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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Trundle - Hillfort in England in West Sussex

Submitted by paulcall on Tuesday, 16 March 2004  Page Views: 17921

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The Trundle
Country: England County: West Sussex Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Chichester  Nearest Village: Singleton
Map Ref: SU877112  Landranger Map Number: 197
Latitude: 50.893634N  Longitude: 0.754407W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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The Trundle
The Trundle submitted by paulcall : The ENE entrance (and one of the hideous telecommunications masts situated within the ramparts). (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Trundle is an iron-age hillfort built on St Roche's Hill in West Sussex. The name 'Trundle' is Old English for 'circle', but the ramparts are actually built in a series of 9 straight sections. There are two opposing entrances to the ENE and WSW.

The iron-age structure was built around a neolithic causewayed enclosure, of which very little can be seen on the ground.

There is little evidence for any activity in the intervening bronze-age, but there are two linear earthworks to the north-west, outside the main ramparts, and the remains of a possible round barrow within the ramparts, which may have been built during this period.

The hill is now dominated by two unsightly telecommunications aerials.
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The Trundle
The Trundle submitted by paulcall : This is the innermost of the two possible bronze-age linear earthworks to the north-west. It is about 100m long and ends abruptly. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Trundle
The Trundle submitted by paulcall : A view looking south towards the sea, from inside the ramparts. They are an average of 1.8m high. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Trundle
The Trundle submitted by paulcall : A general view from the west looking uphill to the ramparts and the two modern masts. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Trundle
The Trundle submitted by paulcall : A view northwards towards the WSW entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Trundle
The Trundle submitted by paulcall : The Trundle is an iron-age hillfort built on St Roche's Hill in West Sussex. The name 'Trundle' is Old English for 'circle', but the ramparts are actually built in a series of 9 straight sections. There are two opposing entrances to the ENE and WSW. The iron-age structure was built around a neolithic causewayed enclosure, of which very little can be seen on the ground. There is little evidence for...

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 315m WNW 289° St Roche's Gate Cross Dyke* Misc. Earthwork (SU874113)
 1.4km S 181° Lavant Down Flint Mines Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (SU877098)
 1.5km SSW 197° Lavant Down Earthworks Misc. Earthwork (SU873098)
 2.5km E 91° Molecomb Peak Tumulus Round Barrow(s) (SU902112)
 3.2km NE 40° Court Hill Causewayed Enclosure (SU897137)
 3.9km SE 137° Devils Ditch* Misc. Earthwork (SU904084)
 4.5km ESE 110° Halnaker Hill* Causewayed Enclosure (SU920097)
 4.9km WNW 288° Goosehill Camp* Hillfort (SU830126)
 5.1km SSW 207° Brandy Hole Earthwork* Misc. Earthwork (SU854066)
 5.2km SSW 197° Graylingwell Earthwork* Misc. Earthwork (SU863062)
 5.2km W 274° Bow Hill Cross Dykes and Earthwork Misc. Earthwork (SU825115)
 5.4km ESE 120° Boxgrove* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (SU924086)
 5.4km W 281° Stoughton Down Tumulus Round Barrow(s) (SU824121)
 5.5km W 280° Stoughton Long Barrows* Long Barrow (SU823121)
 5.5km W 265° Kingley Vale Settlements Ancient Village or Settlement (SU822106)
 5.7km W 270° Devil's Humps Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU820111)
 5.8km NNW 347° Cocking Down* Round Barrow(s) (SU8629216825)
 5.8km ESE 110° Long Down Flint Mines* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (SU932093)
 6.0km W 271° Bow Hill Cross Dykes* Misc. Earthwork (SU817112)
 6.0km NNW 332° West Dean Woods Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SU8473916465)
 6.0km W 263° Yew Tree Grove Cross Dyke Misc. Earthwork (SU817104)
 6.1km NNE 30° Heyshott Down Cross Dyke* Misc. Earthwork (SU9070416492)
 6.1km NNW 340° Bepton Down Platform barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU8554516928)
 6.1km ENE 58° Oxen Down Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SU929145)
 6.2km NNW 340° Bepton Down Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU8549716973)
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GIS in archaeology: Visibility Analysis of Causewayed Enclosures on the Sussex Downs by Andy B on Monday, 17 July 2017
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Visibility Analysis of Causewayed Enclosures on the Sussex Downs (The Trundle, Halnaker Hill, Court Hill and Barkhale Camp) Dave Durkin January 2015

This short contribution is aimed at introducing just two analytical techniques used in the archaeological study of landscapes and draws some examples from the
authors’ current work in researching the landscape context of early Neolithic causewayed enclosures.

We shall look first at ‘visibility analysis’, for example what you can ‘see’ from a given
monument, or where you can see it from (no –it’s not always the same) and then ‘least cost modelling’, that is what is the easiest way of getting from site ‘a’ to site ‘b’, or what resources could someone living at site ‘a’ reasonably exploit.
The results should be considered ‘work in progress’!
http://www.ssarg.org.uk/media/991b9d8fe08e4ee9ffff8009ffffffd3.pdf
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Street View by coldrum on Friday, 26 March 2010
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Re: The Trundle by paulcall on Monday, 29 September 2008
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My photograph on this site starting 'This is the outermost of the two linear earthworks to the north-east....' refers to the site with a separate page called 'St Roche's gate cross dyke' My caption is incorrect, as it actually to the north-west. Perhaps this photo could be moved to the correct site?
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Re: The Trundle by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/trundle.html#arch
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