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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cissbury Ring
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.522 km away from the location you searched for.
County: West Sussex Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Worthing  Nearest Village: Findon
Map Ref: TQ13910803  Landranger Map Number: 198
Latitude: 50.860570N  Longitude: 0.382867W
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JohnLindsay saw from a distance on 18th Dec 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The bus from Worthing to Midhurst, 1, or the other way round, with a stop at Pulborough for the other railway, passes. What needs noting now is the wonderful library in Worthing, and the Museum. The local studies centre for west Sussex is here, there is a complete run of SAC, a run of Archaeologia, and of the Archaeological Journal. How to use these to find out more about the place perhaps means knowing about the BIAB, which is public access and open, and the ADS, which is also mainly public access and open. Worthing has Access to Research but I haven't worked out yet how useful that is.

custer visited on 4th Apr 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Good place for a pic nic, great views, nice sheltered plateau.

graemefield visited on 6th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 2

NigelS visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 4 Access: 3

Cissbury Ring Flint Mines
Cissbury Ring Flint Mines submitted by southdownsancientsites : Cissbury Ring, Sussex, flint mines and west rampart The flint mines at the southwest corner of Cissbury Ring Image copyright: Graeme Hutson (Graeme Hutson), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort and Neolithic flint mines in West Sussex The largest hill fort in Sussex, the second largest in England and one of the largest in Britain and Europe overall, covering some 60 acres. The earthworks that form the fortifications were built around the beginning of the Middle Iron-Age possibly around 250 BC but abandoned in the period 50 BC - 50 AD. Of the approximately thirteen flint mining shafts excavated at Cissbury between 1875 and 1878, three shafts exhibited art and marked chalk blocks:

The No 2 Escarpment Shaft; ‘CavePit’ (or Shaft I); and Shaft VI. Additional art was found at Cissbury in the 1950s in Shaft 27 and its associated galleries.

Anne Teather has written a very interesting paper about Neolithic rock art found in flint mines in Southern England. She argues that flint mines should be thought of as more than simple functional mining sites, that they were revered as monuments in their own right. Lots on the art at Cissbury and also Harrow Hill, Grimes Graves and many other locations. See the most recent comment on our page
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Cissbury Ring submitted by southdownsancientsites : Cissbury Hill Fort, Sussex The southwest view of Cissbury Ring in Sussex Image copyright: Graeme Hutson (Graeme Hutson), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Cissbury Ring submitted by Andy B : Flint mine shaft 27, Cissbury. Art was present 15 feet (4.58m) down on the shaft wall to the east, a metre above the shaft floor at 18 feet (5.5m) and opposite the skeleton (found in the west gallery), though this was not illustrated or described. Art was present in galleries 7 and 8 as noted and illustrated. Figure 5 from the World Archaeology Interpreting hidden chalk art in southern Bri...

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Building new Neolithic connections through chalk art: by Andy B on Wednesday, 06 December 2023
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Building new Neolithic connections through chalk art: The value of the archaeological collections of John Pull and James Park Harrison by Anne Teather

This paper aims to bring to life the collecting strategies of two archaeologists who both excavated at the same British Neolithic flint mine site, 75 years apart. The site of Cissbury, Sussex, where flint extraction took place in the Neolithic between 4000-3000 cal BC, produced evidence of flint tool production in the form of axes and flint debitage, but also human burials and marks incised both on the chalk walls of the mines and on smaller detached pieces of chalk.

Due to their interpretations of the worked chalk material these archaeologists were both subject to some derision from their colleagues during their lives. Neither individual had formal or thorough archaeological training but they took efforts to understand and retain this unusual worked chalk material that, at the time, was seen as problematic.

Their collections, when viewed together in the light of contemporary research, indicate both a historically situated problem of the acceptance of prehistoric art and the value of revisiting their findings.
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Cissbury Ring: Neolithic flint-mines in the digital age by Andy B on Tuesday, 05 December 2023
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Seventy years after John Pull’s excavations at Cissbury Ring transformed our understanding of Neolithic flint-mining, an innovative new interpretive trail has been launched at the West Sussex landmark. Carly Hilts visited the site with James Brown and James Sainsbury to find out more.
the-past.com/feature/cissbury-ring-neolithic-flint-mines-in-the-digital-age/
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National Trust: Neolithic flint mines at Cissbury Ring by Andy B on Wednesday, 04 September 2019
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Flint mining took place at Cissbury Hill during the Neolithic period long before the construction of the hill fort. Thanks to Victorian archaeologists we know that there are substantial surviving underground shafts and galleries here. In the 1970s radiocarbon dating on material from all Britain’s flint mines showed that mines in Sussex were the earliest in the country.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126103442/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cissbury-ring/features/neolithic-flint-mines-at-cissbury-ring (archive link)
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The awesomeness of flint mines thread by Andy B on Wednesday, 04 September 2019
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Dr Anne Teather writes: Flint mines have been coming up recently, mainly due to Prof Dan Hicks and his review of his lectures on the history of archaeology, because flint mines are surprisingly important. This thread is about the awesomeness of flint mines
https://web.archive.org/web/20190904181445/https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1091449555843981312.html (archive link)
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The first British Neolithic representational art? Engravings at Cissbury flint mine by Andy B on Wednesday, 24 May 2017
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The first British Neolithic representational art? The chalk engravings at Cissbury flint mine - Anne M. Teather

