Devil’s Dyke, Sussex
Devil’s Dyke is a dry valley in the
South Downs just outside
Brighton and
Hove in East Sussex. Often mistaken as a glacial valley, Devil’s Dyke is v-shaped, indicating that it was not formed by the action of a glacier, but instead by meltwater running off the South Downs in the last Ice Age. It was used as a defensive site in the
Iron Age . During
Victorian times a branch railway, a funicular and Britain’s first aerial cable car were sited there. It is still popular with visitors, although the railway, funicular and cable cars are now gone.
More British Natural features?
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
Birling Gap
Cissbury Ring
Harting Down
Ditchling Down
Black Down
River Adur