A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Or, though usually on high ground, less dependent on natural 

 slopes for protection. 



(C) Rectangular or other simple enclosures, including forts and 



towns of the Romano-British period. 



(D) Forts consisting only of a mount with encircling ditch or 



fosse. 



(E) Fortified mounts, either artificial or partly natural, with traces 



of an attached court or bailey, or of two or more such 

 courts. 



(F) Homestead moats, such as abound in some lowland districts, 



consisting of simple enclosures formed into artificial islands 

 by water moats. 



(G) Enclosures, mostly rectangular, partaking of the form of F, 



but protected by stronger defensive works, ramparted and 

 fossed, and in some instances provided with outworks. 



(H) Ancient village sites protected by walls, ramparts or fosses. 



(X) Defensive works which fall under none of these headings.' 



The above classification will be followed as closely as possible in 

 the present article, but it will be necessary also for our purpose to deal 

 briefly with sepulchral mounds, or barrows, and with other miscellaneous 

 earthworks. 



Before proceeding to deal with the earthworks in detail, a word or 

 two may be conveniently written here as to the ground plans which are 

 used as illustrations. These are in nearly every case founded upon the 

 ordnance survey maps, tracings from those of the scale of 25 inches to 

 the mile having been checked by a personal examination of each work. 

 The plans of the Sussex earthworks as given on the ordnance survey 

 maps can only be considered approximately correct, certain features 

 having received detailed attention and others very little notice. More- 

 over, two very important points, viz. the contour of the surface of the 

 interior of the camp, and the relation of the earthworks to the natural 

 slopes in the vicinity, are not indicated. 



In the plans given in the present article an attempt has been made 

 to remedy these deficiencies by means of sketch sections where 

 necessary. 



It must be admitted that the officers responsible for the ordnance 

 survey maps had no light task before them. Some of the camps have 

 suffered considerably from weathering, the burrowings of rabbits, and 

 accidental or intentional injury at the hand of man. In other cases 

 considerable confusion has been caused by modifications and alterations 

 of the earthworks at the hands of occupants at different periods. 



PROMONTORY AND HILL FORTRESSES 



[Classes A and B] 

 The Sussex camps furnish examples of most of the classes just 

 named. Those falling under classes A and B may, however, more 

 conveniently be grouped together. 



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