Kingly Bottom, Sussex
Historical Description
Kingly Bottom, a narrow vale in West Stoke parish, Sussex, under Bow Hill, 4 miles NW of Chichester. It is picturesquely wooded, and it is said to have got its name from a slaughter of kings or leaders of invading Danes, in a battle with them by the men of Chichester about the year 900. Four large barrows on its N hill-flank are thought to mark the graves of the slain kings, but two of them were opened in 1853, and were not found to contain any marked relic. Some circular excavations are on the E side, and liave been regarded as indications of an ancient British village.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Newspapers and Periodicals
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