A Neolithic long barrow named after a legendary local giant named Bevis, or Beavis. The old tales tell that Bevis ate an ox washed down with two hogshead of beer every week. This same Bevis was said to have cast his sword off the parapets of Arundel Castle.
Compton,
West Sussex,
England
An Iron Age hillfort that was later used as a Roman religious site. Chanctonbury sits atop a hill in the chalk downland of West Sussex. The earliest known use of the site occurred in the Bronze Age, about 1500 BCE, with the burial of a young woman, who was interred with a bronze dagger beside her.
Findon,
West Sussex,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric Location: Parking area on Chanctonbury Ring Road, turning right off the A283. Also reachable by footpath from the Cissbury Ring parking area. Google map OS Grid TQ139120 Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express Nearest
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A very large Iron Age hillfort set on a chalk promontory of the South Downs, Cissbury Ring was built around 300 BCE as a series of earthwork banks and ditches surrounding a level area of about 65 acres in size. It is the second-largest hillfort in England, second only in size to Maiden Castle in Dorset.
Findon,
West Sussex,
England
A series of bell and bowl barrows also known as The King's Graves, set atop Bow Hill, in Kingley Vale. The site has also been classed as a barrow cemetery. It takes a good climb to reach the barrows from the car parking area at West Stoke.
Chichester,
West Sussex,
England
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