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| Name: | Northern Defences, Cissbury Ring, Worthing |
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| HER Ref: | MWS9147 |
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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
Constructed in the Middle Iron Age and later heightened. Used during the Second World War for defensive trenches.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Constructed, Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- RAMPART (Constructed, Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- SCARP (Constructed, Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
Sources
| <1> | Grey Literature Report: Archaeology South-East. 2006. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex.. Project No. 2241. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Russell J. Nov 94. Worthing Hospital Development. |
| <3> | Scheduling record: Secretary of State. 1997. Schedule of Monuments. |
Associated Events
- Archaeological and Historical Landscape Survey, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex (Ref: 2241)
- Part excav, -, 1930
Associated Monuments
- MWS14975 - Related to: Cissbury Ring Hillfort, Worthing - Watching Brief (Negative Evidence)
- MWS6361 - Related to: Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hillfort, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9146 - Related to: Eastern Entrance, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS5267 - Related to: Iron Age - Romano-British Occupation, Cissbury Ring (Monument)
- MWS9157 - Related to: Lynchet, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9158 - Related to: Lynchet, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9159 - Related to: Lynchet, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9213 - Related to: Nissen Hut Base, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9210 - Related to: Slit Trench, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9211 - Related to: Slit Trench, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9212 - Related to: Slit Trench, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9214 - Related to: Slit Trench, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9149 - Related to: Southern Defences, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9148 - Related to: Southern Entrance, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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