To circumnavigate the rim of the ring in an anti-clockwise direction, bear right and continue on a tour of the summit. Before very long there are a number of craters on left. Some of their skeletons have been unearthed by Victorian archaeologists, and one as recently as 1953. Cissbury is recognised as one of the most important archaeological sites in the country. The miners and their axes are gone but many flakes of flint are scattered from where they were struck five thousand years ago.
Rabbits abound in the early morning and late evening and scamper in the scrub.
Depressions in the ground are all that are left of the flint mines in 1996. To the east are the rows of roofs of Findon Valley with the downs of High Salvington rising beyond. The tips of the sweeps of the High Salvington windmill can be seen above the tree line and if it is a weekend, they may be seen to be working. Beyond is Highdown Hill with its own historic windmill and traditional burial ground of the South Saxon kings. Cattle are sometimes peacefully grazing on the breezy summit of Cissbury Ring and on occasions New Forest ponies spend the winter there Summer of 1999.