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Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial monument comprising concentric circular ditches. Located in Sussex, the site preserves evidence of ritual activity spanning several millennia, with the ring-ditches representing different phases of use and construction. The monument's multiple ditches suggest successive episodes of ceremonial significance, reflecting the importance of this location across the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Such ring-ditch complexes are characteristic of significant ritual and settlement foci in prehistoric southern England.
Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012144. View the official record →
Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial monument comprising concentric circular ditches. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012144.
Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton 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 1012144.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A pair of bowl barrows forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery, and a hlaew on Rookery Hill (1.7 km), Two bowl barrows, the south easternmost pair of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (1.8 km), Newhaven military fort and lunette battery (2.7 km).
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