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Examination of the Hill Forts of Sussex with an account of excavations at Cissbury & Highdown, by Col. A. H. Lane Fox, published 1869

An Examination into the Character and probable Origin of the Hill Forts of Sussex, by Colonel Augustus Henry Lane Fox, F.S.A., published 1869 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 42, issue 1, article, pp.27-52)   View Online

In the month of September last whilst staying at Brighton I examined nearly the whole of the ancient earthworks which occupy the summits of the highest eminences of the Downs between Beachy Head on the east, and the neighbourhood of Chichester on the west.

Further Remarks on the Hill Forts of Sussex: being an Account of Excavations in the Forts at Cissbury and Highdown, by Colonel Augustus Henry Lane Fox, F.S.A., published 1869 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 42, issue 1, article, pp.53-76)   View Online

In a paper which I had the honour of reading to this Society on the 6th February 1868 I gave a general description of the ancient earthworks of the downs between Beachy Head and Chichester, and I concluded by expressing an opinion, derived chiefly from a consideration of the principles of castrametation, outline, and other indications observable on the surface, that these intrenchments belonged to the Ancient British period, and were not, as some writers have supposed, the work of the Roman invaders of this country.

On Excavations in a Cemetery of South Saxons on High Down, Sussex, by Charles Hercules Read, published 1895 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 54, issue 2, article, pp.369-382)   View Online

In the autumn of 1892, Mr. Edwin Henty, in planting trees on his property on High Down Hill, in the parish of Ferring, in Sussex, came upon a number of graves, which, from the character of the relics found in them, were readily determined to be of Saxon origin. Mr. Henty has carefully preserved all that he could secure, but from the unfortunate accident that the men employed in the work were strangers, and not his own workmen, there is reason to believe that a number of the articles found were disposed of to visitors and others.

Further Excavations in a Cemetery of South Saxons on High Down, Sussex, by Charles Hercules Read, published 1896 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 55, issue 1, article, pp.203-214)   View Online

The first exploration of this cemetery in the autumn of 1893, of which I had the honour of laying an account before the Society was of so interesting a character that it was felt both by Mr. Edwin Henty and myself that it would be desirable to ascertain whether other graves did not exist within the limits of the ancient British camp. With this view the examination of the adjoining ground was made in the autumn of last year, and the results not only fully justified the examination, but resulted in discoveries of far greater interest than those previously made, and in one instance, at least, of a character hitherto unknown in England.

Rambles in Sussex, No 2. Goring to Highdown Hill, Angmering Park, Burpham and Arundel, by C. Beckwith, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 7, article, pp.300-302) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Sussex from the Air. 9 - Some Hill Forts, by E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., F.S.A., published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 2, article, pp.130-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Excavations on Highdown Hill, by F. W. H. M., published May 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 6, note, pp.185-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

A Roman Bath, Highdown Hill, Sussex, by G. P. Burstow, B.A. and A. E. Wilson, D.Litt., published 1939 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 80, article, pp.63-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2165] & The Keep [LIB/500349] & S.A.S. library

Report on the Excavations on Highdown Hill, Sussex, August 1939, by A. E. Wilson, D.Litt., F.R.Hist.S., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.173-204) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on Highdown Hill 1947, by Arthur E. Wilson, published 1950 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 89, article, pp.163-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2174] & The Keep [LIB/500340] & S.A.S. library

Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Collection: A Description of the Material from the Highdown Hill Cemetery, by A. E. Wilson, published 1958 (Worthing Museum Publications, no. 1, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Highdown Hill Glass Goblet with Greek Inscription, by D. B. Harden, published 1959 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 97, article, pp.3-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2182] & The Keep [LIB/500332] & S.A.S. library

A parallel to the Highdown Hill glass, by Gladys Davidson Weinberg, published 1963 in Journal of Glass Studies (article, pp.24-28)

"The world will turn upside down": an unusual burial explanation in folklore and literature, by Herbert Halpert, published 1976 in Folklore today: A Festschrift for Richard M. Dorson (pp.193-207, Indiana University, Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies, ISBN-10: 0877501971 & ISBN-13: 9780877501978)

Discusses four legends: two from Surrey, two from Sussex. The Sussex legends concern a miller named John Oliver on Highdown Hill and an unknown man underneath Toat Tower, Pulborough

A late Roman fixed plate buckle from Highdown, Ferring, W Sussex, by Sally White, published 1986 in Medieval Archaeology (vol. 30, article, pp.91-92)   View Online

The Story of Goring and Highdown, by Frank Fox-Wilson, published 1987 (162 pp., Goring Book Association, ISBN-10: 0951272217 & ISBN-13: 9780951272213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9882] & West Sussex Libraries

The Eccentric Miller of Highdown Hill, by Merle Rafferty, published September 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 3, article, p.118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of John Olliver of Goring (1707-1793), son of Clement and Margaret Olliver, and married to Anne Tidey of Ferring in 1734. He was known to walk up Highdown Hill to survey the wonderful view and meditate upon the scriptures.

Some Mills, Myths and Mysteries of Highdown Hill, by Peter R. Stenning, published 2017 (Country Books) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries