© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Highdown Hill Camp is a multi-period site near Worthing in West Sussex that incorporates both prehistoric and early medieval remains. The monument comprises a Ram's Hill type enclosure, a form of early Iron Age defended settlement, together with an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated occupation features that demonstrate continued or renewed use of the location during the fifth to seventh centuries. Excavations have revealed evidence of substantial activity during the Anglo-Saxon period, including burial practices and domestic remains that contribute to understanding of early medieval settlement patterns in Sussex. The site's dual chronology illustrates the long continuity of settlement and ritual significance at this elevated location on the South Downs.
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 multi-period site near Worthing in West Sussex that incorporates both prehistoric and early medieval 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).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains