West Sussex Prehistoric Sites

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

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: Eight miles south west of Midhurst, off the B2146. From Compton follow signs for the Mardens.
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OS Grid SU787154
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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.
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OS Grid TQ139120
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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

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: Parking area at Storrington Rise, Findon Valley on the A24.
Website: Cissbury Ring
Phone: 01903 740233
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OS Grid TQ140081
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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

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: About 4 miles north of Chichester, off the B2141
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OS Grid SU820111
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