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Excavations at Chanctonbury Ring, Wiston, West Sussex 1977

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Owen Bedwin ,
David Rudling ,
Sue Hamilton ,
Peter Drewett  and
Karen Petzoldt
Owen Bedwin
Affiliation:
Sussex Archaeological Field Unit, Institute of Archaeology, London
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Chanctonbury Ring (NGR TQ 139 121) is one of the best known landmarks in Sussex. It consists of a clump of trees, mostly beech, but with occasional sycamore, situated on the very northern edge of the South Downs, about 8 km (5 miles) from the coast (FIG. I). The height above sea-level is 234 m (780 ft.), and the subsoil is Upper Chalk, though several local patches of Clay-with-flints were encountered during the excavation.

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Britannia , Volume 11 , November 1980 , pp. 173 - 222
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Copyright © Owen Bedwin, David Rudling, Sue Hamilton, Peter Drewett and Karen Petzoldt 1980. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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