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Knoll Camp, or Damerham Knoll, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort 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.〔Field Archaeology in Hampshire, 1915, (Williams-Freeman), p.400.〕〔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 barrows of Grans Barrow and Knap Barrow runs southeast along the ridge through the centre of the hillfort, leaving through the original SE entrance,〔http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?x=409900&y=118500 The Megalithic Portal〕 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 in the county of Hampshire. The hill has a summit of 132m AOD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Knoll Camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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