Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings ROUTE O

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings ROUTE O S Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings ROUTE O U T 0 H D OFF ROAD O 15 W miles Intermediate 9 miles (14.48 km) 1¾ hours A N 2 S 8 0 W A Maps - Explorer 121 Arundel & Pulborough Y 0. 5 A 2 122 Brighton & Hove 4 Hor sham A 2 4 This ride visits the two Iron Age forts on the South Downs, west of Steyning and east of Findon, and incorporates part of the South Downs Way. It is on good tracks but care 3 Wo should be taken on some of the steeper descents. There are views from Cissbury Ring, P est House r thing Findon which was the largest flint mine in Northern Europe, to Beachy Head and the Isle of N Gallops F Wight and from Chanctonbury Ring to Brighton, Devil’s Dyke and the North Downs. E P C O Ne T E 1. Start from the car park at the road-and-track crossroads 1 mile w Barn L arm A (1.60 km) south of Steyning Bowl on the Steyning/Sompting road Chancton N E (GR162080). Ring P bu Leave the car park going west on the track. Turn right at the crossroads ry 4 (GR167081) on a well-surfaced bridleway. Climb past Steyning Bowl Cissb on the right to the bridleway crossroads with the South Downs Way at Canada Bottom New Hill marked by a flint memorial to Walter Langmead. Memorial ury Ring Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings 2. Straight over the junction and follow the South Downs Way past Chanctonbury Ring. Carry straight on, ignoring the South Downs Way bridleway on the right. A fast descent, which can be slippery in the wet, takes you to a bridleway crossroads. Turn left to the junction with the track to The Pest House (GR127100). 3. Through the gate and up the Memorial steep bridleway leading over the field. Cross the road onto a second P field. Exit field by gate and go over junction with track and through A T L S R 2 1 O O A B Gallops Farm. Follow concrete track D S to junction of track and lane. Turn O Ste U Ste left uphill to junction of track and T Bo H ynin W ynin wl bridleways. Turn right to Cissbury A D Y O g Cissbury Ring g Ring (GR139094). W N S 4. Left at junction of road and tracks by small car park (GR139085). Follow track through Canada Bottom to start point. Cycle Routes Cycle Routes S Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings ROUTE O U T 0 H OFF ROAD D O 15 W Intermediate 9 miles (14.48 km) 1¾ hours miles A N 2 S 8 0 W Maps - Explorer 121 Arundel & Pulborough A Y 0. 5 122 Brighton & Hove A 2 4 Hor sham A 2 This ride visits the two Iron Age forts on the South Downs, west of 4 Steyning and east of Findon, and incorporates part of the South Downs Way. It is on 3 Wo good tracks but care should be taken on some of the steeper descents. There are views P est House r from Cissbury Ring, which was the largest flint mine in Northern Europe, to Beachy thing Findon N Head and the Isle of Wight and from Chanctonbury Ring to Brighton, Devil’s Dyke and Gallops F E P C the North Downs. O Ne T E w Barn L arm 1. Start from the car park at the road-and-track crossroads 1 mile A Chancton N E (1.60 km) south of Steyning Bowl on the Steyning/Sompting road Ring (GR162080). P bu ry 4 Leave the car park going west on the track. Turn right at the crossroads Cissb (GR167081) on a well-surfaced bridleway. Climb past Steyning Bowl Canada Bottom on the right to the bridleway crossroads with the South Downs Way at ury Ring New Hill marked by a flint memorial to Walter Langmead. Memorial Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings 2. Straight over the junction and follow the South Downs Way past Chanctonbury Ring. Carry straight on, ignoring the South Downs Way bridleway on the right. A fast descent, which can be slippery in the wet, takes you to a bridleway crossroads. Turn left to the junction with the track to The Pest House (GR127100). 3. Through the gate and up the Memorial steep bridleway leading over the P field. Cross the road onto a second field. Exit field by gate and go over A T L S R 2 1 O O A junction with track and through B D Gallops Farm. Follow concrete track S O Ste U to junction of track and lane. Turn Ste T Bo H ynin W ynin left uphill to junction of track and wl A D Y O g bridleways. Turn right to Cissbury W g N Cissbury Ring Ring (GR139094). S 4. Left at junction of road and tracks by small car park (GR139085). Follow track through Canada Bottom to start point. Cycle Routes Cycle Routes.
