Neolithic downlands around Jevington
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"A bracing downland walk, to a partly Anglo-Saxon church and New Stone Age earthworks."
Walk directions
From the car park car head south towards Beachy Head as indicated on the stone sign block and guidepost. The deep combe of Willingdon Bottom is away to your right, then Eastbourne can be seen to your left as you steadily ascend – and, looking right, you can see Jevington church and the heavily wooded slopes behind it. Ignore a chalky path that crosses over the grassy track.
At the crest, now at 660ft (201m) above sea level, you reach a trig point and then soon after a footpath junction with the South Downs Way longdistance footpath. Bear right onto the Way. Go straight on at the next signpost and descend towards Jevington, the flat-bottomed dry valley of Harewick Bottom to your left and sheep grazing beyond the path’s post and wire fences. Nearing Jevington, the path becomes an old hill pasture access lane.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Downland tracks and field paths with a short stretch of lane in Jevington village, several stiles
Landscape
- Up high on the South Downs, mainly grassland with long views and deep-cut combes
Dog friendliness
- On a lead towards Combe Hill on the northern leg of the route amid grazing sheep
Parking
- Butts Brow pay-and-display car park, accessed via Willingdon off the A22
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
Around the crest of Combe Hill a neolithic or New Stone Age enclosure was built on a causeway, surrounded by two concentric ditches. Such enclosures date back to before 3000 bc and there are four known in Sussex, with the Trundle above Chichester being the most famous of these. No one knows what...
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About the area
East Sussex is a land of stately homes, castles and the South Downs, with miles of chalk cliffs overlooking the English Channel. For history buffs, there are a great many historic landmarks within Sussex, such as the battlefield where the Battle of Hastings took place, or visitors can enjoy pretty towns such as Lewes, Rye and Uckfield and the city of Brighton.
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