Harting Down, Sussex
Harting Down is a large chalk downland situated in near the village of South Harting, near
Chichester in West Sussex, England. The area is owned by the
National Trust , and is part of the
Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is a nature reserve at Harting Down and it has also been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The
Iron Age earthworks at the site are thought to have served as an animal enclosure or show of wealth and power, rather than a defensive structure. The ‘fort’ is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Parts of the area have never been intensively farmed and are thus representative of the chalk grassland that once covered the
South Downs .
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Other Sussex Naturals
The Weald
River Mole
Romney Marsh
South Downs
River Medway
Beachy Head
Camber Sands
Sussex Downs
Ashdown Forest
Seven Sisters
River Arun
Devil’s Dyke
Birling Gap
Cissbury Ring
Ditchling Down
Black Down
River Adur