A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



and 1868. It was found that the depth of the pit was always propor- 

 tioned to the diameter. Round the surface and also buried within the 

 pits were large numbers of flakes and waste chips of flint as well as the 

 rough blocks from which they had been struck. Full details of the 

 discoveries are given in Archceologia^ The net results of the observa- 

 tions of General Pitt-Rivers tended to show that the holes had been 

 dug for the purpose of procuring flint for implement making, and that 

 they had been used as habitations at a subsequent period. Mr. E. H. 

 Willett carried on further researches at Cissbury in 1873-5 which con- 

 firmed these theories. His paper was read before the Society of Anti- 

 quaries in 1875." 



The Trundle, St. Roche's Hill. — As far as situation and the 

 extensive views obtainable from it are concerned, this earthwork may 

 justly rank with Mount Caburn and Ditchling Beacon. Its form may 

 be described as something between a circle and a six-sided enclosure. 



It possesses a single rampart en- 

 ? closed within a fosse, the former 



^,^^;!!irr;;Z;;;;;;;;;;li^ havmg been made by throwmg 



^^it^S'^*' "'''^\ the material from the ditch in- 



Z;^^""^ '?*^l-_-^ wards. There are two entrances, 



/V^" o.?f^'"^Vi\ namely, on the south-south-west 



/fl ..^zS.--^-'^''^' I\\ and on the north-north-east. The 



III ^.zi''-''''^ ill view includes the most complete 



^/| picture of the South Downs in 

 ^^^^ West Sussex, which here are 

 >%^ •j-'^^l^ more wooded than those in the 



^<^oc/><.2f Hill £^ eastern and middle parts of the 



' . "y^""" '^ ^^%^'....,.,..,..»>>-^ county. The view also includes 



""•'>u'um^'^^ a fine extent of sea-coast, the 



The Trundle. ramifications of Chichester Har- 



bour, the Isle of Wight, etc. 

 The view, indeed, is extensive in every direction, and it is clear that 

 at least one, if not the principal, purpose of the earthwork, was to 

 afford an extensive look-out over the district. It is essentially a hill-top 

 camp of early character, the defensive works following the contour of 

 the hill in such a way as to get the greatest possible benefit from the 

 natural slope. The rampart is boldly shown against the sky as one 

 approaches the camp from the west.' 



GoosEHiLL Camp. — This is situated nearly two miles west of 

 West Dean in Western Sussex. It is a more or less circular work, and 

 stands at a height of about 500 feet above the sea. It forms one of 

 the regular hill-top camps of the South Downs. Just to the south 

 is Kingley Bottom, a place traditionally associated with ' Druidical ' 

 remains. 



» Arch. xlii. => Ibid. xlv. pp. 337-48. 



3 There is a local tradition to the effect that the whole of the earthworks were thrown up by a great 

 Roman army in twenty-four hours ! 



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