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Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure

England
List entry 1010929
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010929
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.35 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 33000 04717, TQ 33036 04869
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Whitehawk Camp is a causewayed enclosure located near Brighton in East Sussex, England, dating to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500 to 3000 BCE. The monument comprises a series of concentric ditches interrupted by causeways, a defensive and ritual feature characteristic of early Neolithic enclosures in southern Britain. Excavations have revealed evidence of occupation, including pottery and flint tools, alongside deposits suggesting ritual or ceremonial practices. The site represents an important example of early agricultural settlement and communal gathering place in the South Downs region during the early phase of Neolithic colonisation.

Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010929. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure?

Whitehawk Camp is a causewayed enclosure located near Brighton in East Sussex, England, dating to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500 to 3000 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010929.

Who is responsible for protecting Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure?

Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure 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 1010929.

What other scheduled monuments are near Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort, the possible remains of a Romano-Celtic temple and a group of three bowl barrows at Hollingbury (3.2 km), Long Barrow on Beacon Hill (3.9 km), Long barrow on Beacon Hill, 160m north west of the windmill (4.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
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.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hillfort, the possible remains of a Romano-Celtic temple and a group of three bowl barrows at Hollingbury
3.2 km
Long Barrow on Beacon Hill
3.9 km
Long barrow on Beacon Hill, 160m north west of the windmill
4.1 km
Linear earthwork S of village
4.1 km
A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle
4.2 km
Bowl barrow south of Newmarket Bottom
4.2 km
Medieval enclosure W of Newmarket Plantation
4.8 km
A cross-ridge dyke and part of an adjoining cross-ridge dyke meeting at Juggs Road near Falmer Bottom
4.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure

Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~5.9 miles
Domesday entry for Brighton, Sussex →
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