Chanctonbury Ring
We have been to Chanctonbury Ring a few times now and had a good experience on all visits. Last time we went we stayed in tents just before the Ring and the weather was clear when we arrived but as night fell it got very misty.
We are hoping to visit Chanctonbury Ring again in the Summer
Information on Chanctonbury Ring
One of the most famous landmarks in Sussex, Chanctonbury Ring is set up in the South Downs and is some 783 feet (240 metres) high. Dating from the sixth or fifth centuries BC, the outer ring of this early Iron Age hill fort measures 550ft (170 metres) by 400ft (120 metres) and is roughly oval.
In 1760 the twenty-year-old Charles Goring (the heir to the Goring inheritance) planted the famous ring of beech trees. At the time there was a great deal of local objection, but Charles carried on relentlessly and had water transported to the top until the trees roots had taken hold. He died 65 years later having seen the trees mature. The ring of trees was severely damaged in the storm of 1987, although they have since been replanted.