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Bob W PDML

Mon, Oct 27, 2025 8:03 PM

Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg

Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts.

It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century Benedictine monastery.

There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some.

The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos.

Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts. It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century Benedictine monastery. There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some. The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos.

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Stan Halpin

Tue, Oct 28, 2025 2:14 AM

Thanks Bob. Beautiful photos of a beautiful locale.
Stan

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On Oct 27, 2025, at 4:03 PM, Bob W PDML pdmlbw@icloud.com wrote:

Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg

Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts.

It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century Benedictine monastery.

There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some.

The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos.

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Thanks Bob. Beautiful photos of a beautiful locale. Stan Sent from my iPad > On Oct 27, 2025, at 4:03 PM, Bob W PDML <pdmlbw@icloud.com> wrote: > > Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex. > > https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg > > Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts. > > It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century Benedictine monastery. > > There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some. > > The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

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Alan Cole

Tue, Oct 28, 2025 5:32 AM

Bob, that is such an interesting, well captured gallery. So different to
what we have around here. The story of the Pilot is very touching too.

The hom saps who "invaded" Europe from Africa about 500m years ago
slowly replaced & intermarried with the various hominids already there.
Neanderthal genes are still to be found in indigenous Britons today,
notably in the front rows of Rugby scrums.

Alan C

On 27/10/2025 22:03, Bob W PDML wrote:

Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg

Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts.

It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century Benedictine monastery.

There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some.

The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos.

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Bob, that is such an interesting, well captured gallery. So different to what we have around here. The story of the Pilot is very touching too. The hom saps who "invaded" Europe from Africa about 500m years ago slowly replaced & intermarried with the various hominids already there. Neanderthal genes are still to be found in indigenous Britons today, notably in the front rows of Rugby scrums. Alan C On 27/10/2025 22:03, Bob W PDML wrote: > Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex. > > https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg > > Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts. > > It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century Benedictine monastery. > > There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some. > > The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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Bob W PDML

Mon, Nov 3, 2025 9:56 AM

On 28 Oct 2025, at 05:33, Alan Cole cole@lantic.net wrote:

Bob, that is such an interesting, well captured gallery. So different to what we have around here. The story of the Pilot is very touching too.

The hom saps who "invaded" Europe from Africa about 500m years ago slowly replaced & intermarried with the various hominids already there. Neanderthal genes are still to be found in indigenous Britons today, notably in the front rows of Rugby scrums.

Alan C

Thanks. And thanks to Stan too for his comment.

Of course we don’t have the depth of human time here that there is in southern and east Africa, but in a very small area we have an extraordinary continuity of occupation, and all very easy to get to. In yesterday’s walk as well as the Roman road I passed remains from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Saxon, Norman - every period. Quite amazing.

On 27/10/2025 22:03, Bob W PDML wrote:
Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg

Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts.

> On 28 Oct 2025, at 05:33, Alan Cole <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > > Bob, that is such an interesting, well captured gallery. So different to what we have around here. The story of the Pilot is very touching too. > > The hom saps who "invaded" Europe from Africa about 500m years ago slowly replaced & intermarried with the various hominids already there. Neanderthal genes are still to be found in indigenous Britons today, notably in the front rows of Rugby scrums. > > Alan C Thanks. And thanks to Stan too for his comment. Of course we don’t have the depth of human time here that there is in southern and east Africa, but in a very small area we have an extraordinary continuity of occupation, and all very easy to get to. In yesterday’s walk as well as the Roman road I passed remains from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Saxon, Norman - every period. Quite amazing. > >> On 27/10/2025 22:03, Bob W PDML wrote: >> Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex. >> >> https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg >> >> Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts.

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Comcast

Mon, Nov 3, 2025 12:59 PM

Superb set of photos.
Paul

On Nov 3, 2025, at 4:56 AM, Bob W PDML pdmlbw@icloud.com wrote:

On 28 Oct 2025, at 05:33, Alan Cole cole@lantic.net wrote:

Bob, that is such an interesting, well captured gallery. So different to what we have around here. The story of the Pilot is very touching too.

The hom saps who "invaded" Europe from Africa about 500m years ago slowly replaced & intermarried with the various hominids already there. Neanderthal genes are still to be found in indigenous Britons today, notably in the front rows of Rugby scrums.

Alan C

Thanks. And thanks to Stan too for his comment.

Of course we don’t have the depth of human time here that there is in southern and east Africa, but in a very small area we have an extraordinary continuity of occupation, and all very easy to get to. In yesterday’s walk as well as the Roman road I passed remains from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Saxon, Norman - every period. Quite amazing.

On 27/10/2025 22:03, Bob W PDML wrote:

Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg

Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts.

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Superb set of photos. Paul > On Nov 3, 2025, at 4:56 AM, Bob W PDML <pdmlbw@icloud.com> wrote: > > >> >> On 28 Oct 2025, at 05:33, Alan Cole <cole@lantic.net> wrote: >> >> Bob, that is such an interesting, well captured gallery. So different to what we have around here. The story of the Pilot is very touching too. >> >> The hom saps who "invaded" Europe from Africa about 500m years ago slowly replaced & intermarried with the various hominids already there. Neanderthal genes are still to be found in indigenous Britons today, notably in the front rows of Rugby scrums. >> >> Alan C > > Thanks. And thanks to Stan too for his comment. > > Of course we don’t have the depth of human time here that there is in southern and east Africa, but in a very small area we have an extraordinary continuity of occupation, and all very easy to get to. In yesterday’s walk as well as the Roman road I passed remains from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Saxon, Norman - every period. Quite amazing. > >> >>>> On 27/10/2025 22:03, Bob W PDML wrote: >>> Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of Boxgrove in West Sussex. >>> >>> https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg >>> >>> Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a certain Mark Roberts. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

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OT: Boxgrove, Stane Street and Eartham

The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos.

The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public footpaths as seen in these photos.