Court Hill, Sussex

Court Hill is a causewayed enclosure in West Sussex [1]. The site was identified as of possible archaeological interest in 1951, and was excavated in 1982 by Owen Bedwin [1]. It was confirmed to be a causewayed enclosure by Bedwin, and has since been dated to the fourth millennium BC by radiocarbon dating [1]. The site lies at the southwest end of a wooded ridge, near the village of East Dean [1]. The enclosure is about 175 metres across [1]. The enclosure is shaped like an irregular rectangle with rounded corners, and is defined by a ditch with a bank inside it [1]. The bank has been levelled by ploughing and is no longer visible; the ditch is still visible within the wooded area in the northeastern part of the enclosure [1]. The curator of the Sussex Archaeological Society, N. E. S. Norris, was the first to notice the possibility of a prehistoric site on Court Hill [1].