Recommended publications
  • View Characterisation and Analysis
    South Downs National Park: View Characterisation and Analysis Final Report Prepared by LUC on behalf of the South Downs National Park Authority November 2015 Project Title: 6298 SDNP View Characterisation and Analysis Client: South Downs National Park Authority Version Date Version Details Prepared by Checked by Approved by Director V1 12/8/15 Draft report R Knight, R R Knight K Ahern Swann V2 9/9/15 Final report R Knight, R R Knight K Ahern Swann V3 4/11/15 Minor changes to final R Knight, R R Knight K Ahern report Swann South Downs National Park: View Characterisation and Analysis Final Report Prepared by LUC on behalf of the South Downs National Park Authority November 2015 Planning & EIA LUC LONDON Offices also in: Land Use Consultants Ltd Registered in England Design 43 Chalton Street London Registered number: 2549296 Landscape Planning London Bristol Registered Office: Landscape Management NW1 1JD Glasgow 43 Chalton Street Ecology T +44 (0)20 7383 5784 Edinburgh London NW1 1JD Mapping & Visualisation [email protected] FS 566056 EMS 566057 LUC uses 100% recycled paper LUC BRISTOL 12th Floor Colston Tower Colston Street Bristol BS1 4XE T +44 (0)117 929 1997 [email protected] LUC GLASGOW 37 Otago Street Glasgow G12 8JJ T +44 (0)141 334 9595 [email protected] LUC EDINBURGH 28 Stafford Street Edinburgh EH3 7BD T +44 (0)131 202 1616 [email protected] Contents 1 Introduction 1 Background to the study 1 Aims and purpose 1 Outputs and uses 1 2 View patterns, representative views and visual sensitivity 4 Introduction 4 View
    [Show full text]
  • South Downs Walks Findon
    © Peter Robinson © Peter SOUTH DOWNS BUTTERFLIES SOUTH DOWNS WALKS Cissbury Ring is one of NATIONAL PARK the best butterfly sites in Sussex. Keep a look out for FINDON From rolling hills to bustling market towns, the Adonis and chalkhill blues, South Downs National Park’s landscapes cover dark-green fritillaries and 1,600km² of breathtaking views, hidden gems marbled whites. You may and quintessentially English scenery. A rich also spot some dingy and tapestry of wildlife, landscapes, tranquillity and grizzled skippers, small visitor attractions, weave together a story of blues and possibly a people and place in harmony. brown hairstreak. For your guide to everything there is to see and do in the National Park visit southdowns.gov.uk/discovery-map Chalkhill blue YOUR COUNTRYSIDE CODE: © Nigel Symington RESPECT. PROTECT. ENJOY. Respect other people • Leave gates and property as you find them • Keep to the paths unless on Access Land VIEW RANGER All of our walk and ride guides Protect the natural environment are now available on View • Take your litter home Ranger, the outdoor discovery • Keep dogs under effective control app, for free. Simply download Enjoy the outdoors this easy-to-use app using the QR • Plan ahead and be prepared code or visit southdowns.gov.uk/ • Follow advice and local signs viewranger for more details. GODALMING ‘Pride of Sussex’, round-headed rampion Chanctonbury Ring Sunset © Mary Shotter © Sean Lewis National Park Area Railway WINCHESTER PETERSFIELD Station MIDHURST SOUTHAMPTON FINDON LEWES WORTHING BRIGHTON & HOVE PORTSMOUTH BOGNOR REGIS FIND YOUR WAY Follow the arrows on waymarkers. Footpath Bridleway Restricted byway Byway Open access land National Trail Acorn POINTS OF INTEREST TAKE THE LEAD CISSBURY RING Centuries of continuous CHANCTONBURY walking seven times For a safe and fun visit with your dog please remember grazing have produced around the ring might to keep them on a lead around livestock and wildlife.
