Trundle

About

The Trundle is a hillfort on St Roche's Hill about 4 miles (6 km) north of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It was built in the Iron Age on the site of a causewayed enclosure, a form of early Neolithic earthwork found in northwestern Europe. A chapel dedicated to St Roche was built on the hill around the end of the 14th century; it was in ruins by 1570.

A windmill and a beacon were subsequently built on the hill. The site was occasionally used as a meeting place in the post-medieval period. Causewayed enclosures were built in England from shortly before 3700 BC until at least 3500 BC; they are characterized by the full or partial enclosure of an area with ditches that are interrupted by gaps, or causeways.

Their purpose is not known; they may have been settlements, meeting places, or ritual sites. Hillforts were built as early as 1000 BC, in the Late Bronze Age, and continued to be built through the Iron Age until shortly before the Roman occupation. The hillfort is still a substantial earthwork, but the Neolithic site was unknown until 1925 when archaeologist O.G.S.

Crawford obtained an aerial photograph of the Trundle, clearly showing additional structures inside the ramparts...