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<< Our Photo Pages >> Highdown Hill - Hillfort in England in West Sussex

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Highdown Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Sussex Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Worthing  Nearest Village: Ferring
Map Ref: TQ093044  Landranger Map Number: 198
Latitude: 50.828828N  Longitude: 0.449424W
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2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
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thereaperman visited on 27th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 well preserved site, clearly visible as a hill fort, well sign posted and cler views of the rest of the south downs

graemefield visited on 1st Jan 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3



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Highdown Hill submitted by graemefield : Panoramic of Highdown hill (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Highdown Hill submitted by graemefield : Ramparts of Highdown hill (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Highdown Hill submitted by graemefield : The ramparts of Highdown hill September 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Highdown Hill submitted by Flickr : The top of Highdown Hill From Wikipedia - Highdown Hill is a prominent hill in the South Downs, as its name suggests, reaching a height of 81 metres (266 ft). The summit of the hill and its western slopes lie in the parish of Ferring in the Arun district, while its eastern slopes lie in the borough of Worthing. It is a popular spot for picnickers, dog-walkers and local riders. It overlooks Li... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Highdown Hill submitted by Flickr : Highdown View West From Highdown Hill there is an almost 360 degree view. This looks over 'my' stretch of the Sussex Coast towards Chichester and the Isle of Wight beyond Image copyright: Worthing Wanderer (Worthing Wanderer), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Highdown Hill submitted by Flickr : Highdown Fort Human occupation of the hill seems to have started in the Late Bronze Age (around 1000 BC) when an enclosure was built. By the Early Iron Age (around 600 BC) this had been replaced by a hill fort composed of a single rampart and ditch. An Anglo-Saxon cemetery was created on the site around 450 AD which has produced an unusual number of glass objects, which can now be seen in Worthing...

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Re: Highdown Hill by coldrum on Wednesday, 25 November 2020
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Heritage Gateway site entry:

https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MWS6402&resourceID=1032
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Re: Highdown Hill Saxon cemetery by Andy B on Saturday, 25 May 2019
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There is very little evidence for 5th-century Saxon occupation in West Sussex other than the cemeteries on Highdown Hill and Apple Down, Compton north of Chichester: the latter may have started being used as late as 500 and has possible evidence for both British and Jutish burials.

The Saxon cemetery on Highdown Hill is of particular interest in that one of the graves yielded a glass vase of 4th to early 5th century date engraved with the inscription 'Use Me and Good Health to You in Greek and thought to have been made in Alexandria.

A short distance to the north of Highdown Hill is the village of Patching, where the latest Roman coin hoard from Britain was discovered in 1997. It includes 47 gold and silver coins, of which 13 of the solidi are orthodox issues of the emperors Gratian to Valentinian III (AD 380-450+) and ten pseudo-imperial Visigothic issues in the names of Valentinian III, Majorian and Libius Severus (AD 440+-461+). The Notitia Dignitatum records the Ala Prima Saxonum serving at Verofabula in the Levant under the Duke of Phoenicia and it may be that one of the veterans of that unit settled in the Patching area during the early 5th century, bringing with him an Egyptian glass vessel acquired on active service. The coin hoard could have originated as the pay of another Saxon veteran serving in the 5th century Visigothic or Roman army.

http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue41/7/3.html
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Sompting Village Morris by coldrum on Tuesday, 23 June 2009
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    Sompting Village Morris Summer Solstice evening, Friday 21st June by Andy B on Saturday, 25 May 2019
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    Friday 21st June 7.00pm Summer Solstice, (with Whispering Woods) assemble at The Spotted Cow, Angmering BN164AW

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Re: Highdown Hill by Anonymous on Thursday, 16 October 2008
It sounds like this place would be of interest to paranormal investigators.
Our group "Seahaven Paranormal" will be doing an investigation there soon (late 2008). We will post the results on our site.

Barry
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Re: Highdown Hill by Anonymous on Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Highdown Hill is a superb example of a hillfort, with extensive ramparts, and evidence of round houses at the west end of the site. Also Tree ring and Saxon Burial site. Also Roman occupation with a bath house on the eastern slope of the hill. Plenty to see. Easy Access, carpark and short walk. Nearby Chalk Gardens open to the public (free), and pub next to carpark.
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