Thundersbarrow Hill

Nearest town:
Shoreham-By-Sea (3km SSW)
OS reference:
TQ229083
OS sheet:
198
Latitude:
50° 51' 37.93 N
Longitude:
0° 15' 12.73 W
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Image of Thundersbarrow Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by A R Cane

Interior of the ‘hill fort’ (more like an enclosure really) looking from NW to SE. The barrow is just out of sight behind the low trees on the right.

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Apr 11, 2014
Image of Thundersbarrow Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by A R Cane

Looking North to the Thunders Barrow with a perfectly apt sky above

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Aug 14, 2008
Image of Thundersbarrow Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by A R Cane

View from the western edge looking South West across the Adur valley

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Aug 14, 2008
Image of Thundersbarrow Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by A R Cane

The western edge of the very small and hardly discernible Iron age hill fort on Thundersbarrow Hill

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Aug 14, 2008
Image of Thundersbarrow Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by A R Cane

View from Thunders Barrow looking South East towards Brighton and Hove and Shoreham Power Station on the extreme right

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Jul 31, 2008

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Thundersbarrow Hill

A R Cane
A R Cane Jul 31, 2008

The barrow, although not so interesting in itself, stands on a promontory of the South Downs which leads down to Southwick and Shoreham. However, from this elevated position you get breath-taking views of the whole coastline from the east of Brighton to the west of Worthing, the River Adur as it snakes past Lancing College and the stretch of the South Downs to the North with Trueleigh Hill directly behind you. There was a settlement here also, but I don’t know if this dated from the neolithic or from more recent medieval times. It was getting too dark to actually get a look at this aspect of the site so another visit will ensue. It’s worth visiting just for it’s isolation, peacefulness (apart from the roar of the A27 which passes just beneath it) and the abundance of natural flora all around it.

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