Damerham Knoll Camp
| Knoll Camp | |
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Hampshire | |
|---|---|
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| Type: | Hill fort |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU099185 |
| Location: | 50°57’58"N, 1°51’36"W |
| History | |
| Built Iron Age | |
| Information | |
Knoll Camp, or Damerham Knoll Camp, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort on the very border of Hampshire with Wiltshire, to the west of the village of Rockbourne. It is on a hill of 433 feet above sea level.
The fort comprises a circular earthwork containing about four acres. There is a single ditch with inner rampart and traces of counter scarp bank.[1]
The site is a scheduled ancient monument.[2] Grim's Ditch also runs throughout this area. The footpath/bridleway from the nearby long barrows of Grans Barrow and Knap Barrow runs south-east along the ridge through the centre of the hill fort, leaving through the original south-east entrance,[3] and you could easily miss the ditch and bank as you cross it. The interior is thickly wooded and brambled.[4]
There is also a probable Iron Age Cross Ridge close by, described as Damerham Knoll, 50 yards west of Knoll Camp and comprises a shallow ditch with fragmentary remains of a bank on the west side (SU098185).
References
- ↑ Field Archaeology in Hampshire, 1915, (Williams-Freeman), p.400.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1010764: Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham Knoll (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Megalithic Portal: Damerham Knoll Camp
- ↑ The Modern Antiquarian: Knoll Camp