On the 11th November 2019 a section of the curtain wall at Lewes Castle suffered a catastrophic collapse, resulting in extensive property damage and the loss of a significant section of the surviving curtain wall. Since that time, HB Archaeology & Conservation Ltd have been involved in an ongoing programme of archaeological recording, from an initial programme of emergency salvage and clearance work in the weeks following the collapse to the wall’s partial reconstruction, which is currently underway.
This talk aims to tell the story of this unprecedented event and what we have gleaned from the work carried out so far.
Diccon Hart is a field archaeologist with over 25 years of commercial experience. He’s spent most of his career working in and around London and the South-East, with occasional early-career forays to more exotic locations in the Middle East. Since 2006 Diccon has been based in Sussex, where most of his work is now focussed.
Key projects carried out during the course of Diccon’s career include the excavation of an extensive medieval and post-medieval cemetery in Chichester, West Sussex, the excavation of an extensive later prehistoric landscape at Peacehaven, East Sussex, and the excavation of Early Neolithic timber trackways at Belmarsh, in Greater London
