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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX and 1868. It was found that the depth of the pit was always propor- tioned to the diameter. Round the surface and also buried within the pits were large numbers of flakes and waste chips of flint as well as the rough blocks from which they had been struck. Full details of the discoveries are given in Archceologia^ The net results of the observa- tions of General Pitt-Rivers tended to show that the holes had been dug for the purpose of procuring flint for implement making, and that they had been used as habitations at a subsequent period. Mr. E. H. Willett carried on further researches at Cissbury in 1873-5 which con- firmed these theories. His paper was read before the Society of Anti- quaries in 1875." The Trundle, St. Roche's Hill. — As far as situation and the extensive views obtainable from it are concerned, this earthwork may justly rank with Mount Caburn and Ditchling Beacon. Its form may be described as something between a circle and a six-sided enclosure. It possesses a single rampart en- ? closed within a fosse, the former ^,^^;!!irr;;Z;;;;;;;;;;li^ havmg been made by throwmg ^^it^S'^*' "'''^ the material from the ditch in- Z;^^""^ '?*^l-_-^ wards. There are two entrances, /V^" o.?f^'"^Vi namely, on the south-south-west /fl ..^zS.--^-'^''^' I and on the north-north-east. The III ^.zi-''^ ill view includes the most complete ^/| picture of the South Downs in ^^^^ West Sussex, which here are >%^ •j-'^^l^ more wooded than those in the ^<^oc/><.2f Hill £^ eastern and middle parts of the ' . "y^""" '^ ^^%^'....,.,..,..»>>-^ county. The view also includes ""•'>u'um^'^^ a fine extent of sea-coast, the The Trundle. ramifications of Chichester Har- bour, the Isle of Wight, etc. The view, indeed, is extensive in every direction, and it is clear that at least one, if not the principal, purpose of the earthwork, was to afford an extensive look-out over the district. It is essentially a hill-top camp of early character, the defensive works following the contour of the hill in such a way as to get the greatest possible benefit from the natural slope. The rampart is boldly shown against the sky as one approaches the camp from the west.' GoosEHiLL Camp. — This is situated nearly two miles west of West Dean in Western Sussex. It is a more or less circular work, and stands at a height of about 500 feet above the sea. It forms one of the regular hill-top camps of the South Downs. Just to the south is Kingley Bottom, a place traditionally associated with ' Druidical ' remains. » Arch. xlii. => Ibid. xlv. pp. 337-48. 3 There is a local tradition to the effect that the whole of the earthworks were thrown up by a great Roman army in twenty-four hours ! 466 L