Roman Road Project

On the weekend of 17/18 June 2006, I will be starting work on a project to find the Roman Road south of Chichester.

In 1991, the road was located at Hunston, and I will be undertaking a resistivity survey on two plots of land on Street End Lane in Sidlesham. A brief site visit earlier in the year turned up a rim sherd from a 1st Century pot, along with a number of pieces of Roman roof tile (kindly brought to the surface by the many moles in the field!).

If there are signs of a possible road there, then this will be the furthest south of Chichester it has been located. In addition, the amount of roof tile and pottery that has been found could indicate habitation during the roman period. If the Geophysics results provide any tempting targets, then there are plans to excavate the site in conjunction with the Chichester & District Archaeological Society (see the links).

Details of the results will be posted as soon as I have processed them.