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.
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.