Everything about Cissbury Ring totally explained
Cissbury Ring is a
hill fort on the
South Downs, in the borough of
Worthing, and about 4 miles from its town centre, in the
English county of
West Sussex.
Hill fort
It is the largest
hill fort in
Sussex and among the largest in
Britain overall. The earthworks that form the fortifications were built around the beginning of the Middle
Iron-Age but abandoned in the period
50 BC -
50 AD.
Flint mines
Long before the hill was fortified,
flint mines were being excavated in the area. Some shafts went down as far as 40 feet. The shafts at
Cissbury were excavated with antler picks, much like those at
Grimes Graves and elsewhere. Flint was the common material for making
stone axes for felling timber and working wood during the
Neolithic period.
Structure
The ditches and banks are the remains of a defensive wall that enclosed 65 acres of land; the inner band of the wall is over a mile around. The ditches are said to be as deep as three metres and were filled with loosened chalk and covered with timber palisade. The 600-foot (184m) hill is open to the public but the climb is said to be "not for the faint hearted." From the top, one is able to see to the west
Selsey,
Chichester Cathedral, the
Spinnaker Tower and the
Isle of Wight. To the east, one is able to see
Brighton, the
Seven Sisters and
Beachy Head. Cissbury Ring is the highest point in the
borough of
Worthing.
Later history
During
World War II, Cissbury Ring was used as a camp for the
2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in preparation for the
Normandy landings.
The ring has many ghostly legends surrounding it and has been a haunt for ghost hunters over the years.
Cissbury Ring is owned by the
National Trust and is a
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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