Publications

Exploring West Sussex geology
with David Bone

Publications

GUIDES, ARTICLES & STRAY NOTES (Updated January 2021)
BY DAVID BONE

Local geology guides
Academic publications
Private circulation and reports
Popular publications
Recent acknowledgements for assistance

Local geology guides

· Bone, D. 2019. Exploring the geology of Chichester Harbour. Limanda Publishing, Chichester.

· Bone, D. 2016. The geology and fossils of Bracklesham and Selsey. Limanda Publishing, Chichester.

· Bone, D. 2014. Bognor’s Rocks; a geological guide. Limanda Publishing, Chichester.

· Bone, D.A. 2010. The Stones of Boxgrove Priory. Limanda Publishing, Chichester.

· Bone, D.A. 2009. Fossil hunting at Bracklesham & Selsey. Limanda Publishing, Chichester. Out of print.

· Bone, D. A. 1998 (and subsequent reprints). A Brief Guide to the Geology and Fossils of Bognor Regis. Bognor Regis Museum. Out of print.

· Bone, A. E. & Bone, D. A. 1985 (and subsequent reprints). Fossils from Bracklesham to Selsey. Chichester District Museum. Out of print.

· Bone, D. 1985. Geology around Worthing. Worthing Museum & Art Gallery. Out of print.

· Bone, D. A. 1980 (and subsequent reprints). Geology around Chichester. Chichester District Museum. Out of print.

Academic publications

· Bone, D. A. (in preparation). Roman use and medieval reuse of malmstone as a building stone around Chichester. British Archaeological Association.

· Bone, D. A. (in preparation). Tufa in West Sussex and the place-name of Steyning. Sussex Archaeological Collections.

· Bone, D. A. (in press). Fishbourne Millpond; re-assessment of a reputed Roman decorated springhead. Sussex Archaeological Collections.

· Bone, D. A. 2022. The enigmatic rocks and sarsen stones of the West Sussex coastal plain. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 133, 2-21.

· Bone, D. A. & Bone, A. E. with a contribution by Henig, M. 2020. A Roman Corinthian capital in Ditrupa limestone from Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 158, 59-70.

· Bone, D. A. 2020. Selsey and Bracklesham, West Sussex; a case study of the impact of coastal management on foreshore exposures and geological conservation. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 131: 432-442.

· Bone, D.A. 2019. Heron-Allen’s Fossil Collection in the Novium (formerly Chichester District Museum). pp. 5-16 in McCann, T.J. & Whittaker, J. E. (eds.) Edward Heron-Allen: Large Acres and Beyond. Opusculum XXVII, Heron-Allen Society, Chichester.

· Anelay, G. and Bone, D. 2019. Worked stone, pp. 84-86 in Anelay, G. The Selhurst Park Project. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

· Cooper, M. J., Foster, G. L. Calcott, P. L., Bone, D. and Pope M. 2019. Provenancing erratics from head deposits at Medmerry, pp. 443-447 in Krawiec, K. and Stephenson, P. A View from the Edge; Archaeological investigation on the Manhood Peninsula, Selsey, for the Medmerry Managed Retreat Scheme. SpoilHeap Publications Monograph 20.

· Bone, D.A. 2019. Heron-Allen and the Ice-Age Boulders of Selsey. pp. 5-16 in McCann, T.J. & Whittaker, J. E. (eds.) Edward Heron-Allen: a Gallimaufry. Opusculum XXVI, Heron-Allen Society, Chichester.

· Bone, D. A. 2016. Historic building stones and their distribution in the churches and chapels of West Sussex, England. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 127, 53-77.

· Bone, D.A. 2015. Quarrying the Mixon: Heron-Allen’s mystery resolved. pp. 6-17 in McCann, T.J. & Whittaker, J. E. (eds.) Edward Heron-Allen: Research in Egypt, La Rochelle and Sussex. Opusculum XXII, Heron-Allen Society, Chichester.

· Bone, D. A. & Bone, A. E. 2014. Quarrying the Mixon Reef at Selsey, Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 152, 95-116.

· Bone, D. 2014. Heron-Allen and the ‘Saxon Feet’ from Selsey. pp. 38-46 in McCann, T.J. & Whittaker, J. E. (eds.) Edward Heron-Allen: Selsey and Beyond. Opusculum XXI, Heron-Allen Society, Chichester.

· Bone, D. A. & Bone, A. E. 2014. A new discovery of a carved stone head at St John the Baptist Church, Findon, West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 152, 231-232.

· Bone, D. A. 2013. Heron-Allen & the ‘Saxon’ feet from Selsey. Sussex Archaeological Collections 151, 187-192.

· Bone, D.A. 2011. Edward Heron-Allen and the Geology of Selsey Bill. pp. 4-16 in McCann, T.J. & Whittaker, J. E. (eds.) Edward Heron-Allen, Archaeology and Local History. Opusculum XVI, Heron-Allen Society, Chichester.

- Bone, D.A. 2009. Martin Venables and the Natural Science & Archaeology Society of Littlehampton, 1933-1938. pp. 79-91 in Brook, A. (ed.) What on Earth is under Sussex. Journal of West Sussex History No. 77. West Sussex Archives Society, Guildbourne Publishing, Worthing.