    [Show full text]
  • Sussex Archaeological Society
    GB 1850 MS Collections Sussex Archaeological Society This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 41416 The National Archives NOTE ON ACCESS Searchers should note that to secure access to any of these collections they must first make an appointment with the honorary librarian of the Sussex Archaeological Society. Sussex Archaeological Society, Barbican House, 169 High Street, Lewes BN7 1YE Tel. 01273-486290. COLLECTIONS OF WORKING PAPERS - AUTHORS Allcroft, A. Hadrian Andrews, P.B.S. Attree, F.W.T. Barton, Kenneth J. Bax, Alfred R. Biggar, Joyce T. M. Blaauw, William Henry Bleach, John Booker, T. P.L. Bothamley, Henry W. Brackenbury, K.F. Buck land, L.A. Budgen, Walter Burstow, George Philip Chandler, Allan Child, F. Cooper, William Durrant Courthope, Daphne Crook, B.M. Curwen, Eliot & E. Cecil Davenport, W.S. De Candole, H. Dell, Richard Denman, John Domes, R.L. Dunk in, Edwin H.W. Farrant, John H. * Godfrey, Walter H. Grant ham, W.W. Gray, J.V. Grlnsell, Leslie V. Gunnis, Rupert Hannah, I. Hodson, Leonard J. Holden, Eric W. Holgate, M. S. Honeywood, W. Johnston, George D. Langdon, F.G. Leeney, 0.H. Long, A. Lovegrove, H. Lower, Mark Antony MacDermott, K.H. Machell-Cox, E. , Mannington, H. Marten (Martin) family (several members) Meads, W.E. Norris, N.E.S. Pullein, Catherine Remnant, G.L. Rice, R. Garraway Ross, T. Salt, Mary C.L. Salzman, Louis F. Shaw, Frank Sheppard, V. Simmonds, C. Smith, Verena Standen family Stevens, F. Bentham Straker, E. Style, - Tebbutt, C.F.
    [Show full text]
  • Cissbury Ring and Stump Bottom, West Sussex
    Hi there! Adele here and this is my West Sussex Weekends walk CISSBURY RING AND STUMP It’s a great 5 mile loop around Cissbury Ring, the largest hill fort in Sussex, near to the tiny village of Findon. The BOTTOM, WEST SUSSEX effort of getting to the top of Cissbury Ring is always worthwhile and on a clear, sunny day I’m rewarded with a changing vista in every direction. To read my full story visit www.west-sussex-weekends.com so I can tell you why I think you will love this walk and what highlights to expect. The West Sussex Weekends website is a great Challenging Terrain resource where you will also find ideas for places to stay, eat and drink plus plenty more inspirational stories to tempt you to explore more corners of West Sussex. Getting there 5 miles Cissbury Ring is located close to the village of Findon, just north of Worthing in West Sussex. From the Circular roundabout where the A24 meets the A280, take the small road heading east signed for Findon village. At the crossroads go ahead into Cross Lane which then 2.5 hours becomes Nepcote Lane. The post code BN14 0SG should get you to this point. Just before the large green on the left, turn left (signed 271015 for Cissbury Ring) and follow this lane all the way along as it becomes a single track and then finally meets a gate ahead (with the hill fort mound visible on your right). There is a small parking area to your left here.