During excavations at Cissbury Neolithic flint mine, Sussex, in the 1870s, abstract art scratched on the walls of the mines, and on blocks of chalk within the mines, was uncovered. Subsequent twentieth-century excavations in other British mines revealed further examples: the late Neolithic site of Grimes Graves and the early Neolithic mines of Harrow Hill and Church Hill.

Local archival research between 2003 and 2008 revealed few instances where inscribed chalk had been retained, and none from Cissbury. The subsequent availability of online museum catalogues, however, has been instrumental in locating a lost archive for Cissbury, at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This article reports on five examples from an examination of 39 pieces during June 2015. A full analysis will be published in due course.
http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/teather347
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    Interpreting hidden chalk art in southern British Neolithic flint mines- Anne Teather by Andy B on Thursday, 08 February 2018
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    The Neolithic flint mines of Britain have been identified as sites of intense flint extraction. They occur chronologically in two phases: the earlier Neolithic examples in Sussex and Wessex (including the sites of Cissbury, Harrow Hill, Blackpatch, Church Hill, Easton Down, Martin's Clump, Long Down and Stoke Down) and the later Neolithic flint mine at Grimes Graves in Norfolk (Barber et al. 1999).

    Interpretations of prehistoric flint mines have commonly focused on the functional aspects of flint extraction: the method of extraction and quantity of flint that resulted (e.g. Mercer 1981a, 1981b; Sieveking 1979; Sieveking et al. 1973).

    Only recently has it been argued that prehistoric flint mines were monumental spaces and hence should be considered as monuments in their own right (Russell 2000, 2001). This paper further challenges the functional interpretation of flint mines as simple abstraction sites by discussing hidden in situ chalk art found within them. This art has wider parallels in markings discovered at other Neolithic sites and the examination of these mine and nonmine chalk examples suggests that collectively they indicate an early Neolithic art tradition that has hitherto been ignored.

    Interpreting hidden chalk art in southern British Neolithic flint mines - Anne Teather
    Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233183948_Interpreting_hidden_chalk_art_in_southern_British_Neolithic_flint_mines
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Building new Neolithic connections through chalk art - by Andy B on Wednesday, 24 May 2017
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Building new Neolithic connections through chalk art: The value of the archaeological collections of John Pull and James Park Harrison - Anne Teather

This paper aims to bring to life the collecting strategies of two archaeologists who both excavated at the same British Neolithic flint mine site, 75 years apart. The site of Cissbury, Sussex, where flint extraction took place in the Neolithic between 4000-3000 cal BC, produced evidence of flint tool production in the form of axes and flint debitage, but also human burials and marks incised both on the chalk walls of the mines and on smaller detached pieces of chalk.

Due to their interpretations of the worked chalk material these archaeologists were both subject to some derision from their colleagues during their lives. Neither individual had formal or thorough archaeological training but they took efforts to understand and retain this unusual worked chalk material that, at the time, was seen as problematic. Their collections, when viewed together in the light of contemporary research, indicate both a historically situated problem of the acceptance of prehistoric art and the value of revisiting their findings. By integrating known work with new archival research, it is possible to conclude that their acknowledgement of chalk art in flint mining contexts allows for a greater breadth of interpretation in the present, and the value of curation today.

https://www.academia.edu/28171665/
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Police investigate damage to historic West Sussex hill-fort by Andy B on Friday, 25 November 2016
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A message from Sussex police:

Police are investigating damage to Cissbury Ring, the ancient hill-fort on the South Downs near Worthing. Disturbance to the ground suggests digging for items following illicit use of metal detectors.

Sussex Police heritage crime officer, PCSO Daryl Holter, said: " Illicit metal detecting is a shady unscrupulous act, and deliberate damage to this site is irreversible.

