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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hollingbury Alternative Name: Hollingbury Castle, Hollingbury Camp
Country: England County: East Sussex Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: TQ322078  Landranger Map Number: 198
Latitude: 50.854615N  Longitude: 0.123213W
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.
3 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
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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
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JohnLindsay visited on 1st Mar 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The bus 50 to the surestart or the 26, 46 to Hollingbury Park, or the 79 to Ditchling Beacon on Sundays and soon, Saturdays, one per hour, from the Railway Station. I was trying to work out whether you can see Ditchling Beacon from Hollingbury, and vice versa. Now I have to go to Curwe, Archaeology of Sussex, 1934, and then try to track the literature in the Brighton History Centre and Senate House.

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Hollingbury
Hollingbury submitted by Andy B : Hollingbury Castle Triangulation Pillar Copyright Nigel Cox and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in East Sussex. Hollingbury Neolithic Hill Fort is up the top of the Ditchling road, just past the big mobile phone mast in the middle of a public golf course.

Ditchling road is the one that runs out of town between the London Road and Lewes road and goes up a hill - for a long way There are two car parks, or you can park just off the road near the golf course and walk across to the Hillfort The Hill fort is at the very top of the hill and still has its original ditches and barrows

Note: Hollingbury Hillfort tour for Heritage Open Days, Saturday 10th September 2011, see latest comment
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Hollingbury submitted by Creative Commons : This is the defensive rampart of the Iron Age hillfort on the east side of the enclosure looking north, taken from just north of the eastern entrance. Copyright Nigel Cox and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hollingbury submitted by Andy B : This is the defensive rampart of the Iron Age hillfort on the north side of the enclosure looking east. Copyright Nigel Cox and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hollingbury submitted by Andy B : Hollingbury Camp, Brighton The gateway into this Iron Age camp can be seen by the concrete posts identifying the locations of post holes found during excavation. Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hollingbury Hillfort tour for Heritage Open Days, Saturday 10th September 2011 by Andy B on Thursday, 01 September 2011
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Hollingbury Hillfort
Woodbourne Service Station, Ditchling Road, Woodbourne Avenue, Hollingbury, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN1 8AG

Situated close to the City, Hollingbury Hillfort is one of Brighton and Hove's most important prehistoric structures. A site which evolved over a long period, it has seen use as a Bronze Age Burial Ground, a Iron Age Fortification and, later, a Romano British settlement. Join Dr Matt Pope from the Institute of Archaeology (UCL) for a guided tour of the site during which the prehistory of the Hillfort will be explored. Hollingbury Hillfort is situated on the edge of North Brighton and gives spectacular views across the whole city as well as across the Downs to the north, the site provides a bridge between the urban landscape of one of Britain's most modern and progressive cities and that of our prehistoric past. Event duration approximately 90-120 minutes.

Directions
Meet opposite the Woodbourne garage on the Ditchling Road. On-street parking opportunities near start point.
Public Transport Details

Area well served by bus routes: 26, 46, 56, 79. From Bus: Alight at Woodbourne Garage, Ditchling Road.
Opening Times

Saturday 10th September: 1000
Pre-Booking Required

For pre-booking see: http://www.rth.org.uk/opendoor11/details.php?id=1988863745

Max 30 people. Please wear good walking shoes and bring liquids if you require them. For up to the minute information about this event and for pre-bookings visit: http://www.rth.org.uk/opendoor11/details.php?id=1988863745.
Organised By

