Mount Caburn
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Mount Caburn is a 480-foot (146m) isolated peak, one of the highest landmarks in East Sussex, England, about one mile (1.6km) east of Lewes overlooking the village of Glynde. It is an isolated part of the South Downs, separated by Glynde Reach, a tributary of the River Ouse.
On its summit are the remains of a large Iron Age hill fort. The hill fort was excavated at the end of the 19th century and again in the 1920s. It was occupied from around 450 BC to the Roman conquest of Britain, then only sporadically, at the Norman Conquest and during Stephen's reign.[1]
One of the key markers of a developed hillfort is the number of large pits within it; Caburn has over 140. Some are circular, some triangular and some rectangular, but each was found to be full of artefacts. Deposits included weapons, tools, pottery, coins, querns, and disarticulated human and animal bones. It is not clear why these deposits were made, but it is not obvious that they relate to fortifications. It is possible that developed hillforts may have acted more as the social heart of a clan.[2]
It has only been called Mount Caburn since the end of the 18th century. Before then it was called Calborough Hill, then Carber.[3]
It is a popular site for paragliding and is known as a site frequented by butterflies.
In fiction it appears as Wealden Hill in the novel of the same name by Graeme K Talboys. Caburn also features prominently in the novels and short stories of John Whitbourn (e.g.'The Royal Changeling' and 'Bury My Heart At Southerham (East Sussex)'.
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"Caburn" has now become an extremely popular forename name in Brighton and Lewes, with over a predicted 2,000 people in East Sussex sharing the name.
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