· Bone, D. 2006. Building stone. In More Buildings facing the Palace at Fishbourne. Sussex Archaeological Collections 144, 81-82.

· Bone, D. 2006. The Geology and Formation of Chichester Harbour. pp. 79-85 in Chichester Harbour, a Reference Guide. Chichester Harbour Conservancy.

· Bone, D. 2006. Sea, Swamp & Tundra: the Geology of Fishbourne. pp. 587-594 in The Fishbourne Book. Hand, M. (Ed.). The Fishbourne Book Group.

· Allen, M. J., Bone, D. A., Matthews, C. & Scaife, R.G. 2004. Tree trunks, Bronze Age remains and an ancient channel exposed on the foreshore at Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 142, 7-23.

· Bone, A. E. & Bone, D. A. 2004. Lavant stone, a Roman and Medieval building stone in West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 142, 63-78.

· Bone, D. A. 2003. Building materials. In Facing the Palace: Excavations in front of the Roman Palace at Fishbourne (Sussex, UK) 1995-99. Sussex Archaeological Collections 141, 91-93.

· Bone, D. A. 2003. Edmond Martin Venables (1901-1990), amateur geologist and natural historian. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 114, 139-150.

· Bone, D. A. & Bone, A. E. 2000. Lavant Stone: a late Roman and medieval building stone from the Chalk (Upper Cretaceous of West Sussex). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 111, 193-203.

· Bone, D. A. 1999. A temporary exposure of the Thames Group (London Clay Formation and Harwich Formation) at Crossbush, near Arundel, West Sussex. Tertiary Research 21, 29-33.

· Bone, D. A. 1998. The London Clay Formation (Early Eocene) at Southleigh Landfill Site, near Emsworth, Hampshire (with a note on Lidsey Landfill Site, near Bognor Regis, West Sussex). Tertiary Research 19, 91-99.

· Bone, D. A. & Tracey, S. 1996. Aerial photography and geological mapping of Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex. Tertiary Research 16, 25-40.

· Bone, D. A. 1992. Edmond Martin Venables, 1901-1990: a Sussex geologist. Tertiary Research 13, 49-58.

· Bone, D. A. 1992. Extracts from the notebooks of E. M. Venables. Tertiary Research 13, 59-66.

· Bone, D. A. 1992. Fossils from the Tilehurst Member (“London Clay Basement Bed”), near Havant, Hants. Tertiary Research 13, 67-70.

· Bone, D. A. 1992. Temporary exposures in the London Clay around Bognor Regis and Chichester, West Sussex. Tertiary Research 13, 103-112.

· Bone, D. A. & King, C. 1992. The London Clay of Earldoms Clay Pit, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Tertiary Research 13, 125-130.

· Bone, D. A. Rolfe, W. D. I. & Jolley, D. 1992. Charles Lyell’s Turritella Table and its geological provenance. Tertiary Research 13, 131-140.

· Bone, D. A., Todd, J. A. & Tracey, S. 1991. Fossils from the Bracklesham Group exposed in the M27 Motorway excavations, Southampton, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 12, 131-137.

· Bone, D. A. 1989. Temporary exposures in the Lower Palaeogene of the eastern Hampshire Basin (Chichester to Havant). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 100, 147-159.

· Cordiner, R. J. & Bone, D. A. 1986. Exposures of the Barton Beds along the Highland Water in the New Forest, Hants. Tertiary Research 7, 133-137.

· Bone, D. A. 1986. The Stratigraphy of the Reading Beds (Palaeocene), at Felpham, West Sussex. Tertiary Research 8, 17-32.

· Bone, D. A. 1985. The London Clay and associated deposits exposed in Chichester Harbour (West Sussex). Tertiary Research 7, 13-21.

· Bone, D.A. 1979. Report of Field Meeting to Clapham Common, West Sussex. 16.X.1977. Tertiary Research 2, 59-60.

· Bone, D. A. 1978. New horizons in the London Clay of Bognor Regis, Sussex. Tertiary Research 2, 9-16.

· Bone, D.A. 1976. The Tertiary deposits at Newhaven, Sussex. Tertiary Research 1, 47-50.

Private circulation and reports

· Bone, D. A. 2012. Building stones of the tower of St Nicholas’ church, Arundel. Report for consultants.

· Bone, D. A. 2012. The building stones of St Mary’s church, Buriton. Report produced for Hampshire Geodiversity group.

· Bone, D. A. 2012. The building stones of St Faith’s church, Havant. Report produced for private circulation.

· Bone, D.A. 2005. The Building Stones of the Cowdray Ruins, Midhurst. Report for consultants.

Popular publications

· Bone, D. 2017. All change at Selsey, West Sussex, UK. Deposits 50, 42-44.

· Bone, D. 2011. Fossil collecting at Bracklesham, West Sussex. Deposits 26, 4-7.

In addition, you will find me writing on a regular basis for Outcrop, the newsletter of the West Sussex Geological Society and occasional field trip reports in the magazine of the Geologists’ Association and the publications of various other organisations.

Recent acknowledgements for assistance

Williamson, E., Hudson, T., Musson, J. and Nairn, I. 2019. The Buildings of England. Sussex: West. New Haven and London: Yale.

King, A. and Collins, P. 2017. Strategic Stone Study. Hampshire (including the New Forest National Park, part of the South Downs, and the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth). Historic England. 29 pp.