategy and vision to promote their role as global assets and to ensure sustainable management in the future is critically needed.
...remain: the low awareness of World Heritage values, reduced public spending, and increased pressures for change and development in WHSs and their buffer zones. The WHSs as a whole have become a central part of the national cultural inheritance and have a significant...
..the UK list has evolved to include more extensive, diverse, and complex cultural landscapes and cityscapes. Improved approaches to management, partnership, and stakeholder involvement have in part been successfully achieved to support these. However, significant challenges...
The protection of the UK’s 35 World Heritage Sites (WHS) over 40 years reflects a commitment to the principles set out in the 1972 Convention and the need to adapt this to changing national planning, economic, and conservation priorities. From the early iconic monument WHSs...
Sussex Archaeology and History - Online Archaeology Lecture
25th March 2026, 7.30pm
40 Years of World Heritage in the UK - Challenges and Opportunities
To book: tixoom.app/sussexarchae...
...Markers of disease, trauma and potential cause of death. Looking at the funerary deposit, traditions of burial, deviant burials and finally how to record a skeleton in the field. Limited to 20 people.
16 May – Megan Russell
From Skeleton to Story: The Fundamentals of Human Osteology, Demography and Funerary Interpretation
The day will include topics such as anatomy, identifying bones and a chance to articulate a skeleton cast. Estimation of age, biological sex and stature...
18 April - Roman Wayside Settlements
AM – David Millum – The Culver Project at Bridge Farm
PM – Tony King - Wayside Settlements in Britain, Gaul and Italy.
DAY SCHOOLS
See below for dates
All Day-schools take place at Patcham Community Centre, Patcham, Brighton BN1 8TA and cost £25 for members and £30 for guests (cash only).
DM to book
Saturday 7th March,10am - 4pm
Finds Processing in Brighton
All welcome / no booking required. DM for details
These sessions are for sorting the finds (pottery, flint, bone etc.) and marking/labelling.
I have fixed a date for the Day-school on 'How to write an Archaeological Report' with Simon Stevens from ASE, for Saturday 31st October from 10-4pm and cost £25.
Dm for details
At the last Day-school a request was made for day on guidance on how to write an archaeological report. Other Societies showed an interest, so we thought at the time that is would be a good idea to organise this...
This project has been generously supported by the Council for British Archaeology South-East. A display of finds with East Grinstead Museum is planned for late spring 2026, and a display will also take place at the Sussex Archaeology Symposium on 21 March.
This research project is revealing an enriched picture of extensive Prehistoric human activity in this area, potentially dating back over 10,000 years. Further fieldwork is planned for summer 2026.
Alongside research on other nearby prehistoric sites, the project that ensued is revealing more about the nomadic hunter gatherers who moved through the High Weald landscape following the animals they were hunting and gathering a large variety of foods from this rich and varied terrain...
This research project is revealing an enriched picture of extensive Prehistoric human activity in this area, potentially dating back over 10,000 years. Further fieldwork is planned for summer 2026.
, as well as the surrounding Downland and coastal area. Fieldwork in 2025 recovered finds dating from the Mesolithic, through the Neolithic, to the Bronze Age, with glimpses of a Roman presence too. Traditionally the High Weald is described as a ‘Medieval landscape’....
Speakers: Dr Helena Griffiths and Andy Bliss
In 2024, Dr Griffiths, a geologist, stumbled on a scatter of human struck flints near Horsted Keynes. Subsequently systematic field walking of 23 acres of ploughed fields identified many more artefacts, all finds being geolocated with What3Words....
Monday 27th April 2026, 7.30pm
Sussex Archaeology and History Online Archaeology Lecture
The George Holleyman Archaeology Lecture 2026
‘On the Track of the Hunters of the Prehistoric High Weald’
For further information and to book (no charge): tixoom.app/sussexarchae...
Tuesday 24th March 2026, 7.30pm
A Horley Local History Society Lecture
‘The History of British Coins and Tokens Part 2: 1662-2020’
Speaker: Dr David Rudling FSA
Venue: Horley Community Centre, Regent Hall, 52 Albert Road, Horley.
Members: free; Visitors: £2 (cash only)
Sunday 22nd March 2026, 3pm
A Newtimber Church Lecture and Tea
‘Roman Rural Settlements in Sussex’
Speaker: Dr David Rudling FSA
£10 entrance fee (book below) which includes a ‘delicious cream tea’! Teas served from 2pm.
More info: romansussex.eventbrite.co.uk
The destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Bay of Naples in AD 79 is well known. Although we will review the dramatic endings, this talk will concentrate upon what we know about the functions of these cities before the eruption of Vesuvius, and the lives of their inhabitants.
Tuesday 17th March 2026, 8:00pm
Oxted History Society Lecture
‘A Tale of Two Roman Cities: Pompeii and Herculanium’
Speaker: Dr David Rudling
Members, full-time students and under-18s: free entry
Other visitors: £5 (cash only)
Venue: The United Reformed Church, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, RH8 0AA
Four talks on Tuesdays during February and March covering
Sussex Landscapes: The rock pattern (17th February)
Sussex Landscapes: The human pattern (24th February)
Sussex Landscapes: Along the coast (10th March)
Sussex Landscapes: The Weald & the National Park (24th March)
2026 Festival of Archaeology by the Council for British Archaeology
The theme for this years Festival is ‘Archaeology and Nature’.
The Festival will take place across the UK from Saturday 18th July to Sunday 2nd August.
For details please visit:
www.archaeologyuk.org/festival.html
7:30pm in the Lecture Room, Lewes Town Hall (Fisher St entrance)
Members is £2
Non-members: £4 (cash)
Membership £6/year: www.bryancreer.com/lag/LAGmembe...
Aged 25 and under FREE
