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Devils Dyke, Poynings
West Sussex, England · Atlas EN3741
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3741 (3741)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Sussex
- Historic county
- Sussex
- Parish, community, or townland
- Poynings
- National Grid reference
- TQ26041109
- Latitude
- 50.88551
- Longitude
- -0.21051
- Altitude
- 212 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 14 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east); Blocked (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture, scrub or bracken, and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- pits and roundhouses
- Finds
- pottery, human bones, lithics, and environmental material
- Investigations
- Other (1873); Excavation (1931); Evaluation (1999); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1778-1783); Other (2001-2009)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1014953
- HER
- West Sussex MWS5074
- National record
- record TQ 21 SE 3; monument 399072
- Wikidata
- Q31117652
Sources
References
- Curwen, E. 1932-3. Human Remains at the Dyke, Sussex N & S, 4, 7-8.
- Curwen, E.C. 1954. Archaeology of Sussex, 237-9.
- Dunkin, D. 2001. An Archaeological Watching Brief on Drainage Repairs at Devil's Dyke, Near Brighton, West Sussex, Archaeology South-East Rep. No. 1452.
- Hart D. 2009. An archaeological watching brief at Devils Dyke Hillfort, Poynings, West Sussex, Archaeology South-East Report No 09/79.
- Sibun L. 1999. An archaeological evaluation at The Devil's Dyke (Car Park Enhancement), West Sussex, Archaeology South-East Report.