Blackpatch

Blackpatch is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England, about 2 miles west of the village of Findon and about 3 miles north-west of Worthing [1]. It is the site of a Neolithic flint mine, and Bronze Age barrows [1]. The flint mine, which was levelled about 1950, is on the south-west slope of Blackpatch Hill [1]. There are more than 64 infilled shafts, diameter up to 6 metres [1]. The shafts and other features at the site were investigated from 1922 to 1932 by John Pull [1]. Seven shafts were excavated [1]. They were up to 3 metres deep; from them, galleries extended up to 8.5 metres, following a single seam of flint [1]. Flint flakes and pottery sherds were found in the infills from the shafts [1].