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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Caburn - Hillfort in England in East Sussex

Submitted by jonnee23 on Thursday, 15 February 2001  Page Views: 10363

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The Caburn Alternative Name: Mount Caburn
Country: England County: East Sussex Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Lewes  Nearest Village: Glynde
Map Ref: TQ445089  Landranger Map Number: 198
Latitude: 50.861561N  Longitude: 0.051852E
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 2 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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The Caburn submitted by jonnee23 : Mount Caburn, East Sussex Panorama view approaching Mount Caburn... with Windover Hill and Firle Beacon to the left of picture - Mount Caburn enclosure - and Ranscombe Camp to the right. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Re: The Caburn by Anonymous on Monday, 25 July 2016
It is not a hill fort of the Bronze or Iron Ages. It was partially fortified later, and there were ac-ac gun nests there in WWII.

It is one of the most investigated sites, archaeologically, in England. Most recently in 1998, over 134 pits were found with ritual deposits on ledges were found inside the Coburn and extensive use of technology established, not beyond all doubt, that its purpose was primarily ritualistic. A 'Shout Test' was also carried out as the earthwork is domed, and with the wind blowing as it almost always is, nobody can hear words of warning shouted even a mere 10 m away. This renders the idea of defensive ditches redundant.
Further tests revealed the site had 50,000 m2 of salt-marsh below, and in the early Bronze Age a path which snaked between the barrows leading to the Caburn along the spur of land which analysis shows was covered in a yew wood.
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Re: The Caburn by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-285-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol_137/web/01_drew&ham.pdf
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Re: The Caburn by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Website with some interesting information:

http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/caburn.html#arch
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Re: The Caburn by Anonymous on Monday, 30 June 2008
Condition:2

Ambience: 5 Brilliant views from the top of the hillfort - Soft green Downs unfolding in all directions, and a view for miles! Access the summit at sunset on a sunny day, and the sunset will (hopefully) be spectacular!

Take a bottle of wine, good companions and a few old Sussex poems as we did, and the ambience is brilliant!

Access: 2 Steep walk up chalky path for about half an hour, and shorter way down through fields and a stile. Can also be accessed from Lewes by walking up over the Downs.
Accuracy: Don't have your co-ordinates and maps in front of me, but it all sounds good to me. Glynde is the nearest village, a little way past Lewes and turn off to the left. Go through Glynde and past the Trevor Arms Pub. The road swings sharply left over the railway bridge. Park in public carpark left. Walk up the main street and the entrance to the hilltop path is on the left, halfway up the street. Alternatively, turn left at a small cul-de-sac on the left and go over a stile and up through a steep field and turn left at the top of the field, for a short cut. It will take about half an hour for a slowish/medium pace walker. Good luck!
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Re: The Caburn by coldrum on Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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