Cockhill, Patching

Has been described as a Rejected Siege Work

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameCockhill, Patching
Alternative NamesCock Hill
Historic CountrySussex
Modern AuthorityWest Sussex
1974 AuthorityWest Sussex
Civil ParishPatching

Supposed ringwork suggested as siegework to Arundel sieges of 1102 and/or 1138. PastScape report this as Bronze Age settlement site which has gone prolonged excavation so medieval use seems highly unlikely. Purton writes this is an improbable site 'neither in the line of sight, nor on any obvious route.'

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTQ089097
Latitude50.8768997192383
Longitude-0.453220009803772
Eastings508920
Northings109740
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Books

  • Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 255 (slight)
  • Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 94

Journals

  • Purton, Peter, 1998, 'The siege castles at Arundel' Postern Vol. 8 p. 13-4