Knoll Camp, or Damerham Knoll, is the site of an
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
univallate hill fort
A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Rom ...
located in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...
.
The fort comprises a circular earthwork containing about four acres. There is a single ditch with inner rampart and traces of counter scarp bank.
[http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol05/page076.html Hampshire Treasures website]
The site is a scheduled ancient monument no.118. Grim's Ditch also runs throughout this area. The footpath/bridleway from the nearby
long barrow
Long barrows are a style of monument constructed across Western Europe in the fifth and fourth millennia BCE, during the Early Neolithic period. Typically constructed from earth and either timber or stone, those using the latter material repres ...
s of
Grans Barrow and
Knap Barrow runs southeast along the ridge through the centre of the hill fort, leaving through the original SE entrance, and you could easily miss the ditch and bank as you cross it. The interior is thickly wooded and brambled.
[http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4159/knoll_camp.html The Modern Antiquarian: Knoll Camp]
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
Rockbourne is a village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire, close to Fordingbridge.
Overview
Rockbourne is a village of thatched, brick and timber houses, next to a stream now known as Sweatfords Water.[Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...]
. The hill has a summit of 132m AOD.
References
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Iron Age sites in England
Buildings and structures in Hampshire
Hill forts in Hampshire
Archaeological sites in Hampshire
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