Mount Caburn Camp, Glynde

In the civil parish of Glynde.
In the historic county of Sussex (Modern Authority of East Sussex, 1974 county of East Sussex).

The earthworks and interior of a small multivallate hillfort situated on The Caburn. Part excavation in 1937-8 revealed the hilltop to have undergone a complex history of development from the Iron Age to the medieval period. Reportedly capped with medieval palisade of no great strength. King writes' too large and weak for a likely castle; probably a fortified village' Called 'Early Medieval Adulterine Castle 1133-1166' in PastScape.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ44430891

PastScape number; 405932

Books

Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Sussex (Malvern) p56
Guy, John, 1984, Castles in Sussex (Phillimore) p126-7
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p474 [possible]
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)

Journal Articles

Drewett, Peter L. and Hamilton, Sue, 1999, 'Marking time and making space: Excavations and Landscape Studies at the Caburn Hillfort, East Sussex, 1996 - 98' Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol137 p7-38
Wilson, Arthur E, 1939, 'Excavations at the Caburn, 1938.' Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol80 p193-213
Wilson, Arthur E, 1938, 'Excavations in the Ramparts and Gateway of the Caburn, August - October 1937' Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol79 p169-194

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Mount Caburn Camp, Glynde

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ44430891

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