Court Hill, Sussex

Court Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure near East Dean in West Sussex, dating to the 4th millennium BC. Identified as potentially significant in 1951, it was excavated by Owen Bedwin in 1982 and confirmed as a causewayed enclosure. The site is approximately 175 m across, shaped as an irregular rectangle with rounded corners defined by a ditch with an internal bank. Causewayed enclosures are characterized by interrupted ditches and may have served as seasonal meeting places for trading goods or conducting funerary rites. The bank has been levelled by ploughing, though the ditch remains visible in the wooded northeastern area.