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Natural PlacesSite Name: Big on Little Alternative Name: Big upon Little, Big-Upon-Little, Great upon Little, Executioners RockCountry: England County: West Sussex Type: Rock Outcrop
Nearest Town: Crawley Nearest Village: West Hoathly
Map Ref: TQ348320
Latitude: 51.071507N Longitude: 0.077339W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Thomas Pownall in 1778 tell us that the stone "was covered with multitudes of names and initials of all dates". Though Big-Upon-Little is the most famous in the camp, it is not the only marked stone.
Another carved stone, just west of Big-Upon-Little has obvious symbolism in its carving. Apart from being told the name of the stone, which is Executioners Rock, there is no documentation relating to this stone that the author can find, it might well be a representation of the female genitalia, it might well be a relic from the tourists that visited, or as the name suggests, a grisley site of execution.
The last features of this site worthy of mention are two caves called "Cave Adullam" (dated 1760) and "Moraine Cavern" (dated 1859), the names taken from inscriptions within the caves themselves. Moraine Cavern contains two carvings resembling Celtic knotwork, which were carved in the early 20th century by some members of a boys club. Mesolithic flint flakes and an arrowhead have been found in the caves.
Source: David Staveley's Sussex archaeology web site where you can read more about the area.
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