Highdown Hill
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 พ.ย. 2023
- Highdown Hill is a chalk hill located within the South Downs National Park, not far from the town of Worthing. Its human heritage stretches back into antiquity, and was first used as an enclosure by the Bronze Age people who lived in the area around 1000 BC. Later the enclosure was built out as a hill fort around 800 BC during the Iron Age. Later came the Romans, and then the Saxons.
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• Video from “Then & Now | Highdown Gardens in 2022” by the Adur & Worthing Councils - • 'Then & Now' | Highdow...
• Much information was obtained from the Angmering Village History website at: www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/his...
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In senior school, our four houses were named after what I term the two rings and the two hills; Cissbury (house colour red), Chanctonbury (Blue), Highdown (Green) and Salvington (yellow). To be honest, you had me at your Cornwall video you've just released, but taking me back through my childhood where I was very familiar with all four of these historic sites, has sealed the deal. Subscribed and notifications turned on.
As an aside to your marvellous content, you have a wonderful voice for narration; an easy-to-listen-to radio voice. I shall enjoy a leisurely catch-up with your channel and look forward to your future content.
Many thanks for the enjoyable journeys back in time thus far.
Great Video, always love walking up Highdown Hill 👍
What a marvellous short film. Filled with excellent imagery and historical context and insight. Well done. I’ve subscribed.
Thanks!
I lived in Durrington for some years and walked my dog on Highdown, a lovely place.
You can see my house in Ferring from the top of Highdown Hill :). Great video - very informative and love the pics and drone footage. Cheers
Very Local to me. A piece of more recent history related to Highdown is that during World War 2 it was the site of an Army Gunnery Control Radar that looked out over the Channel. I believe it operated in conjunction with the battery of 6 inch Naval Guns installed on Worthing Sea Front at the south end of Grand Avenue. Very close to the present day site of the Canadian Army Memorial. It was Canadian Soldiers who manned the guns.
About the 'running backward around the tomb to summon the Devil. As another post says, similar stories are connected to both Cissbury and Chantonbury Rings.
I read about the radar installation, but couldn't find much in the way of detail about it, so left it out of the narration.
I've heard about those stories, too! Wikipedia says about Chanctonbury Ring: "Local legend has it that Chanctonbury Ring was created by the Devil and that he can be summoned by running around the clump of trees seven times anti-clockwise. When he appears he will offer the summoner a bowl of soup in exchange for their soul." Which seems a rather peculiar price for a bowl of soup.
I grew up in Worthing (b1945), and I remember there was a similar tale about nearby Chanctonbury OR Cisbury Rings. i.e. a certain number of 'circumnavigations' at midnight summoning up the Devil.
...and of course 'Devil's Dyke' further eastwards....
Yes, and apparently the devil would offer soup in exchange for one's soul.
@@SussexYank depends on the soup I guess!
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