Ranscombe Camp

Nearest town:
Lewes (3km W)
OS reference:
TQ438090
OS sheet:
198
Latitude:
50° 51' 43.23 N
Longitude:
0° 2' 36.78 E
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Images

Image of Ranscombe Camp (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

The northern end of the rampart joins Caburn Bottom.......

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN May 2, 2011
Image of Ranscombe Camp (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Note the ditch isolating the camp from Mount Caburn. If this was a promontory fort (?) I’m not sure it needed more defences? But then I didn’t have time to explore the topography of the entire hilltop.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN May 2, 2011
Image of Ranscombe Camp (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Mount Caburn from Ranscombe Camp’s rampart.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN May 2, 2011
Image of Ranscombe Camp (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

To be honest I was gob-smacked by the size of this very powerful rampart.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN May 2, 2011
Image of Ranscombe Camp (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by A R Cane

Panorama of Ranscombe camp and the South Downs from Mount Caburn.

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Nov 14, 2009
Image of Ranscombe Camp (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Jonnee23

Ranscombe Camp, as seen down from Mount Caburn, September 2006

Image credit: jonnee_l Soundnet Associates 2006
Jonnee23
Jonnee23 Sep 28, 2006

Articles

Ranscombe Camp

Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Jan 29, 2004

Though it is called a camp on the map, it is actually an Iron Age boundary dyke or an unfinished hillfort, depending on who you listen to. From the aerial photo on multimap I must admit that the latter seems more likely. There is also evidence in the link posted by wideford that further justifies this conclusion (Evidence of post-holes for example)

I have seen it from the road, or from Caburn just to the east, for years, but never visited it. I plan to remedy that soon...

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