CISSBURY RING, WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX: REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, APRIL 2000
Author(s): Andy Payne
Geophysical survey of the north-east sector of Cissbury Ring, West Sussex, revealed little information of archaeological significance beyond that already known. The investigation of the internal area of the hillfort was hampered by surface vegetation and ferrous disturbance probably resulting from 20th-century military activity. Potentially of most archaeological interest are a series of positive magnetic anomalies detected along the line of the northern rampart that possibly indicate past burning of this structure. Pits and some linear features were also detected within the hillfort by the magnetometer. Such modest magnetic results seem to be consistent with those obtained on similar chalkland hillforts with well preserved earthwork evidence in their interiors. More limited earth resistance survey at Cissbury confirmed the outline of extant earthworks and added further detail to their plans. The clay-with-flints deposits on the higher parts of the hilltop have been defined by both surveys as an area of increased magnetic disturbance and reduced electrical resistance.
- Report Number:
- 91/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Earth Resistance Geophysical Survey Magnetometer
