A Roman landscape revealed : Celebrating 20 years of the Culver Archaeological Project

Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network with the River Ouse. Rob Wallace and David Millum explain more.
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North of Lewes in East Sussex, the Upper Ouse Valley is home to an archaeological landscape rich with Roman remains, including evidence of industrial and agricultural activity, field systems, roads, and a winged corridor villa with a free-standing bathhouse. It was in order to investigate the wider historical environment around this last site (which was excavated by UCL and the Mid Sussex Field Archaeological Team in 2000-2007) that Rob Wallace founded the Culver Archaeological Project in 2005. Since then, under Rob’s direction and the supervision of qualified archaeologists, this volunteer community venture has been exploring the parishes of Barcombe and Ringmer, offering illuminating ins

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