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Iron Age cliff castle and site of St George's churchyard on East Hill

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Iron Age cliff castle and site of St George's churchyard on East Hill
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Hastings East Hill holds an Iron Age cliff castle beside the lost St George's churchyard, proving the ridge served people long before modern memory. The castle faced the sea and resisted invasion, while the churchyard suggested later belief and burial on the same dangerous ground. Neither name nor function is complete, but the layering is clear: strength, devotion and loss all claimed the hill.
The National Heritage List for England records Iron Age cliff castle and site of St George's churchyard on East Hill as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Built during the Iron Age, this cliff castle was later associated with St George's churchyard on East Hill. It is remembered for its historical significance as both a defensive structure and a religious site.

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Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0