Bow Hill, Sussex

Bow Hill is an elongated hill ridge, 206 metres high, and running roughly from north to south in the South Downs, in the county of West Sussex [1]. Bow Hill is the highest point of Stoughton Down which lies to the east of the village of Stoughton in West Sussex [1]. Bow Hill is the highest point on a north-to-south running and steep-sided ridge and there is a trig point at the top [1]. Its crest and upper slopes are densely wooded, but the lower slopes are open downland [1]. The ridge has much evidence of ancient settlement, including a cross dyke, tumuli, earthworks and long barrows [1]. Of particular note are Goosehill Camp, an Iron Age hillfort about 1,500 metres north-northeast of Bow Hill on the east side of the ridge, and the Devil's Humps, a cluster of four Bronze Age barrows [1].