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 jS.— ^ ANCIENT EARTHWORKS Heyshott. — About two miles south-south-east of Midhurst. There is a more or less circular work here. Harrow Hill, also known as Mount Harry, in the parish of Clapham. This is an oval work following the outline of a similarly shaped hill which rises suddenly from a level of some 250 ft. to 549 ft. above sea-level. It occupies a spur to ^ «silTlS?^ the south of the South Downs. There are several small, »-//' Ifi shallow hollows near this camp, which were possibly --^pKH'Tr^ - the floors of dwellings. Although Harrow Hill earth- ^ ' ** work is placed under Class B, it is quite possible that it may belong to Class G. Harrow Hill, or XT T-.. y^ r»-ii • • • 1-1 Mount Harry. High Down Camp. — This interestmg little camp is situated on an isolated hill to the south of the South Downs and about four miles to the south-west of Cissbury. It is roughly of a quadrilateral form, occupying the top of the hill. On the south side, and in a lesser degree on the east and west sides, there is a double rampart, the ground being only slightly sloping on those sides. On the north side, however, where the ground slopes away more abruptly, the rampart is low and ,,,„,,,„ single. On the south-west side the earthen defen- ,,^ sive works are not at present sufficient to have I offered any serious obstacle to an attacking force, '■'^{■(ij^^ and it is also probable that the ramparts may have soALcorrttT been lowered and levelled somewhat when the old „ _ ^"' ' windmiir stood here. High Down Camp. r 1 ^^ • • 1 • 1 There are three or four shallow pits within the limits of the camp, some of which were excavated under the superinten- dence of General Pitt-Rivers and found to be of a sepulchral character. There was a Saxon cemetery here, and during explorations of the site numerous interesting objects of glass, bronze, pottery, etc., have been found.' The following are a few other Sussex camps which may be put under Class A. Arundel. — The general scheme of the earthworks of this well- known fortress belongs unquestionably to Class E, which comprises fortified mounts, either artificial or partly natural, with traces of an attached court or bailey, or of two or more such courts ; and the main part of the earthworks here will be dealt with under that section. But if the site of the castle and its precincts be carefully examined,' it will be found that although there is a moated mount with two large courts attached, there is to the north-west a deep fosse cutting off the whole of the castle site from the ridge of hill which extends to the north- ' The old miller, John OUiver, who died in 1793, at the age of eighty-four years, is buried under a square tomb in a field to the east of the site of his old windmill. ^ See Jrch. liv. 369-82 ; and Iv. 203-14. 3 The writer desires to express his obligations to the Duke of Norfolk, K.G., for kind permission to examine the castle and castle grounds, and to Mr. G. J. Heveningham, the Clerk of the Works at Arundel Castle, for kindly accompanying him and pointing out the position of the earthworks. 467 t
 * ^'//wy%|^!Jp^LJ / but probably the ramparts were stockaded originally,