mount caburn iron age hill fort
Mount Caburn is one of the most distinct and enigmatic hills in East Sussex. An outlier of the South Downs, cut off by the rivers Ouse and Glynde, it is crowned by an Iron Age hill fort constructed in the 5th century BC. However recent excavations of the 140+ pits in its interior have uncovered deliberately placed votive offerings including weapons, ceramics, disarticulated bones, etc., which make it appear to be more of a sacred and ritualistic site. Less than half a mile away and just visible to the left in the first image is Ranscombe Camp, an unfinished Iron Age hill fort.
the northern rampart
the inner rampart
A set of three banks and ditches on the northern and most vulnerable side with a suggestion of an outer fourth bank a bit further on