<< Our Photo Pages >> Kings Standing - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in East Sussex
Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 Page Views: 9312
Multi-periodSite Name: Kings StandingCountry: England County: East Sussex Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Map Ref: TQ477298
Latitude: 51.048565N Longitude: 0.105762E
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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From Pastscape:
"A number of earthworks which may represent the remains of an Iron Age field system and a possible hut site."
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=406792
Kings Standing clump is an earthwork planted with trees and is the site of a wooden tower used by Royalty when hunting. Also Iron Age and Romano-British remains were found when the site was excavated.
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=407053
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