Roman ' on some of the published 



3EAF0RD CAMP. 



ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



Seaford. — This is a considerably smaller work, than Beltout, 

 although, like it, it occupies high ground and has been partly destroyed 

 by the sea. It is marked 

 maps, but apparently with- 

 out the slightest evidence. 



One of the peculiari- 

 ties of Seaford Camp is the 

 great height at which it 

 stands above the surround- 

 ing country. On the sea 

 side the cliff is precipitous, 

 whilst the approach from 

 Seaford, on the north-west, 

 is difficult, and would be 

 hazardous to an invading 

 force. As the camp exists 

 to-day it is roughly of tri- 

 angular form with a some- 

 what convex side to the north-west, the shortest side being towards the 

 east. What the original shape may have been, however, is somewhat 

 doubtful, as it is clear that much of it has been destroyed by the inroads 

 of the sea. 



The north-west side of the camp conforms to the contour of the 

 surface, and contains two entrances. The eastern side, however, which 

 is straight, cuts across the plateau on that side, and has an entrance 

 about the middle of its course. Water for the use of the camp may 

 have been procured from a natural spring at the bottom of the slope to 

 the north. 



The position of the camp is such as to command a good deal of 

 the district in which it is situated, and Beltout is visible on one hand 

 and the site of the camp at Newhaven on the other. 



Neolithic flakes and Roman remains have been found in and about 

 Seaford Camp. 



Newhaven. — The earthwork known as Newhaven Castle was 

 situated about three miles to the north-west of Seaford Camp. It has 

 suffered so much from the erosion of the cliff, from the construction of 

 modern defensive works, and from the decomposition and settlement of 

 the plastic clay on which it was constructed, that little now remains. 

 General Pitt-Rivers, writing in 1868, mentions that 'about 1,680 yards 

 of the northern front still remain, and it appears to be arranged in a 

 succession of re-entering curves and salient points. . . . This work, like 

 that of Beltout, occupied the whole summit of the hill, and conformed 

 to the outline of the brow.' The situation of Newhaven ' Castle ' was 

 high, commanding the whole of the surrounding country, but with 

 certain limitations of the view to the north-west. 



Following along the south coast of Sussex the next earthwork to be 

 noted is — 

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