Firle Beacon
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Firle Beacon is a hill in the South Downs of southern England.[1] It is 217 metres high and is a Marilyn. It commands a far-reaching view. When the prevailing wind is northerly, the site is often used for gliding activities like slope soaring.
Barrows
In the area of Firle Beacon is a Neolithic long barrow and several round barrows.[2] Round barrows generally date from the early Bronze Age.
At Firle Beacon itself (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) is a bowl barrow, about Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter and Script error: No such module "convert". high. It was opened in 1820; finds included two cremation urns.[2][3]
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The long barrow, 220m west of Firle Beacon (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".), is about Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". wide and Script error: No such module "convert". high. It has an east–west orientation, and has a surrounding ditch, more noticeable on the northern side.[2][4]
There are other round barrows within a kilometre of Firle Beacon, to the west and east.[2][3][4][5]
Firle Corn
Firle Corn, high on the north-east slope of Firle Beacon, is a nearly lost hill figure, possibly gigantotomy, seen using infrared photography. It looks like a small ear of corn, but what it depicts is unknown. Legend suggests a giant called Gill was cut on this hill and considered an adversary of the nearby Long Man of Wilmington;[6] one story says the Firle Beacon giant threw his hammer at the Wilmington giant and killed him, and the hill figure marks this site.[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c d Richard Wainwright. A Guide to the Prehistoric Remains in Britain. Volume 1: South and East. Constable, 1978. Page 231.
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- ↑ Scraps of Folklore Collected by John Philipps Emslie, C. S. Burne, Folklore, Vol. 26, No. 2. (Jun. 30, 1915), pp. 153–170.
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