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Highdown Hill Camp is a multiphase archaeological site in Sussex comprising a Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, and associated settlement remains. The enclosure, which represents a form of Iron Age fortified settlement characteristic of the downland regions of southern England, occupies the hilltop and demonstrates the strategic use of elevated positions in prehistoric settlement patterns. The Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered at the site attests to continued occupation and use of the locality during the early medieval period, providing valuable evidence for settlement continuity and burial practices. The site exemplifies the layered occupation history of prominent topographic features in Sussex, combining prehistoric defensive structures with early Anglo-Saxon mortuary evidence.
Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015877. View the official record →
Highdown Hill Camp is a multiphase archaeological site in Sussex comprising a Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, and associated settlement remains. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015877.
Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains 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 1015877.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn (3.9 km), Flint mine and a bowl barrow on Church Hill, 400m south west of Findon Place (4.5 km), Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains'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.
Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.