"It is unlikely we will know if items were removed, but any such interference is simply stealing our past and robbing us of the opportunity to interpret and understand it.”

PCSO Holter said the site is protected by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and any contravention of this will be fully investigated.

He added: "There has been outrage from the ethical metal detecting community at this news.

"The overwhelming majority of detectorists adhere to The Code of Practice for Responsible Metal Detecting and report their finds to both the landowner and the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). They have a love of the outdoors and history, and fully respect farmland”.

National Trust archaeologist, Tom Dommett, said: "We are saddened to see this intrusion at such an important archaeological site, and the potential loss of priceless and irreplaceable information about our past.

"This sort of behaviour poses a real threat to our cultural heritage. We do not condone any illegal activity on our sites and encourage anyone witnessing such incidents to contact the police immediately."

He added: "When conducted within the law and recognised best practice, metal detecting can be a valuable tool in adding to our knowledge of the past."

The use of metal detectors on Scheduled Monuments, without a licence issued by the Secretary of State, is prohibited, and metal detecting on National Trust land is only ever permitted under a special licence.

NT countryside teams regularly patrol Cissbury Ring and the Trust is working with Sussex Police to address this latest issue.

Paul Roberts, Historic England's inspector of ancient monuments for Kent, Sussex and Surrey, said: "Irresponsible and criminal metal detecting destroys evidence of our national story that belongs to us all. It is a great shame that Cissbury Ring has now been damaged by the selfish action of a few."

Cissbury Ring, just north of Worthing, is one of the jewels in the crown of the new South Downs National Park. It is the largest hill-fort in Sussex and dates back more than 5,000 years. Its ditch and ramparts enclose some 65 acres of land.

Anyone with information concerning damage is asked to e-mail 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or phone 101 quoting serial 967 of 15/11.

Alternatively they can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org
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Interpreting chalk art in southern British Neolithic flint mines by Andy B on Tuesday, 28 June 2016
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World Archaeology Interpreting hidden chalk art in southern British Neolithic flint mines by Anne Teather (World Archaeology 42:2 230-251)

The Neolithic flint mines of Britain have been identified as sites of intense flint extraction. They occur chronologically in two phases: the earlier Neolithic examples in Sussex and Wessex (including the sites of Cissbury, Harrow Hill, Blackpatch, Church Hill, Easton Down, Martin’s Clump, Long Down and Stoke Down) and the later Neolithic flint mine at Grimes Graves in Norfolk.

Interpretations of prehistoric flint mines have commonly focused on the functional aspects of flint extraction: the method of extraction and quantity of flint that resulted . Only recently has it been argued that prehistoric flint mines were monumental spaces and hence should be considered as monuments in their own right. This paper further challenges the functional interpretation of flint mines as simple abstraction sites by discussing hidden in situ chalk art found within them.

This art has wider parallels in markings discovered at other Neolithic sites and the examination of these mine and non-mine chalk examples suggests that collectively they indicate an early Neolithic art tradition that has hitherto been ignored.

https://www.academia.edu/26359016/World_Archaeology_Interpreting_hidden_chalk_art_in_southern_British_Neolithic_flint_mines
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Cissbury Ring on Youtube by graemefield on Friday, 04 June 2010
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Street View by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 March 2010
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Re: Links for Cissbury Ring by Anonymous on Wednesday, 09 December 2009
We shall fight them on the hillforts ... don't let them take your heritage. Fight I say. Fight

Please post back here if you intend anymore direct action. I may be able to raise an 'army' to come and join you
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Links for Cissbury Ring by Andy B on Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Lots of articles and photos from Valerie Martin:
http://www.findonvillage.com/indciss.htm

http://www.findon.info/cissbury/cissbury.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissbury_Ring
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Worthing to retain its Cissbury Downland by Andy B on Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Leadership Councillor Steve Waight supports the improvement of public access and the enhancement of this public downland

Worthing Council’s Cabinet unanimously agreed to withdraw the Council’s Cissbury downland from sale yesterday, December 3rd.

Councillor Steve Waight, the Cabinet Member for Resources and Business Modernisation went further, though, and, in a prolonged exchange with questioners, conceded most of what protestors have been calling for.

120 protestors had turned up to demonstrate on the steps of the Town Hall and crowded into the Cabinet meeting. Their numbers amply corroborated Cllr Waight’s statement that “more local people had responded to him on this issue than any other in his 18 years as a councillor”.

