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Mount CayburnType: Attraction, Nature Reserve
Location: Glynde
Telephone: 01273 476595
DescriptionIron Age hill fort and National Nature Reserve.Contact informationOwner: English Nature
Telephone: 01273 476595 Opening information: Always open.
Facilities and additional informationAdditional informationAll the usual chalk grassland species of flowers and butterflies are here, a superb wildlife site. There are great views down the Ouse valley to the sea, too.The site has been used from the Bronze Age right up to WW2, when anti aircraft guns defending Lewes from the Luftwaffe were mounted here. The most obvious feature is the prominent hill fort from the Iron Age which can be seen clearly from the South Downs Way 2 miles (3km) to the south. |