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| Name: | Dew Pond on Cissbury Hill, Findon |
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| HER Ref: | MWS9235 |
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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
The earthwork remains of a Post Medieval dewpond are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 situated on a ridge north of Cissbury Ring. The northern end of the pond and its associated bank was destroyed by the anti-tank ditch which was dug around Cissbury Hill during the Second World War. The pond is oval and measures approximately 30m by 32m. Its original extent may have been approximately 45m by 32m.
Monument Types
- DEWPOND (Constructed, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1839 AD (between))
Sources
| <1> | Grey Literature Report: Archaeology South-East. 2006. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex.. Project No. 2241. |
| <2> | Cartographic materials: Tithe Commission. 1838. Tithe Map for the Parish of Findon. |
| <3> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex - Digital Mapping (GIS) Shapefiles. |
| <4> | EH AMIE Report: English Heritage. 2012. English Heritage National Mapping Programme for Worthing - Weald, West Sussex. |
| <5> | 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
- MWS9223 - Part of: Terraced Trackway, Cissbury Hill, Findon and Worthing (Monument)
- MWS6361 - Related to: Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hillfort, Worthing (Monument)
- MWS9234 - Related to: Earthen Mound, Cissbury Hill, Findon (Monument)
- MWS9226 - Related to: Terraced Trackway, Cissbury Hill, Findon (Monument)
- MWS9231 - Related to: Terraced Trackway, Cissbury Hill, Findon (Monument)
- MWS9224 - Related to: Terraced Trackway, Cissbury Hill, Findon (Monument)
- MWS10683 - Related to: World War II Category 'A' Nodal Point, Findon (Monument)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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