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Harrow Hill is a prehistoric flint mine and Martin Down style enclosure located near Lee Farm in Sussex, England. The site dates to the Neolithic period and represents an important centre of flint extraction and working, with evidence of extensive underground mining activity that supplied high-quality flint for tool manufacture across a significant regional area. The Martin Down style enclosure, characteristic of later prehistoric fortified settlements, occupies the hilltop and demonstrates the continued use and significance of this location through subsequent periods. The combination of industrial flint extraction infrastructure with defensive earthworks reflects the strategic and economic importance of the site within prehistoric Sussex.
Prehistoric flint mine and a Martin Down style enclosure on Harrow hill, 850m south east of Lee Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015239. View the official record →
Harrow Hill is a prehistoric flint mine and Martin Down style enclosure located near Lee Farm in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015239.
Prehistoric flint mine and a Martin Down style enclosure on Harrow hill, 850m south east of Lee Farm 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 1015239.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm (1.7 km), Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm (3.1 km), Flint mine and a bowl barrow on Church Hill, 400m south west of Findon Place (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Prehistoric flint mine and a Martin Down style enclosure on Harrow hill, 850m south east of Lee Farm'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.
Prehistoric flint mine and a Martin Down style enclosure on Harrow hill, 850m south east of Lee Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.