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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Knollbury Enclosure
Country: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chipping Norton  Nearest Village: Millend
Map Ref: SP316230  Landranger Map Number: 164
Latitude: 51.904649N  Longitude: 1.542092W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Knollbury Enclosure
Knollbury Enclosure submitted by camperman : Viewed from the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Knollbury Camp has a single rampart with an in-filled ditch for the entire circuit. A geophysical survey found evidence of a round house and pits, but there have been no excavations on site. It resembles a Roman fort but no evidence for that, and not located adjacent to a Roman road. Top photo: Viewed from the south.

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Knollbury Enclosure
Knollbury Enclosure submitted by camperman : Knollbury Camp viewed from the north, single rampart with an infilled ditch for the entire circuit. A geophysical survey found evidence of a round house and pits, but there have been no excavations on site. Resembles a Roman fort but no evidence of that, and not located adjacent to a Roman road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knollbury Enclosure
Knollbury Enclosure submitted by Postman : The west end (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knollbury Enclosure
Knollbury Enclosure submitted by Postman : the north bank (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Knollbury Enclosure submitted by Postman : the massive gap (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Knollbury Enclosure submitted by Postman : The far too open end

Knollbury Enclosure
Knollbury Enclosure submitted by h_fenton : Knollbury viewed from the West, 6 April 2008. (2 comments)

Knollbury Enclosure
Knollbury Enclosure submitted by h_fenton : Knollbury viewed from the south east under different weather conditions. Kite Aerial Photographs.

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Re: Knollbury Enclosure by Anonymous on Friday, 21 September 2018
I live nearby and am very intrigued by this site. It commands an unrivalled view south-east, down the Evenlode valley towards the rivers Thames and Cherwell at Oxford. This view is also perfectly aligned with the winter solstice sunrise.
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Re: Knollbury Enclosure by h_fenton on Wednesday, 09 April 2008
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Knollbury Enclosure / Knollbury Camp.

A roughly rectangular (150metre x 100metre) univallate hillfort or enclosure (assumed to be Iron Age) it is aligned north west-south east. The hillfort is located on land that gently slopes to the south east and is on the northern side of the Evenlode Valley above the spring line.
The rampart is steep sided and stands to 1.5-3.5metres high it is built of earth and stone. Traces of a ditch outside the bank are just about visible particularly at the south eastern end.
The original entrance would have been on the south east (downhill) facing side, although you cannot see precisely where it was because so much of the rampart has been destroyed on this side.
Knollbury has good views of the Evenlode valley and the Thames valley in the distance to the south. To the north views are restricted to the gentle slope to the top of the hill. Because the slope is so even and gentle over a wide area in this part of the valley Knollbury despite not being on top of the hill is not overlooked – you can't get a decent view of what is inside from anywhere at ground level.
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Re: Knollbury Enclosure by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 November 2006
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With its rectangular shape, which can be seen brilliantly in the flash earth aerial views, this looks to me as if it has perhaps been Romanised, as are many hillforts in the cotswolds.

However, the official description
of the site by English Heritage makes no mention of this. Mind you, it doesnt say much at all really about its orgins.
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Re: Knollbury Enclosure by ocifant on Tuesday, 17 February 2004
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Condition: 3
Ambience: 3
Access: 4

I'm not actually sure what this is, or how old it is. It's basically a square embanked enclosure, maybe 200 yards on a side and approx 8 feet high, with two large gaps on the eastern side.

The enclosure commands excellent cross-country views to the south and east, but the ground rises to the north obstructing the view in that direction.
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