 On New Year bank holiday, 2nd January 2023, in glorious sunshine, a group of WAS members did 'The Walk of the Rings - there and back again' between Cissbury and Chanctonbury rings. Some mince pies were eaten... The views over the flooded River Adur were stunning.  Three archaeology dogs came along too.  The 2022 season dig at the Malthouse Field Sompting started on the 15th August and continues until the 4th September. A photo blog of the dig can bee seen on the page: Discoveries/Digs-History/Sompting/Malthouse_Field.
 We are very excited to welcome Worthing Archaeological Society (WAS) who will be undertaking an excavation at Bignor Roman villa this summer. The dig will take place outside of the scheduled area on the following dates during normal opening hours. General public are welcome to come and observe. 10th June 2022 - Resistivity Survey 2nd July 2022 - Start of the Dig 3rd July 2022 - Day Two Alan with his Jedi Master (aka John Mills) Straight-sided Chris in the Southerly trench, and Flinty Folk at the top. Sid's sondage, and Finds Folk plus Detectorists 9th July 2022 - Day Three What a great turnout on a beautiful day. Plenty of digging & Sid's team may have unearthed a great find. Will keep you posted in tomorrow's update 10th July - Day Four Another extremely hot day. Find of the day by Sid & Alan with a broken Roman pot. Keith was entertaining the visitors with his wit & knowledge! 23 July A very busy day on site, new trenches B & C opened up, lots of visitors, a lovely tegula and some more nice pottery. 24 July Another busy day - windy too. Photographs from subsequent days , together with the photos here can be found on the Discoveries/Digs_History/Bignor_Roman_Villa page.
The WAS report on the EPIC Project at Sompting, written up by Connie Shirley, Gill and Bob Turner, is now available to download here: EPIC Report
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