Monochrome real photographic postcard of Chanctonbury Ring, a hillfort near Washington on the South Downs in Sussex. Publisher not stated, № 2 (22 4 4), c.1920. #Hillforts #ChanctonburyRing #SouthDowns #Sussex #Postcards #HillfortsWednesday

Either I've stumbled into an episode of Robin of Sherwood, or that's #ChanctonburyRing

It looks like the weather here in Brighton will be cold but dry on Saturday, and I'm contemplating heading over to Chanctonbury Ring (and maybe on to Cissbury Ring if I have the energy)

#Sussex #ChanctonburyRing #CissburyRing #SouthDowns #Brighton #Hove

#ChanctonburyRing in England's #SouthDownsNationalPark is thought to date to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age. It may have filled a variety of roles, including a defensive position, a cattle enclosure or even a religious shrine.

After a few centuries it was abandoned for about 500 years until the Roman period when 2 Romano-British temples were built in the interior, one of which may have been dedicated to a boar cult.

The mature beech trees around the perimeter were planted in the 1760s.