Archaeological sites · South East England
Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills
Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills — hillfort in West Sussex, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Petersfield · 8.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills is an archaeological site in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "hillfort in West Sussex, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.9582°, -0.8523°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Harting Downs SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Beacon Hill, also known as Harting Beacon, is a hillfort on the South Downs, in the county of West Sussex in southern England. The hillfort is located in the parish of Elsted and Treyford, in Chichester District. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument with a list entry identification number of 1015915. The hilltop enclosure is dated to the Late Bronze Age, from the 8th to 6th centuries BC. The hillfort defences were renewed during the Late Iron Age. The fort extends approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) east-west by approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) north-south, and covers an area of approximately 10 hectares (1,100,000 sq ft). Archaeological investigations of the hillfort took place from 1948 to 1952, and from 1976 to 1977. Cross dykes on neighbouring hills are considered to be outlying defences associated with the fort. As well as the Bronze Age remains, the area of the fort also includes an Anglo-Saxon burial mound, and the foundations of a late 18th-century telegraph station.
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Background
Description
The hillfort is situated on the top of the hill and is defined by a single rampart and a flat-bottomed ditch, which survives as a low bank up to 6 m wide. The rampart infill was built with a mixture of soil and chalk, Excavations of the west entrance revealed that a large timber gate was built within the entrance causeway, It is possible that there was a second entrance on the northeast side, where a modern track crosses the rampart. These are interpreted as having been raised granaries.
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- Coordinates
- 50.9582, -0.8523
- County
- West Sussex
- District
- Chichester
- Parish
- Harting
- Postcode
- GU31 5NG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Arundel and South Downs
- Nearest railway station
- Petersfield — 8.2 km
- Official site
- ancientmonuments.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17675643 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Beacon Hill, West Sussex (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Beacon Hill trig point, South Harting 01.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills?
- Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills is in West Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode GU31 5NG), in the parish of Harting.
- Is Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills a listed building?
- Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Is Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills a protected site?
- Yes — Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills is part of the Harting Downs SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GU31 5NG. It sits within the Arundel and South Downs parliamentary constituency.