Knoll Camp Explained

Knoll Camp
Alternate Name:Damerham Knoll
Map Type:Hampshire
Coordinates:50.966°N -1.8599°W
Area:4 acres
Epochs:Iron Age
Public Access:Yes

Knoll Camp, or Damerham Knoll, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort located in Hampshire. 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] [2] The site is a scheduled ancient monument no.118. Grim's Ditch also runs throughout this area. The footpath/bridleway from the nearby long barrows of Grans Barrow and Knap Barrow runs southeast along the ridge through the centre of the hill fort, leaving through the original SE 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, 50m west of Knoll Camp and comprises a shallow ditch with fragmentary remains of a bank on the west side.

Location

The site is located at, to the west of the village of Rockbourne in the county of Hampshire. The hill has a summit of 132m AOD.

Notes and References

  1. Field Archaeology in Hampshire, 1915, (Williams-Freeman), p.400.
  2. http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol05/page076.html Hampshire Treasures website
  3. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?x=409900&y=118500 The Megalithic Portal
  4. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4159/knoll_camp.html The Modern Antiquarian: Knoll Camp