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Cissbury Ring

West Sussex, England · Atlas EN3749

Cissbury Ring is a contour fort in Findon, West Sussex, England.

Other names on the record: Cissbury Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm, and an enclosed area of 24 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a spur and at 183 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and AD 400–800 (Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1015817).

Location

Atlas number
EN3749 (3749)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
West Sussex
Historic county
Sussex
Parish, community, or townland
Findon
National Grid reference
TQ13950805
Latitude
50.86047
Longitude
-0.38320
Altitude
183 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Enclosed area
24 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (East); In-turned (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture
Water source
pool

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and AD 400–800
Dating evidence
Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits, rectangular structures, and roads or tracks
Finds
pottery, human bones, and animal bones
Investigations
Excavation (1824); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1875); Other (1975); Earthwork Survey (1993); Geophysical Survey (2000); Other (2000); Other (2006); Geophysical Survey (2007); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1867-1868); Earthwor

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1015817
HER
West Sussex MWS6361
National record
record TQ 10 NW 1; monument 395595
Wikidata
Q31117733

Sources

References

  1. Carpenter E. 2008. The South Downs NMP Pilot Area 1; Worthing to The Weald, National Mapping Programme Report No 11-2008.
  2. Constable, W. 1827. Note, Arch, 21, 546-7.
  3. Curwen, E. and Williamson, R. Ross 1931. The date of Cissbury Camp, Ant J, 11, 14-36.
  4. Donachie, J. D. Field, D.J. 1993. A Survey of Cissbury Ring, Worthing, West Sussex, RCHME Report.
  5. Dunkin D. 2000. An archaeological watching brief for the replacement of two dog stiles on Cissbury Ring, Worthing, West sussex, Archaeology South East Report No 1289.
  6. James R. 2006. Cissbury Ring, Worthing: archaeological and historic landscape survey, Archaeology South East.
  7. Lane Fox, A.H. 1869. Further remarks on the hill forts of Sussex: being an account of excavations in the forts of Cissbury and Highdown, Arch, 42, 53-76
  8. Payne, A.W. 2001. Cissbury Ring, Worthing, West Sussex: report on geophysical survey, April 2000, Report No 91/2001, AML.
  9. Tibble M. 2007. A Detailed Topographical and Geophysical Survey of Land Outside the Eastern Entrance of Cissbury Ring Hillfort, Findon, Sussex, Archaeology South East.