    [Show full text]
  • Excavations at Chanctonbury Ring, Wiston, West Sussex 1977
    Excavations at Chanctonbury Ring, Wiston, West Sussex 1977 Author(s): Owen Bedwin, David Rudling, Sue Hamilton, Peter Drewett and Karen Petzoldt Reviewed work(s): Source: Britannia, Vol. 11 (1980), pp. 173-222 Published by: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/525680 . Accessed: 28/11/2012 06:25 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Britannia. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded by the authorized user from 192.168.82.207 on Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:25:15 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Excavations at ChanctonburyRing, Wiston, West Sussex 1977 By OWEN BEDWIN (With specialist reports by David Rudling, Sue Hamilton, Peter Drewett and Karen Petzoldt.) INTRODUCTION HANCTONBURYRing (NGR TQ 139 121) is one of the best known landmarksin Sussex. It consists of a clump of trees, mostly beech, but with occasional sycamore, situated on the very northern edge of the South Downs, about 8 km (5 miles) from the coast (FIG. I). The height above sea-level is 234 m (780 ft.), and the subsoil is Upper Chalk, though several local patches of Clay-with-flints were encountered during the excavation.
    [Show full text]
  • Goddards' Green Solar Burgess Hill West Sussex
    Goddards’ Green Solar Burgess Hill West Sussex Archaeological strip, map and sample excavation for INRG Solar Ltd CA Project: 779014 CA Report: 17047 January 2017 Goddards’ Green Solar Burgess Hill West Sussex Archaeological strip, map and sample excavation CA Project: 779014 CA Report: 17047 Document Control Grid Revision Date Author Checked by Status Reasons for Approved revision by A 10.01.2017 Andrew Sarah Internal QA SLC Whelan Cobain review B Andrew Karen Internal QA Whelan Walker review This report is confidential to the client. Cotswold Archaeology accepts no responsibility or liability to any third party to whom this report, or any part of it, is made known. Any such party relies upon this report entirely at their own risk. No part of this report may be reproduced by any means without permission. © Cotswold Archaeology © Cotswold Archaeology Goddards’ Green Solar, Burgess Hill, West Sussex: Archaeological SMS Excavation CONTENTS SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 3 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 5 2. ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND ................................................................ 6 3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................... 9 4. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 9 5. RESULTS (FIGS 5–9) .......................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Tudor Monastery Farm – Special Tours This Year
    W&D Spring 2014 OFC_W&D OFC (2) 20/02/2014 15:34 Page 1 SPRING 2014 WEALD & DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM Tudor Monastery Farm – special tours this year 21 33 6 Events, Major Housing the Courses funding rural and for the labourer What’s on Gateway in the 19th 2014 Project century P. 2_P. 2- 20/02/2014 15:34 Page 2 WEALD & DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM SPRING 2014 From the Director 2014 promises to be another exciting and challenging year! Progress continues on developing our Stage Two Heritage Lottery Fund 9 bid for the Gateway Project and the Chairman’s column opposite explores it further. Having com- pleted the re-erection of Tindalls Cottage during 2013, our attention will this year be focused around the Louise Adams/Observer Series Adams/Observer Louise Gateway Project and the moving of the medieval house from Sole Street and the Pallingham Quay 13 wagon shed (currently used for our refreshment facilities) to new sites once the final plans and approvals for the project Mark Hall have been agreed. Front cover picture: Pictured during the We may also become involved in rescuing an 18th century filming of BBC TV’s Tudor Monastery Farm barn and stable from a road widening scheme in Kent later in with the house from Walderton in the the year: further details are still to be confirmed. background are, from left, presenters Ruth Another interesting project which we are currently research- Goodman, Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn with ing is the archaeological reconstruction of a Saxon building to 27 meet the changes being introduced into the National contributor Professor Ronald Hutton.
