Medmerry, West Sussex: An early-fifteenth century fish trap
Author(s): P Murphy, Hugh Fiske, Mike Kallaway, Kearns, Peter King, Peter Marshall, Lukas Wacker, Mark Seaman
The results from excavations by Archaeology South-East and subsequent intertidal recording by the Chichester and District Archaeology Society have defined a large intertidal fish trap, at least 225m long. It comprised a V- or tick-shaped structure of linear post and wattle alignments with an associated circular post and wattle structure. Radiocarbon dating and chronological modelling suggest that it was constructed in the first quarter of the fifteenth century cal AD. The circular structure and the V-shaped trap were in use simultaneously, but it is not clear how they would have operated.
- Report Number:
- 56/2023
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 28
- Keywords:
- Medieval Radiocarbon Dating Wood
