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A busy day for WAS today. A stand at the Sompting History Day, plus the Stones of Sompting and North Lancing Churches, with David Bone.
 The focus of Friday activities is on keeping our skills going and enjoying being out in the open air.
Recent activities have included doing resistivity among the thistles on Slindon Field 20 and res and magnetometry on a field in Sompting. There will be surveying done before the Goblestubbs dig, of course. On a rainy Sunday morning (June 12th) a cheery group of Worthing Archaeological Society members met in the car park at Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre for an organised tour of the Amberley Lime Kilns and a Chalk to Lime talk. This visit was a follow-up from the 2 -year project and excavation of the Lime Kiln site in Lambleys Lane and the subsequent report and illustrated lecture delivered by Connie, Liz and Theresa in April.  19 members of the society were met in the car park by Chris Kirk our guide
A very select group of people enjoyed a walk in lovely weather from the Adur Recreation Ground to Shoreham Redoubt/Fort, via the Houseboats and the riverside. Nigel gave us an excellent talk on the history of the Fort, and others like it. Many thanks, Nigel. The views from there were amazing as the air was so clear.
Our walk coincided with the commemorations of the Somme battles. A bonus was that it was the first time Alex had been to the Fort – and we thought he knew every inch of the area! |