    [Show full text]
  • South East & London
    Countryside Character Volume 7: South East & London The character of England’s natural and man-made landscape Character Area 120 Wealden Greensand Key Characteristics ● In the east of Kent, the Wealden Greensand has a ● Large belt of Greensand typified by its scarp/dip- gentler and more open aspect than the wooded slope topography and by extensive belts of ancient west. This part of the area is also more marked by mixed woodland of hazel, oak and birch together development with the presence of major towns and with more recent coniferous colonisationand communication corridors such as the plantations. M26/M25/M20 and railway lines. ● Large sections of the winding Upper Greensand ● Fruit growing is still a characteristic feature of the escarpment are noted for their steep ‘hanger’ Kent Greensand. woodlands with areas of remnant heath and ● Older deer parks and more recent 18th century wet heath. parklands are a distinctive feature of the Wealden ● Settlements are generally scattered villages and Greensand with extensive views out over the hamlets linked by deep, overhanging, winding lanes Low Weald. with some small, irregular fields remnant of Saxon clearances. Landscape Character ● The Wealden Greensand in Hampshire and West Sussex comprises areas of high ground supporting a This long, curved belt runs across Kent parallel to the North mosaic of open heath, beech/ash or oak/hazel/ash Downs and through Surrey, moving south to adjoin the wooded hangers – or pine forest in Sussex – and Hampshire Downs before curving back eastwards to run rough grazing. There are broad river valley plains parallel with the South Downs in West Sussex.
    [Show full text]
  • The South Downs National Park Is Easy to Access by the SOUTH DOWNS National Trail
    FIND YOUR WAY GETTING AROUND Follow the Acorn symbol for the South Downs Way The South Downs National Park is easy to access by THE SOUTH DOWNS National Trail. For other rights of way use the arrows rail from London and the South Coast. Visit on waymarkers to pick your route. nationalrail.co.uk to plan your journey. NATIONAL PARK Footpath There is a network of bus routes running throughout AND THE SOUTH the South Downs. Buy a Discovery ticket for Bridleway individuals or for families, and have unlimited travel DOWNS WAY Restricted byway for the day across the National Park and surrounding area (ask the bus operators for more information), Byway visit traveline.info/se to plan your journey. Open access land National Trail Acorn Use our interactive Discovery Map to create your own itinerary of attractions, activities and transport TAKE THE LEAD options to fill a perfect day in the South Downs, southdowns.gov.uk/discovery-map For a safe and fun visit with your dog please remember to keep them on a lead around livestock and wildlife. Always bag and bin your dog poo – any public bin will do! YOUR COUNTRYSIDE CODE RESPECT. PROTECT. ENJOY. Respect other people Î Leave gates and property as you find them Î Keep to the paths unless on Open Access Land Î Slow down for horses, walkers and livestock when cycling CONTACT Protect the natural environment South Downs National @SDNPA Î Take your litter home Park Authority: @southdownswaynt Î Keep dogs under effective control 01730 814810 /SDNPA Î Don’t damage or pick wildflowers Enjoy the outdoors Details correct at time of going to print.
    [Show full text]
  • CISSBURY RING Spaces
    WORTHING HERITAGE TRAILS 11 Directions We recommend starting this trail from Storrington Rise car park ( route 1 ), although this is a longer walk it benefits from ample car parking CISSBURY RING spaces. Alternatively, a shorter (but steeper) route leads from the car park at the eastern end of Nepcote Lane (route 2 ). This is a small car park Cissbury Ring, or Cissbury Hill is the highest remains of Neolithic flint mining that dates and is often full, particularly on warm sunny days! point in the Borough of Worthing, rising to back to before 4000 BC and is the second Both car parks are accessed via the Findon 183m or 602 feet. Historically it formed part largest flint mining complex in the country. Road (A24). For Storrington Rise car park of the parish of Broadwater, becoming The name ‘Cissbury’ derives from the mistaken (travelling from Worthing), turn right into absorbed into the borough in 1902. Much of belief by sixteenth and seventeenth