Bishopstone Valley, East Sussex, preserves a significant Anglo-Saxon archaeological complex centred on the settlement and cemetery associated with St. Andrews Church. The site encompasses evidence of late Romano-British activity, a 9th–12th-century Saxon settlement, and burials of the Late Saxon period, making it an important location for understanding continuity and change in early medieval Sussex.

As an excavator with the University of Kent’s Bishopstone Valley Archaeological Project under the direction of Dr. Gabor Thomas, I contributed across many aspects of the excavation over the summer of 2005. Work included geophysical survey and earthwork identification, excavation of the outer village wall, recording and planning of context excavations, human remains excavation and documentation, and the sampling and processing of artefacts and environmental remains through wet-sieving and flotation.