Dr Matthew Pope, UCL and The Regency Town House
Website

http://www.rth.org.uk/opendoor11
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Re: Hollingbury by Anonymous on Monday, 21 January 2008
Hollingbury is not Neolithic but an Iron Age Hill Fort, although a bank and ditch from an earlier phase in the bronze age is still discernable.
There is public access across the surrounding golf course via rights of way
The ramparts which were once surmounted by a timber pallisade are well preserved. Concrete filled metal post mark the location of postholes discovered during limited excavations in the 1930's?
There are several bronze age barrows within the hillfort.
A (fictional) painting of the 1930's excavation exists in the main hall of Brighton and Hove 6th form college
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Hollingbury Hillfort Walk by coldrum on Tuesday, 19 June 2007
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A fantastic moderate 3 mile walk exploring Wild Park Woods and the historic hillfort. Some uneven footpaths.
meet at the Hollingdean Sure Start Centre on Brentwood Road.
Wednesdays 11am

Refreshment and toilet facilities are available at the Big Sky Cafe on Brentwood Road. This walk does not run on public and bank holidays and may be cancelled in severe weather.

If you have any questions about this walk or any other aspect of Healthwalks please contact:

Healthwalks Co-ordinator
Sports Development, Brighton & Hove City Council

healthwalks@brighton-hove-gov.uk
(01273) 292564
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1148363
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Lunar Eclipse Sept 7th by Anonymous on Tuesday, 05 September 2006
The Antiquarian Society http://www.theantiquariansociety.com and The Brighton
Astronomy Group http://www.onbrightsky.co.uk will be observing the moonrise and
eclipse from the Ancient Hollingbury Hillfort in Brighton, Sussex.

This link has some more information on the eclipse

http://www.popastro.com/sections/lunar/eclipsesep06.htm

Everybody is welcome to join us and observe this wonderful celestial event.

LUNAR ECLIPSE FULL MOON RISE 7th September 7.30pm
AT HOLLINGBURY HILL FORT

WHAT: It's an eclipse of the moon (the moon is in the earths
Shadow). The moon is at eclipse when it rises at sunset Thursday
Evening just after 7.30pm and will stay in eclipse for about
20-30 minutes and then show's over by 10pm.

WHY: it's pretty rare to see a rising eclipse, expect to see an
Orangey reddish moon.

BRING: a digital camera with you as we'll have a telescope set up so
You can take photos through with normal cameras (and mobiles!) and
Food, Drinks and Musical instruments.

- if you cant make it and want to check it out the moon will be
rising at 7.36pm in the direction east-south-east (114° round from north)

WHERE: Hollingbury Neolithic Hill Fort is up the top of the
Ditchling road, just past the big mobile phone mast in the middle
of a public golf course.

Ditchling road is the one that runs out of town between the London
Road and Lewes road and goes up a hill - for a long way

There are two car parks, or you can park just off the road near the
golf course and walk across to the Hillfort

The Hill fort is at the very top of the hill and still has its original
ditches and barrows

CARSHARE: if you know you’re going to have free space
in your car or you want a lift - please get in touch and we'll
Try n hook you up

WHEN: The Sun sets a couple minutes after 7.30 and then a few
minutes after that the moon will rise in partial eclipse - for all you
purists, the exact time is 19.36 BST

Please find a Map attached for the exact location of Hollingbury Hill Camp
and please feel free to forward this email to anyone who you think may be
interested or Email us if you would rather not recieve these newsflashes

We will see you there.

Stuart Adam Mason Esquire
The Antiquarian Society
Registered Not for profit 5529463
UK 01273 264822
Mobile 0044 07929085358
Maison De Milner,
76 Milner Road,
Brighton,
East Sussex,
BN2 4BP.
UK
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    Re: Lunar Eclipse Sept 7th by AngieLake on Friday, 08 September 2006
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    Couldn't make it there, so took two of my grandchildren (12 and 10) to Haytor on Dartmoor tonight to watch the (partial) eclipse. It was jolly cold while we were waiting, but we were rewarded by it suddenly appearing from behind a bank of lower cloud or mist. Looking quite magnificent, with a sabre-blade of moon missing from its top, it hung picturesquely right over the estuary of the River Teign at far-off Teignmouth. For those few minutes it was a warmer colour than the very large pale one that showed us the way home!
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