Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:06 pm    Post subject: TTFF trip – Rye and Winchelsea

Images here

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report by Ron Strutt

The day started rather cool and windy when we gathered outside the church of St Thomas the Martyr in Winchelsea. The church is a substantial building, despite that fact that all that remains now is the chancel, which explains its unusual square shape. The question is, how much of the church was actually built? The signs are that it was a bit more than actually survives, but by no means all, unless the major part of it was destroyed during one of the many French raids on the town in the 14th century. Some of the effigies in the church are thought to have been brought from the old church, which was destroyed, along with the rest of the original town of Winchelsea, in a storm in 1287. The vivid stained glass windows are fairly modern. The new town was built on a rocky hill on which stood the tiny village of Iham. The grid-like pattern of wide streets shows the planned nature of the new settlement. The buildings date from all periods from the 13th century Court Hall onwards. One common feature of many of the buildings are the barrel-vaulted undercrofts which were built to store the wine which was imported through the town. Our guide, Mike Greenhalgh of the Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group, had arranged for us to visit one of the smaller ones, which is now under the front garden of a modern house. The entrances to many of the others (about 50 survive) can be seen around the town We also visited the site of the long-vanished Saxon church of St Leonard’s, Iham, on the edge of the hill, just outside the present town. A windmill subsequently stood on the spot until it was blown down in the storm of 1987 After a visit to the Strand Gate, where Charlotte disturbed one of the residents.

we headed on to Rye for lunch in the Bell Inn … After lunch we headed off on a tour of Rye, losing various members of the party as we went From the end of Watchbell Street there is an excellent view over the Strand Quay towards the old sea cliffs. All this area was once sea. From there we visited the Ypres Tower, once one of the town’s most important defensive positions… ..and then via the church to the Landgate… and back via the old Augustinian monastery, with its windows bricked up, but the fine tracery preserved…….which concluded our all too brief, if chilly, visit. Many thanks to our guide Mike for giving up his time to treat us to an excellent tour and for his wealth of local knowledge Images here

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_________________Corinne Mills

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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:26 am    Post subject: Castle sieges

Help! You will have to excuse my lack of facts on this one. A while ago I watched a telly programme (It may have been the one called castle), which mentioned surviving documentation regarding the King ordering pig fat so that it could be used to burn the timbers used in during the undermining of a tower. It was huge siege but I can not remember which castle it was and I need some details to do a search.

Any help out there?

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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:32 am    Post subject:

Just prior to the magna carter?

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:47 am    Post subject:

‘Tis ok, having a good read

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:55 am    Post subject:

Blimey the fat of forty pigs….

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:50 pm    Post subject:

Except in Scotland of course … “National” indeed! 😕

We have Archaeology Month ….All September 😀

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:04 pm    Post subject:

Always have to be different up there 😉

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:10 pm    Post subject: Re: National Archaeology Days

From link –

Site tours of Roman villa and earthworks

Take a site tour of this Roman villa site which has extensive earthwork features. The 2005 season will be the final fieldwork of the current project and the excavation will concentrate on the hot range of the villa bath suite. 16th & 17th July and 19th – 24th July (Site closed Monday) 10.00am – 4.00pm (no excavation on Sundays) Groundwell Ridge, Pennine Way, Ash Brake, Swindon. Public parking at nearby shopping centre Pete Wilson English Heritage T: 023 9285 6700

E: [email protected]

Yep, we are opening the site up again.

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:59 pm    Post subject:

There’s a nice little booklet listing most of the events that comes with the latest British Archaeology.

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:09 pm    Post subject:

We’re doing (thats South Wiltshire YAC) a display and activities at the Salisbury NAD and I believe that someone will be there flint knapping Wessex archaeology will be there too

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:17 pm    Post subject:

Saturday 16th July 😀

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:29 pm    Post subject:

Taken from the March/April 2006 issue of British Archaeology (which I have just subscribed to)

NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY WEEK 2006

This year’s National Archaeology Week (NAW) will be held from July 15-23, nine days including two weekends. We hope to build on the large number of sites which took part last year (over 300) and would welcome contact from anyone interested in running an event. National Archaeology Week presents an excellent opportunity to promote your group, organisation, museum or heritage site and to engage with your local communities.

More details are available on the NAW website http://www.britarch.ac.uk/naw

If you are interested in running a NAW event please contact the NAW administrator for advice: [email protected] Tel: 01904 671417.

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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:50 pm    Post subject:

Except in Scotland of course … “National” indeed! 😕

We have Archaeology Month ….All September 😀

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:04 pm    Post subject:

Always have to be different up there 😉

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:10 pm    Post subject: Re: National Archaeology Days

From link –

Site tours of Roman villa and earthworks

Take a site tour of this Roman villa site which has extensive earthwork features. The 2005 season will be the final fieldwork of the current project and the excavation will concentrate on the hot range of the villa bath suite. 16th & 17th July and 19th – 24th July (Site closed Monday) 10.00am – 4.00pm (no excavation on Sundays) Groundwell Ridge, Pennine Way, Ash Brake, Swindon. Public parking at nearby shopping centre Pete Wilson English Heritage T: 023 9285 6700

E: [email protected]

Yep, we are opening the site up again.

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:59 pm    Post subject:

There’s a nice little booklet listing most of the events that comes with the latest British Archaeology.

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:09 pm    Post subject:

We’re doing (thats South Wiltshire YAC) a display and activities at the Salisbury NAD and I believe that someone will be there flint knapping Wessex archaeology will be there too

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:17 pm    Post subject:

Saturday 16th July 😀

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:29 pm    Post subject:

Taken from the March/April 2006 issue of British Archaeology (which I have just subscribed to)

NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY WEEK 2006

This year’s National Archaeology Week (NAW) will be held from July 15-23, nine days including two weekends. We hope to build on the large number of sites which took part last year (over 300) and would welcome contact from anyone interested in running an event. National Archaeology Week presents an excellent opportunity to promote your group, organisation, museum or heritage site and to engage with your local communities.

More details are available on the NAW website http://www.britarch.ac.uk/naw

If you are interested in running a NAW event please contact the NAW administrator for advice: [email protected] Tel: 01904 671417.

_________________Gabs Burr Point, Ballyhalbert – The most easterly point in the whole of Ireland

http://uk.msnusers.com/ballyhalbert

http://www.virginmobile.co.uk

Listen to Virgin Radio at http://www.virginradio.co.uk

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