Grant, K. (2009). An Enhanced Watching Brief at St. John the Baptist Church, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex. Archaeology South-East. https://doi.org/10.5284/1006414. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Enhanced Watching Brief at St. John the Baptist Church, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex
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Series:		 Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Between 17th November 2008 and 22nd April 2009 Archaeology South-East was commissioned by Mackellar Schwerdt Architects to undertake an archaeological watching brief at St John the Baptist Church, Southover High Street, Southover, Lewes (NGR 541258 109635) during works associated with the construction of a new Chapter House. The ground works revealed three phases of archaeology. The earliest, Phase 1 remains comprised the foundations of an east-west structure constructed in laminated layers of rammed chalk. These footings had been truncated and incorporated into the Phase 2 foundations for an east-west wall, over which were surviving remnants of a dressed superstructure containing re-used 14th-15th century architectural materials from the nearby Priory of St. Pancras (founded c.1077). The foundations of an internal wall returning to the north butted against this wall and had been truncated by the construction of the church tower in the 18th century. It is possible that the earliest structural remains pertain to the Cluniac 'hospitium' while the later remains correspond to a 14th-15th century phase when the building went out of use as a hospitium and became a church parish. Phase 3 encompasses post-medieval/modern burial activity: four brick tombs, twenty-nine inhumation burials and one charnel pit were revealed during the ground works. Natural chalk geology was encountered at a maximum height of 10.05m AOD, but had been entirely truncated in most areas during Phase 3 activity.
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Author:		 K Grant
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Publisher:		 Archaeology South-East
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
East Sussex Historical Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: St. John the Baptist Church, Sothover high street, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex
Parish: LEWES
District: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Grid Reference: 541200, 109600 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Masonry (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Human Burials (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Walls (Monus)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol6-56419
OBIB: report 2009017 project:3587
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016