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| Name: | Light Anti-Aircraft Battery or Gun Emplacement, Cissbury Hill, Worthing |
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| HER Ref: | MWS9197 |
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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
A Second World War gun emplacement or light anti-aircraft battery. This sub-circular turf covered bank is situtaed 175m east of the entrance to Cissbury Ring. It would have been within the area enclosed by the anti-tank ditch dug around the hillfort and is probably part of the defences for this area.
Monument Types
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (In Use, WW II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (between))
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (In Use, WW II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (between))
- PIT (Constructed, WW II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (between))
Sources
| <1> | Grey Literature Report: Archaeology South-East. 2006. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex.. Project No. 2241. |
| <2> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex - Digital Mapping (GIS) Shapefiles. |
| <3> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex. |
| <4> | Web Site: English Heritage. 2007. PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/. |
Associated Events
- 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
- MWS9208 - Related to: Anti-tank Ditch, Cissbury Hill, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS6361 - Related to: Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hillfort, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS10683 - Related to: World War II Category 'A' Nodal Point, Findon (Monument)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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