Valdoe Assessment Survey begins

The Valdoe Quarry lies on the Goowood Estate, near Chichester in West Susssex. Topographically it occupies an almost identical position to the Boxgrove sites although it lies some 6km to the west. Between 2001 and 2003 the Raised Beach Mapping Project identified the presence of archaeologically sensitive deposits across the Goodwood Estate identical to those preserving half million year old bucthery sites and human remains at Boxgrove.

Throughout 2006 a new project, funded by DEFRA through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, has been established to determine the full extent of the palaeolandsurfaces within the vicinity of the Quarry, to determine the degree to which the Quarry has impacted upon the these deposits and to develop a plan for future mitigation should Quarry work begin to impact upon surviving areas of palaeolandsurface.

The Project, which commence in Jan 2006, represents a unique level of cooperation in Sussex between the Goodwood Estate, Dudmans, West Sussex County Council, English Heritage and DEFRA through the ALSF. Over the course of the project the latest news and results can be followed here.