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Name: | Anti-Aircraft Gun or Searchlight Emplacement, Cissbury Ring, Worthing |
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HER Ref: | MWS9206 |
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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
Large circular pit constructed in 1939-45 for air defence purposes.
Monument Types
- ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT? (In Use, WW II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (between))
- PIT (Constructed, WW II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (between))
- SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT? (In Use, 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. |
Associated Events
- Archaeological and Historical Landscape Survey, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex (Ref: 2241)
Associated Monuments
- MWS6361 - Related to: Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hillfort, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9150 - Related to: Rectangular Enclosure, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9209 - Related to: Slit Trench, Cissbury Ring, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS10683 - Related to: World War II Category 'A' Nodal Point, Findon (Monument)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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