century May Tree Avenue, then first left into Storrington the land adjacent to Cissbury was only antiquarians that the hill was named after Cissa, Rise. The car park is located at the point where incorporated in 1933, when land previously the supposed leader of Saxon invaders who Storrington Rise bears to the right. There is a car part of Findon and Sompting parishes was settled in this part of Sussex during the fifth park sign and a clearly visible entrance. moved into Worthing. century AD. The hill was also known as ‘Caesar’s For the ‘Nepcote’ car park, travelling north The name ‘ring’ refers to the vast Hill,’ from the equally incorrect assumption that from Worthing on the Findon Road (A24), turn elliptical earthwork that encloses 24 the Roman emperor once made his ‘camp’ here.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Book Articles on Archaeological Sites in West Sussex
    [PDF] Articles On Archaeological Sites In West Sussex, including: Highdown Hill, Cissbury Ring, Chanctonbury Ring, Trundle... Articles On Archaeological Sites In West Sussex, including: Highdown Hill, Cissbury Ring, Chanctonbury Ring, Trundle (hill Fort), Fishbourne Roman Palace, Bignor Roman Villa, Boxgrove Priory, Cowdray Book Review It is an amazing publication which i actually have at any time go through. It really is writter in easy words and phrases rather than hard to understand. Its been developed in an extremely easy way which is merely following i finished reading through this pdf in which actually changed me, affect the way i think. (Garry Lind ) A RTICLES ON A RCHA EOLOGICA L SITES IN W EST SUSSEX, INCLUDING: HIGHDOW N HILL, CISSBURY RING, CHA NCTONBURY RING, TRUNDLE (HILL FORT), FISHBOURNE ROMA N PA LA CE, BIGNOR ROMA N V ILLA , BOXGROV E PRIORY, COW DRAY - To get A rticles On A rchaeolog ical Sites In West Sussex , including : Hig hdown Hill, Cissbury Ring , Chanctonbury Ring , Trundle (hill Fort), Fishbourne Roman Palace, Big nor Roman V illa, Box g rove Priory, Cowdray PDF, make sure you refer to the button listed below and download the ebook or get access to other information that are have conjunction with Articles On Archaeological Sites In West Sussex, including: Highdown Hill, Cissbury Ring, Chanctonbury Ring, Trundle (hill Fort), Fishbourne Roman Palace, Bignor Roman Villa, Boxgrove Priory, Cowdray book. » Download A rticles On A rchaeolog ical Sites In W est Sussex , including : Hig hdown Hill, Cissbury Ring , Chanctonbury Ring , Trundle (hill Fort), Fishbourne Roman Palace, Big nor Roman V illa, Box g rove Priory, Cowdray PDF « Our online web service was released by using a hope to work as a comprehensive on the internet electronic collection that offers access to large number of PDF file guide assortment.
    [Show full text]
  • Sussex-Circular-1994
    MAGAZINE OF THE CENTRE FOR CROP CIRCLE STUDIES (Sussex Branch) Subscription £10.00 ----------------------- ---------------------- rl ·NEVVS · s s SUSSEX CROP FORMATIONS 1994 - STONE THE CROWS 14 Bishops Drive lewes REF: SUSSEX 1994/03 EastEdiw Sussexr : ANM �� 0�("\/�@rn�'(-��. 'i�\�--�. -- BN7 1 HA Tel. 0273-- 474711 -- - - � Location: Birling Gap, East Sussex t: .tcu"' Slloe : . Crop: Barley · "My brain understands so little that it loves �� --- - -· Tear things it's not supposed to understand" Formed: 20/6/94 or 21/6/94 N (Approx.) OODIE SMITH Spotted by Chris Mansell, 21/6/94 ..,._ Description: The Egg, The Tear & The Slice There's a plethora of little crop circle magazines popping up in the wake of se, same with a nice line in self-prarotion. However, the claim of one (excellent) publication Diameters: Egg 25.6ft (narrowest) by 30.9 Egg advertising itself in the CCCS Circular as "the OOLY rronthly crop circle magazine with (widest), Tear 27.lft (narrowest) by regular pootographs and diagrams" is surely stretching too 33.3 (widest), Slice 27.6ft by 14.10. and the truth a little far, as this recent issues of the OOLY IOOilthly crop circle magazine called se denonstrate... a bit Distance from Tear to Slice 33.5ft at • of re-wording in the advert department needed perhaps? western end, 38.0 eastern. Distance from Tear to Egg 700ft approx. George Wingfield has denied that he will be speaking at any 'hoaxers conference' at the Tramlines at 097°, circles align at Waggon & Horses this Jronth (as reported last issue) and in a clear protest at the very idea 109°.
    [Show full text]