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The term 'downs' is from Old English dūn, meaning 'hill'.The word acquired the sense of 'elevated rolling grassland' around the 14th century. [7] These hills are prefixed 'south' to distinguish them from another chalk escarpment, the North Downs, which runs roughly parallel to them about 30 mi (48 km) away on the northern edge of the Weald.
The South Downs are the eroded remnant of the southern limb of this regional-scale fold, paired with the North Downs which represent the opposing limb of this 'unroofed' elongate dome. The southerly dipping chalk beds of the South Downs present one of the major escarpments to be found in Britain. [ 7 ]
The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, designated on 31 March 2010. [1] The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east, through the counties of Hampshire , West Sussex and East Sussex .
The Devil's Humps are counted among the most impressive round barrows surviving on the South Downs. [2] The Devil's Humps are within the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve . [ 3 ] The two bell barrows together with two pond barrows and a cross dyke are listed as Scheduled Ancient Monument 1008371, [ 4 ] while the two bowl barrows are listed ...
Devil's Dyke is a 100 metre (300') deep V-shaped dry valley on the South Downs in Sussex in southern England, 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Brighton.It is managed by the National Trust, and is also part of the Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest. [1]
According to the South Dakota State Historical Society's Archaeological Research Center, over 26,000 archaeological sites have been recorded in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1] This list is broken down by county and encompasses sites across all of what is now South Dakota. Only notable sites are listed.
Harrow Hill is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England. It is on the South Downs about 3 miles (5 km) north of the village of Angmering and 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Worthing. There is Neolithic flint mine, and a Martin Down style enclosure of the Bronze Age. The site is a scheduled monument. [1]
The Devil's Jumps are a group of five large bell barrows situated on the South Downs 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) south-east of Treyford in the county of West Sussex in southern England. [1] The Devil's Jumps site is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and as a Local Nature Reserve . [ 2 ]