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White Hawk Camp. 



White Hawk Camp, an interesting work situated at the 



southern end of the Racecourse at Brighton, The construction of 



the racecourse has caused some destruction of the northern part, but 



enough remains to show that there has been a double vallum following 



a somewhat irregular circle. On one part of 



the east side, however, the vallum was single. 



There was probably once an outwork on the 



south side which has been destroyed. Chanc- 



tonbury Ring, and other prominent hill-top 



camps in the neighbourhood, are clearly visible 



from this point. Neolithic implements and 



flakes are abundant. White Hawk Camp is 



just about one mile to the north-east of Brighton 



Pavilion. 



HOLLINGBURY, Or HoLLINGBURY CaSTLE, 



as it is sometimes called, lies less than three 

 miles to the north of Brighton Pavilion. 

 Although marked ' Roman ' on the ordnance 

 survey map, it possesses all the usual character- 

 istics of a hill-top camp. In form it may be 

 described as a very irregular circle with four 

 rounded angles. It has a well-defined rampart with a fosse on the outer 

 side. The inner level of the camp is higher than the outer level, and it 

 is clear that the form of the defences has been determined by the con- 

 tour of the surface, although there is no very pronounced natural slope 

 except on the east side of the camp. 

 Evidences of the manufacture of neo- 

 lithic implements have been observed 

 near this camp, whilst actually within 

 its boundary a hoard of Bronze Age 

 implements was discovered some years 

 ago. There is at the south-west side of / 

 the camp an ancient hollow-way which 

 was probably connected with one of the 

 entrances. 



Hollingbury ' Castle ' has in recent J 

 years been acquired by the Corporation 

 of Brighton, and every care is being 

 taken to keep it intact. 



Mount Caburn. — On the detached spur of chalk downs imme- 

 diately to the east of Lewes, there are two hill-top camps, one known as 

 Mount Caburn, being of special importance. The eminence called 

 Mount Caburn is a bold, conical, and regularly-shaped hill immediately 

 to the north of the railway, half-way between Lewes and Glynde 

 stations. The earthworks which occupy the highest point of the hill 

 are visible from the railway. The earthwork, or camp proper, occu- 

 pies a nearly perfectly circular space or platform at the top of the 



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Hollingbury Castle. 



