Chanctonbury Hill

Chanctonbury Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Chanctonbury Ring
LocationWest Sussex
Grid referenceTQ 140 119[1]
InterestBiological
Area82.7 hectares (204 acres)[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Chanctonbury Hill is an 82.7-hectare (204-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Steyning in West Sussex.[1][2] Part of it is Chanctonbury Ring, an early Iron Age hillfort which contains two Romano-Celtic temples and which is a Scheduled Monument.[3]

This site on the steep slope of the South Downs is mainly woodland with some areas of chalk grassland. A dew pond has great crested newts, a species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. More than sixty species of breeding birds have been recorded, including meadow pipits, corn buntings and green woodpeckers.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Chanctonbury Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of Chanctonbury Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Chanctonbury Ring hillfort and Romano-Celtic temples (1015114)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Chanctonbury Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.