Publications

Area surveys, annual reports, and more

The Annual Report is free to all members who have paid their annual membership subscription. Publications below are available to members and non-members although members can purchase at cost price one copy of each new publication. They should contact the secretary for details. The following publications are currently on sale. To order copies here is what to do.

  1. Pay the price indicated plus postage if appropriate. You can pay by bank transfer to The New Forest History and Archaeology Group Sort Code 08-92-99, Bank Account No 67405062.

2. Email commonsproject@btinternet.com requesting the publication and confirming payment made. MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE NAME AND ADDRESS.

3. If you do not have access to email or internet banking, please write to NFHAG, Hatchet Gate Farm, Hale, Fordingbridge, Hants, SP6 2ND enclosing cash or cheque payable to the Group and stating the publication required. Don’t forget your name and address.

Excavations in New Forest Roman Pottery Sites

Publication by NFHAG to mark the centenary of Heywood Sumner’s classic book

One hundred years ago, the renowned New Forest archaeologist and artist, Heywood Sumner, published what is one of his rarest and most important books – “Excavations in New Forest Roman Pottery Sites”. It records, in a beautifully illustrated volume, the results of his research at Pitts Wood, throughout the Latchmore valley and at Linwood. To mark the centenary, the New Forest History and Archaeology Group has reissued this publication, not in the original form, but as a photographic reproduction (slightly reduced) and similar to that produced in 2017 for “Ancient Earthworks”. With this format – two original pages to one A4 page in the new volume – there are 124 original pages of text, plus about 40 of illustrations.

  • Price £12 plus £3 postage

Thirty Five Years in the New Forest

This is a reprint of the 1915 account of the New Forest’s history and management written by the famous Deputy Surveyor, Gerald Lascelles, shortly after his retirement. 145 pages including the original photographs.

  • Price £5.00 or £8.50 by post

Ashley Walk: Its Bombing Range, Landscape, and History

A new edition of Ashley Walk has just (January 2026) been published, thirty years after Norman Parker’s original ground-breaking research. The author died in 2024 and his account of the bombing range has been slightly updated by Henry Cole. The accompanying account of Ashley Walk’s earlier history, landscape and current management (by Anthony Pasmore) has been substantially updated to reflect recent changes in management and some important new archaeological research. The new edition comprises 71 pages with 35 illustrations and two large scale maps in a folder in the back cover.

Price is £8.50 or £10 by post

Hillforts of the New Forest National Park

This outstanding publication has now been reprinted due to public demand.

Price is £14 plus £3.00 postage and packaging ie. total £17.00.

The book can also be collected, by arrangement, in person, at one of the Group’s monthly meetings.