jS.— ^ 



ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



Heyshott. — About two miles south-south-east of Midhurst. There 

 is a more or less circular work here. 



Harrow Hill, also known as Mount Harry, in the parish of 

 Clapham. This is an oval work following the outline of a similarly 

 shaped hill which rises suddenly from a level of some 

 250 ft. to 549 ft. above sea-level. It occupies a spur to ^ «silTlS?^ 



the south of the South Downs. There are several small, »-//' Ifi 



shallow hollows near this camp, which were possibly --^pKH'Tr^ - 



the floors of dwellings. Although Harrow Hill earth- ^ ' ** 



work is placed under Class B, it is quite possible that it 



may belong to Class G. Harrow Hill, or 



XT T-.. y^ r»-ii • • • 1-1 Mount Harry. 



High Down Camp. — This interestmg little camp 

 is situated on an isolated hill to the south of the South Downs and about 

 four miles to the south-west of Cissbury. It is roughly of a quadrilateral 

 form, occupying the top of the hill. On the south side, and in a lesser 

 degree on the east and west sides, there is a double rampart, the ground 

 being only slightly sloping on those sides. On the north side, however, 

 where the ground slopes away more abruptly, the rampart is low and 

 ,,,„,,,„ single. On the south-west side the earthen defen- 



,,^ sive works are not at present sufficient to have 

 I offered any serious obstacle to an attacking force, 

 *^'//wy%|^!Jp^LJ / but probably the ramparts were stockaded originally, 

 '''■'^{■(ij^''^ and it is also probable that the ramparts may have 

 soALcorrttT been lowered and levelled somewhat when the old 



„ _ ^"' ' windmiir stood here. 



High Down Camp. r 1 ^^ • • 1 • 1 



There are three or four shallow pits within the 

 limits of the camp, some of which were excavated under the superinten- 

 dence of General Pitt-Rivers and found to be of a sepulchral character. 



There was a Saxon cemetery here, and during explorations of the 

 site numerous interesting objects of glass, bronze, pottery, etc., have been 

 found.' 



The following are a few other Sussex camps which may be put 

 under Class A. 



Arundel. — The general scheme of the earthworks of this well- 

 known fortress belongs unquestionably to Class E, which comprises 

 fortified mounts, either artificial or partly natural, with traces of an 

 attached court or bailey, or of two or more such courts ; and the main 

 part of the earthworks here will be dealt with under that section. But 

 if the site of the castle and its precincts be carefully examined,' it will 

 be found that although there is a moated mount with two large courts 

 attached, there is to the north-west a deep fosse cutting off the whole 

 of the castle site from the ridge of hill which extends to the north- 



' The old miller, John OUiver, who died in 1793, at the age of eighty-four years, is buried under a 

 square tomb in a field to the east of the site of his old windmill. 



^ See Jrch. liv. 369-82 ; and Iv. 203-14. 



3 The writer desires to express his obligations to the Duke of Norfolk, K.G., for kind permission 

 to examine the castle and castle grounds, and to Mr. G. J. Heveningham, the Clerk of the Works at 

 Arundel Castle, for kindly accompanying him and pointing out the position of the earthworks. 



467 



t 



