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The Trundle
West Sussex, England · Atlas EN3745
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3745 (3745)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Sussex
- Historic county
- Sussex
- Parish, community, or townland
- Singleton
- National Grid reference
- SU87741107
- Latitude
- 50.89244
- Longitude
- -0.75405
- Altitude
- 206 m
Form and condition
- Type
- 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
- Enclosed area
- 5.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system, ditches, and gang working
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (North east); In-turned (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- 800–400 BC
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- quarry hollows
- Interior excavation
- pits and postholes
- Finds
- pottery, human bones, animal bones, and lithics
- Investigations
- Excavation (1975); Other (1975); Excavation (1980); Geophysical Survey (1987); Geophysical Survey (1989); Other (1994); Earthwork Survey (1995); Other (1997); Other (2013); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1874-1
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1018034
- HER
- West Sussex MWS4154
- National record
- record SU 81 SE 21; monument 246354
- Wikidata
- Q31117691
Sources
References
- Aldsworth, F.G. 1976. Reports from the Archaeology Officer, West Sussex County Council, Sussex Archaeol Collect. 114, 327-32.
- Bedwin, O. and Aldridge, F.G. 1981. Excavations at The Trundle 1980, Sussex Archaeol Collect.119, 208-214.
- Curwen, E.C. 1929. Excavations in the Trundle, Goodwood 1928, Sussex Archaeol Collect. 70, 33-85.
- Curwen, E.C. 1931. Excavations in The Trundle, Second Season 1930, Sussex Archaeol Collect. 72, 100-150.
- Down C. 1997. The archaeological monitoring of groundworks at The Trundle, Singleton, West Sussex, Southern Archaeology (Chichester) Report.
- Field Archaeology Unit. 1987 THE TRUNDLE, WEST SUSSEX. A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF THE PROPOSED BRITISH TELECOM GOODWOOD RADIO STATION SITE. Institute of Archaeology, UCL.
- Gater J and Gaffney C. 1989 REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY. THE TRUNDLE, WEST SUSSEX JULY 1989 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS OF BRADFORD 89/38
- Hunter P. and Pine C. 2000. Archaeological monitoring at the site of a new cabinand mast on St Roches' Hill, Singleton, nr Chichester, West Sussex, Development Archaeological Services Report.
- Kenny J. 1994. Archaeological investigation: Trundle Triangle Car Park, Chichester District Archaeological Unit Report.
- Newman J. 2013. The Trundle Mast Replacement, Trundle Radio Station, The Trundle, Goodwood, Chichester, West Sussex: archaeological watching brief, Headland Archaeology Report.
- Oswald A. and McOmish D. 1995. A Causewayed Enclosure and The Trundle Hillfort on St Roche's Hill, Singleton, West Sussex - An Earthwork Survey by the RCHME, Full report Virtual Catalogue Entry to support E.I. Migration.
- Pine C. and Hunder P. 2002. Summary report on the archaeological monitoring at the site of proposed mast installations on St Roche's Hill (The Trundle), Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex, Development Archaeological Services Report.
- RCHME 1995. Causewayed enclosure and The Trundle hillfort on St Roche's Hill, RCHME.