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| Name: | Flint mines at Cissbury Ring, Worthing |
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| HER Ref: | MWS6362 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 27069: CISSBURY RING HILLFORT, PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE AND ASSOCIATED REMAINS
Summary
Ranging over the south western portion of the hillfort the earlier Neolithic flint mine has been partly disturbed by the subsequent construction of the hillfort and its later uses.
Monument Types
- FLINT MINE (In Use, Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Buried, Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Sources
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Curwen EC. 1954. 106-112. |
| <2> | Excavation archive: Irving GV. 1857. JBAA. 13:288-9 ill. |
| <3> | Excavation archive: Lane Fox AH. 1869. Archaeologia. 42:53-70. |
| <4> | Index: Ordnance Survey. 1963 - 1971. Ordnance Survey Record Card - TQ10NW4. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Holgate R. Aug 89. The Neolithic Flint Mines in Sussex a Plough Damage Assessment and Site Mangement Report. A Plough Damage and Site Management Assessment Report. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Donachie JD & Field AJ. 1994. Cissbury Ring a Survey by RCHME. Suss Arch Coll 132. |
| <7> | Scheduling record: Secretary of State. 1997. Schedule of Monuments. |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: M. Russell. 1999. 'Fakery' correspondance by email. |
| <9> | Bibliographic reference: Butler, C. 1992. Some flintwork from Church Hill, Findon and Cissbury. Sussex Arch Colls, 130: 232-3. |
| <10> | Grey Literature Report: Archaeology South-East. 2006. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex.. Project No. 2241. |
| <11> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex - Digital Mapping (GIS) Shapefiles. |
| <12> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex. |
| <13> | Web Site: English Heritage. 2007. PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/. |
Associated Events
- Part excav, Irving GV, c.1850
- Full Survey, Lane Fox, c.1860
- Archaeological and Historical Landscape Survey, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex (Ref: 2241)
- English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex (Ref: ISSN 1749-8775)
Associated Monuments
- MWS6361 - Related to: Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hillfort, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS5269 - Related to: Earthwork or Circular Enclosure at Cissbury Ring (Monument)
- MWS9184 - Related to: Field System, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9192 - Related to: Field System, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9194 - Related to: Field System, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS6350 - Related to: Flint Axe, Cissbury Ring (Find Spot)
- MWS9171 - Related to: Lynchet, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9172 - Related to: Lynchet, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9156 - Related to: Lynchet, Southern Ridge of Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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