Retaining control not just ownership

In his responses to SCSO supporters Cllr Waight categorically stated that, in addition to retaining the freehold, the Council “will also retain control over the land”. He stressed that the primacy of the issue of public access had been heard and understood by him and that he had heard the call both to protect the land as it was and to enhance it.

Cllr Waight and Steve Coe, Worthing Council’s Estates Manager, reported that a meeting had taken place earlier in the day with officials from Natural England, the South Downs Joint Committee (SDJC) and the National Trust. In this meeting there was discussion of the nature of the external funding that Natural England could make available to the Council, chiefly through the agri-environmental Higher Level Stewardship scheme (HLS), and the support that both the National Trust and the SDJC were able to offer.

Steve Coe indicated that they will have further meetings with these bodies to address the options available to the Council.

No sale of long term leases

Cllr Waight said that the length of any new lease was yet to be determined, but indicated a positive attitude to the idea of new leaseholds coterminous with the ten year duration of each HLS agreement. He stated that there had been interest expressed from farmers and landholders neighbouring the Council’s downland. He said that it was necessary for the Council to address immediate legal technicalities with regard to the cessation of the past agricultural tenancy, as part of the process.

There was no mention by Cllr Waight of the idea of the sale of long term leases which had been a feature of both the Report to Cabinet and the accompanying press release[i].

Continuing public concern and sense of exclusion

Questioners repeatedly stressed their suspicion of the Council’s intentions and their opposition to the truncation of the review that had earlier been announced (circa 10th November) by Cllrs Waight and Yallop, the Council Leader. They urged that the final proposals for the downland should be made fully public and consulted on widely, and criticized the opaque nature of these events. Cllr Yallop reminded the meeting of his action a year ago to make public the details of the sale. Cllr Waight stated that the review had been on the issue of sale alone, not on the wider management concerns, which did not quell questioners concern at their exclusion from the process of considering this issue.

A good first step

This result is a good first step, though taken within the context of these ongoing concerns.

Stop Cissbury Sell Off will continue to press the views of residents and users of this downland, and to press for the democratic accountability of future management decisions over Worthing’s public downland.

A public information meeting is being arranged by us early next year, when details of progress will be discussed. It is planned to invite Worthing Council representatives to brief us on what they are doing.

Source:
http://www.scso.co.uk/events.htm
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Stop the Cissbury Sell-Off by Andy B on Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Web site for Stop Cissbury Sell-Off

http://www.scso.co.uk/
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Protest over hill fort land sale by Andy B on Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Hundreds of people have staged a protest on land near an Iron Age hill fort in a bid to stop it being sold and keep it in public ownership.

Worthing Council has already said it has suspended the sale and will also review the decision to sell farmland near Cissbury Ring, in West Sussex.

The council said the review was because of public concern about the site.

The South Downs Society said it was a famous archaeological site that needed to remain in public ownership.

The group, Stop the Cissbury Sell-Off (SCSO), said about 400 people gathered for the rally and walked across the land in question, letting off flares.

SCSO spokesman Trevor Hodgson said there was strong feeling and a "massive turnout" by people who had vowed to fight on until the land was fully protected for generations to come.

Cissbury Ring cannot survive properly on its own
Steve Ankers

Worthing Council said the decision to sell two parcels of agricultural land, 57 and 132 acres in size, was taken following the death of the former tenant farmer.

The council said the review would consider fresh options and talks would be held with the South Downs Joint Committee and the National Trust.

Mr Waight said: "Because the decision was made a year ago and because of public concern, we feel it right to review the decision made over a year ago in order to make sure we take everything into account before a final decision is made."

Spokesman for the South Downs Society, Steve Ankers, welcomed the move but called for a permanent halt to the sale.

He said: "It is essential that this important site remains in public ownership. Cissbury Ring cannot survive properly on its own."

He added: "If it was sold, it could end up being fenced off into unsightly paddocks with no access for the public."

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8360572.stm
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Re: Cissbury Ring by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/cissbury.html#arch
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National Trust Site by coldrum on Friday, 16 May 2008
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"This Iron Age hill-fort was built in 300BC as a symbol of power and a refuge in times of threat. Originally, the bank would have had a deep ditch in front and a timber fence on top, creating a formidable stronghold".

The above taken from The National Trust website. More information here:

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Cissbury Ring Walk, Sussex, 23rd September by Andy B on Friday, 10 August 2007
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Walk around the ancient ramparts of Cissbury Ring and investigate the remains of the Neolithic flint mines. There will be a discussion about folklore and the mysteries that surround Cissbury’s near-neighbour, Chanctonbury Ring.

http://www.sussexwalksandtalks.co.uk/cissbury.htm
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