People - Staff at Archaeology South-East

Simon STEVENS – B.A., M.I.F.A

• Senior Archaeologist

Research Interests
• Medieval archaeology, especially with reference to the Medieval towns of Sussex
• Medieval castles of England and Wales
• Post-Medieval Military Sites
• Rescue archaeology and its techniques

Professional Skills
• Direction of Archaeological Excavations
• Training Excavations and Outreach

Career Summary
2005 - present - Senior Archaeologist, Archaeology South-East
2000 - 2005 - Senior Field Officer, Archaeology South-East
1995 - 2000 - Field Officer, South Eastern Archaeological Services/ Archaeology South-East
1994 - 1995 - Assistant Field Officer, South Eastern Archaeological Services
1990 - 1994 - Assistant Archaeologist/Finds Assistant, South Eastern Archaeological Services - Sutton Hoo Research Trust, CADW

Qualifications
• 1992 – BA (Hons) Archaeology, University of York

Membership of Learned Societies and Professional Recognition
• Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists
• Associate Tutor, University of Sussex, Centre for Continuing Education
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme Health & Safety Tested



Key Projects
Ropetackle, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex: Excavation of large Medieval urban site for SEEDA/Berkeley Homes. View Report

Asda, Crawley, W. Sussex: Excavation of large Medieval site on behalf of Gleesons and Asda. View Report

Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Berkshire: Excavation of multi-period site for Bovis Homes. View Report

Fordacres, Horsemere Green Road, Climping, W. Sussex: Excavation of Bronze Age site for Waterford Properties Ltd.

Maidstone Hospital, Kent: Excavation of Iron Age and Romano-British site on behalf of Just Learning Ltd.

Bersted Street, Bognor Regis, W. Sussex: Excavation of Mid-Saxon, Saxo-Norman and Medieval site on behalf of Crayfern Homes.

High Street/South Street, Seaford, E. Sussex: Excavation of Medieval urban site on behalf of D. F. Tourle Ltd

Cinque Ports Street, Rye, E. Sussex: Excavation of Medieval and Post-Medieval urban site on behalf of Turner Associates.

Eastanton Manor Farm, Andover, Hampshire: Field-walking and evaluation of area of proposed large-scale development for CPM/George Wimpey UK Ltd.

Baxter’s Quarter, Lewes, East Sussex: Directed evaluation and subsequent excavation of large Late Anglo-Saxon and Medieval urban site for The Raven Group.



Recent Publications
Stevens, S. 2009. 'An Archaeological Excavation at 94-96 High Street, Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex', SAC 147, p.220-224

Stevens, S. 2009. 'Archaeological Investigations at the former site of Parbrook Bungalow, Stane Street, Billingshurst, West Sussex', SAC 147, p.217-220

Stevens, S. 2009. 'Excavations at No. 5 John Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex', SAC 147, p.97-109

Stevens, S. 2009. 'An Archaeological Investigation at Kingsborough Farm and Kingsborough Manor, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey' Archaeologia Cantiana CXXIX p.129-54

Stevens, S. 2008. Kingsborough 1, in 'Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures and Later Prehistoric Farming: Duality, Imposition and the Role of Predecessors at Kingsborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK', Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 74, p.239-42

Stevens, S. 2008. ‘Archaeological Investigations at the ASDA site, Crawley, West Sussex', SAC 146 p.107-47

Stevens, S. 2008. ‘Archaeological Investigation at 42 North Street, Horsham, West Sussex', SAC 146 p.215-20

Stevens, S. 2007. ‘Archaeological Investigations on the A27 Polegate Bypass, East Sussex', SAC 145 p.119-35

Stevens, S. 2006. Excavations at the former site of Tribe’s Yard, Bersted Street, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, SAC 144, 115-27

Stevens, S. 2006. Archaeological Investigations at the junction of High Street and Kilnmead, Crawley, West Sussex, SAC 144, 203-207

Stevens, S. 2006. Archaeological Investigations at the site of Loxwood Place Farm, Loxwood, West Sussex, SAC 144, 207-12

Stevens, S. 2004. Excavations at 1-3 High Street, Seaford, East Sussex, SAC 142, 79-92.

Stevens, S. 1999. ‘A Section through the Moat Bank at Bodiam Castle’, SAC 137,182-3.

Stevens, S. 1999. ‘Archaeological work at the site of the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex,’ SAC 137, 183-7.

Dyson S., Stevens, S, and Shand G. 1999. ‘Causewayed Enclosures’, Current Archaeology 168, 470-2.

Barber, L., Stevens, S., and Sibun L. 1999. ‘Late Iron Age Pottery: Dartford’, Archaeologia Cantiana 109, 381.