Sussex Archaeological Collections: Relating to the history and antiquities of the counties of East and West Sussex
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A medieval moated site at Stretham, near Henfield, West Sussex
Edited by JOHN FUNNELL
A substantial moated site was excavated by A. Barr Hamilton between the late 1950s and early 1980s. The remains uncovered within the moat indicated a multi-phased arrangement of buildings and other features including a substantial wooden revetment in the southern moat. The purpose of the various buildings is uncertain, but it is possible that they may have been used by the bishops of Chichester, who were also the Lords of the Manor, when visiting Stretham. The site was probably in use from the thirteenth century to the early/mid fifteenth century, when it appears to have been abandoned possibly as a result of flooding. Although the excavations were not to what may be considered modern standards the site is of sufficient importance to merit publication even in basic form.
