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Name:Burpham Camp, Burpham
HER Ref:MWS3790
Type of record:Monument

Designations

  • Scheduled Monument 48: BURPHAM CAMP

Summary

Burpham Camp may be of Saxon origin as it is included in the C10 Burghal Hidage. It may have been of prehistoric origins before being reused as a Burh.


Grid Reference:TQ 5039 1085
Parish:Burpham, Arun, West Sussex
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Monument Types

  • PROMONTORY FORT (In Use, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BURH (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 900 AD to 900 AD?)
  • (Former Type) TRAINING CAMP (In Use, WW II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Sources

<1>Bibliographic reference: Curwen E & EC. 1922. Sussex Arch Colls. 63:2-3.
<2>Bibliographic reference: 1959. Sussex N & Q. 15:3:105.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Murray KME. 1959. Sussex N & Q. 15:4:139.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Godfrey WH. 1960. Sussex N & Q. 15:5:171.
<5>Bibliographic reference: 1905. Victoria County History of Sussex - Volume 1. 468 plan.
<6>Bibliographic reference: OS. 1970. TQ00NW11.
<7>Bibliographic reference: 1973. Med Archaeol. 17:150.
<8>Excavation archive: Sutermeister H. 1976. Burpham: A Settlement Site within the Saxon defences. Sussex Arch Colls. 114:194-206.
<9>Bibliographic reference: Brooks N. 1964. The Unidentified forts of the BurghalHideage. Med Archaeol. 8:74-90.
<10>Bibliographic reference: Hill D. 1969. The Burghal Hideage - the establishment of a text. Med Archaeol. 13:84-92.
<11>Bibliographic reference: Biddle M and Hill D. 1971. Late Saxon planned towns. Antiqs Journ. 51-.
<12>Bibliographic reference: Dolley RHM & Metcalf DM. 1961. Anglo-Saxon coins - The reform of the English coinage under Edgar. 146.
<13>Bibliographic reference: Aldsworth FG. 1977. TQ00NW11.
<14>Bibliographic reference: OS. 1962. TQ00NW32.
<15>Bibliographic reference: OS. 1970. TQ00NW32.
<16>Unpublished document: AM Lab Geophysics Section. 1972. Geophysical survey - Burpham Burh.
<17>Bibliographic reference: Bell, M. 1978. Saxon settlements and buildings in Sussex. p 50.
<18>Bibliographic reference: Drewett P, Rudling D & Gardiner M. 1988. The south-east to AD 1000. pp 322-327.
<19>Unpublished document: Mills, J (re Richards J D, 'Viking Age England' (1991)). Nov 2008. Viking conflict archaeology.
<20>Unpublished document: Scott Chaussee. 2011. Geophysical Survey Results for Burpham, West Sussex.
<21>Web Site: English Heritage/Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/.
<22>Web Site: English Heritage. 2007. PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/.

Associated Events

  • Part excav, Sutermeister H, 1972-3
  • Burpham Camp, West Sussex - Geophysical Survey
  • Watching Brief - Play Area Burpham Camp
  • Watching Brief - resurfacing of car park

Associated Monuments

  • MWS2694 - Related to: Barrow - Peppering Farm (Monument)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)

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