McVeigh Parker ring fence the most historic hill on the South Downs,

Cissbury Ring, just north of the coastal town of Worthing, is one of the jewels in the crown of the new South Downs National Park. It's the largest hill fort in Sussex and has a history dating back over 5,000 years.

Set high up on a chalk promontory, its ditch and ramparts enclose about sixty-five acres. From the top on a clear day you can see forever, with views across to the chalk cliffs beyond Brighton and as far as the Isle of Wight.

The National trust required a fence that would not impose on the landscape and have minimal ground disturbance due to the historic importance of the site, Clipex fencing system was chosen as the preferred option.

Mr Oliver the head ranger said ” we were worried about the shininess of the new posts, now the fence is up I think it is invisible with the sun catching the struts most which will fade over time.

We used a post driver on the straining post where we could and used a drivel for the rest, we had to use the existing post holes because of the monument status. All intermediates were hand driven.”

An in house training day looking at scrub management took everyone to Cissbury, where there was a great deal of interest in the new Clipex fencing system.

 

The project required minimal disturbance, long lasting, Clipex standards, XHT8-80-22, barbed
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