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Excavations at Fishbourne, 1966: Sixth Interim Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

Barry Cunliffe
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The excavations conducted in the summer of 1966 were concentrated upon two projects: the final excavation of the previously unexamined parts of the North Wing, and of the early structures lying beneath it, and the large-scale stripping of selected areas of the garden belonging to the Roman palace. The modern cover-building, which is being erected by the Sussex Archaeological Trust over the remains of the Roman North Wing and which was begun in July 1965, had reached a state of near-completion by September 1966. The excavation work beneath was therefore carried out with the benefit of a roof above it, but with minor inconveniences incurred by being surrounded by builders and subcontractors. Earlier in the year some trial trenching had been carried out in the modern gardens of houses which now occupy the site of the Period I bath building. This work, though limited, has added considerably to the outline plan hitherto available.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , March 1967 , pp. 51 - 59
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1967

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page 51 note 1 I am grateful to Professor S. S. Frere, F.S.A., for reading this report in typescript.

page 51 note 2 The building work had been delayed by various factors. It was due to be finished in October 1965.

page 51 note 3 Antiq. Journ. xlv (1965), 2–3Google Scholar.

page 51 note 4 Ibid., Pl. 1.

page 52 note 1 Antiq. Journ. xliv (1964), Pl. ixGoogle Scholar.

page 52 note 2 Ibid. xlvi (1966), 31.

page 52 note 3 Carried out by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. N. Anderson.

page 54 note 1 In the garden of No. 65 Fishbourne Road, the residence of Mrs. N. Blakeney, by whose kindness the work was undertaken.

page 54 note 2 The largest slab of plaster lifted measures about 20 sq. ft. The details of the painted design are obscured by an encrustation which has not yet been removed.

page 55 note 1 Antiq. Journ. xlvi (1966), 35–36Google Scholar.

page 55 note 2 The pH of the marled turf was 8·o–8·4.1 am grateful to Miss R. Finey for carrying out the analyses of the soil samples and for providing this information,

page 57 note 1 Some posts were found actually within the limits of the path. These are shown on the plan, but may prove eventually to be a later feature.

page 57 note 2 Pliny, Ep. v, 6, 35.

page 58 note 1 Antiq. Journ. xlvi (1966), 35–36Google Scholar.

page 58 note 2 Parts of two marble basins have, however, been found on other parts of the site.