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Harting Beacon is a hilltop enclosure and ancient monument located on Beacon and Pen Hills in Sussex, England. The site encompasses an Iron Age univallate hillfort, distinguished by a single defensive bank and ditch, which occupies a prominent position commanding views across the surrounding landscape. An Anglo-Saxon burial mound is also present within or adjacent to the fortified enclosure, indicating continued use and significance of the location in the early medieval period. The beacon itself was later adapted as a telegraph station, reflecting the site's enduring strategic value as a vantage point from the Iron Age through to the modern era.
Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015915. View the official record →
Harting Beacon is a hilltop enclosure and ancient monument located on Beacon and Pen Hills in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015915.
Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015915.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Bow Hill forming part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery (7.2 km), Two bell barrows, two pond barrows and a cross dyke on Bow Hill: part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery (7.4 km), Cross dyke on north eastern spur of Bow Hill, 150m south east of the Tansley Stone (7.4 km).
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