Chanctonbury Ring: See how the LiDAR whizzes through all the trees so we can see what's underneath. #HillfortsWednesday Photos of Chanctonbury Ring including some from Miles Russell's excavation of 1990 are our page. More 1/
First inhabited in the Bronze Age, the defensive works are from the Iron Age, whilst the Romans built a temple in the middle and the Saxons used it as a fort. Throughout the ages it has been used as a beacon and had become a tourist attraction by the early 19th century. More 1/
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The ring has also been associated with hauntings, fairies and UFOs. The trees were planted in the earthworks by the Goring family from Wiston House below in around 1760 though most of those were lost in the hurricane of 1987.