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| Name: | Medieval Salt Working Site, New Monks Farm, North Lancing |
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| HER Ref: | MWS1087 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations - none recorded
Summary
A group of Medieval salt mounds situated within the delta of the River Adur which were mapped from aerial photographs. Excavations have also located early Medieval pottery.
Monument Types
- DRAIN (Constructed, Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD? to 1499 AD?)
- OCCUPATION SITE (Occupation debris, Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD to 1499 AD)
- SALT WORKS (In Use, Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD to 1499 AD)
- FEATURE (Built, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POST HOLE (Built, Medieval - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
Sources
| <1> | Index: Ordnance Survey. 1971. Ordnance Survey Record Card – TQ10NE68. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Holden EW & Hudson TP. 1981. Salt making in the Adur Valley. Sussex Arch Colls. |
| <3> | Digital archive: 12 Nov 2007. WAS (Worthing Archaeological Society) archive research - members' returns. Return 008. |
| <4> | Digital archive: 12 Nov 2007. WAS (Worthing Archaeological Society) archive research - members' returns. Return 013. |
| <5> | Digital archive: Worthing Arch Soc Archive. 2008. Con Ainsworth papers, interim disc (29-07-08). Notebook N001. |
| <6> | Serial: Sussex Archaeological Collections. 1981. Sussex Archaeological Collections - Volume 119. Volume 119. Sussex Archaeological Collection. |
| <7> | Grey Literature Report: Place Archaeological Consultants Ltd.. Apr 1999. An archaeological desk assessment of land at New Monks Farm, Lancing, West Sussex. R10274ac. |
| <8> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2002. An Archaeological Evaluation at New Monks Farm, Lancing, West Sussex. |
| <9> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex - Digital Mapping (GIS) Shapefiles. |
| <10> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex. |
| <11> | Web Site: English Heritage. 2007. PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/. |
| <12> | Grey Literature Report: Archaeolgoy South-East. 2002. An Archaeological Evaluation at New Monks Farm, Lancing. Project No. 1296. |
Associated Events
- Part excav, Ainsworth C
- An Archaeological Evaluation of Salt mounds at New Monks Farm, Lancing (Ref: Project No. 1296)
- English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex (Ref: ISSN 1749-8775)
Associated Monuments
- MWS11590 - Related to: Earthwork Remains of World War II Bomb Craters to the West of Shoreham Airfield, Lancing (Monument)
- MWS15498 - Related to: New A27 Roundabout and Coombes Road, New Monks Farm, Lancing - Watching Brief (Negative Evidence)
- MWS9494 - Related to: New Monks Farm, Lancing - Watching Brief (Monument)
- MWS12197 - Related to: Two Medieval Saltern Mounds north of North Barn Farm, Shoreham (Monument)
Associated Finds
- OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
- POT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 950 AD to 970 AD)
- POTTERY SHERDS (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 970 AD to 1499 AD)
- SHERDS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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