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Cissbury Ring

a Pleiades place resource

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Cissbury Ring is an Iron Age hillfort located north of Worthing in West Sussex, England, and is the second largest hillfort in England. The hillfort, surrounded by earthworks, covers about 24 ha. It was likely abandoned by 50 CE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/370546554

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.8604536277, -0.383202010917

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Cissbury Ring (800 BC - AD 100) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Cissbury Ring (English, modern)

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Cissbury Ring receives connections from:

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Place type:
hillfort

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Wikipedia (English) Cissbury Ring

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Cissbury Ring: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/370546554> [accessed: 30 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/370546554 |title=Places: 370546554 (Cissbury Ring) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 30, 2024 7:42 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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