tiompan wrote:
Given the choice between a phenomenological approach and an excavation my dosh would go on the latter.
Yes of course. Excavation can give incredible insight. One more item perhaps on the to-do list for John Manley, CEO of Sussex Archaeologcal Society. He was Clwyd County Archaeologist in the 1970s/1980s and did some good works up on my patch.It's also good to hear the views and theories of Cursuswalker, a landscape detective who undoubtedly has both knowledge of and attachment to this area.