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Harting Beacon is a multiphase hilltop monument located on Beacon and Pen Hills near Harting in West Sussex, comprising an Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon burial mound, and a later telegraph station. The site's primary archaeological significance derives from its Anglo-Saxon phase, when it functioned as a prominent burial location, while the earlier enclosure indicates occupation or use during the Iron Age or Romano-British period. The beacon structure itself was constructed in the early nineteenth century as part of the national telegraph network system. The monument's position on elevated ground afforded it strategic importance across multiple historical periods, from its earliest fortified or administrative function through its use as a burial centre and subsequently as a communication point in 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 multiphase hilltop monument located on Beacon and Pen Hills near Harting in West Sussex, comprising an Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon burial mound, and a later telegraph station. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.