Blackpatch

A Neolithic flint mining complex and Bronze Age barrow cemetery in West Sussex, about 3.2 km west of Findon. The site contains over 64 infilled shafts up to 6 m in diameter and 3 m deep, with galleries extending up to 8.5 m along flint seams, radiocarbon dated to approximately 3000 BC. Excavations by John Pull between 1922 and 1932 uncovered nine mine shafts, four flint-working areas, and 11 round barrows. Among the most remarkable finds were animal figures, mostly deer and cattle, carved into shaft walls by prehistoric miners, representing some of the earliest known art from the British Isles. The site is a Scheduled Monument.