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Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton

England
List entry 1012144
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012144
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.28 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 46102 02595
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton?

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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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
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Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights, 242m south-west of Warren Court
3.8 km
Medieval crypt, Church Street
4.2 km
Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade
4.7 km
Hillfort and a bowl barrow on Seaford Head
5.9 km
Dovecote at Charleston Manor
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton

Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~6.7 miles
Domesday entry for Heighton, Sussex →
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