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| Question:
What types of agricultural site have been found in rural Sussex? |
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| Lambs Lea |
| This is a small 4th century Romano-British farm in the South Downs. It has a single wooden building and a ‘corn-dying oven’ used to help preserve crops. There would have been many of these small farms in Sussex, but they are difficult to find. |
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| Bignor |
| The villa at Bignor is one of the largest in Roman Britain, and was the centre of a very large agricultural estate. The outer stockyard shown on the plan may have contained storehouses and agricultural workshops, needed for the running of the estate. |
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| Field Systems |
| This photograph is from Goodwood on the South Downs. The lines shown on the ground, called lynchets, mark the fields of Iron Age or Romano-British farms. They were formed on the slopes when soil moved downhill after long periods of ploughing. |
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