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<< Our Photo Pages >> Knap Hill - Causewayed Enclosure in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by bec-zog on Monday, 02 May 2022  Page Views: 26204

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knap Hill Alternative Name: Knapp Hill
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Nearest Town: Marlborough  Nearest Village: Alton Barnes
Map Ref: SU121636  Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.371332N  Longitude: 1.827562W
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.
 4 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.
 3 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
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Knap Hill
Knap Hill submitted by Horatio : Looking across from the Tan Hill Way to Knap Hill and in the distance (RH horizon) Adams Grave Burial chamber. Commanding views all around. As a causeway enclosure pretty substantial size at 2.4 hectares and is notable as thd first causeway enclosure to have been excavated. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Situated in the vale of Pewsey this is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, or camp approximately 1.6 hectare in size. On the north-west side seven ditch sections follow the 255m contour. The ditch dates to 3500BC. Windmill Hill & Beaker (date 2200BC) pottery has been found.
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Knap Hill submitted by bec-zog : Knap Hill Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Knap Hill submitted by Bladup : A tree on the slope of Knap Hill and the Midwinter sunrise. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Knap Hill submitted by bec-zog : Knap Hill (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Knap Hill submitted by camperman : Knap Hill on the edge of Pewsey Vale looking east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Knap Hill submitted by camperman : Knap Hill causewayed enclosure, an aerial view at the height of the scorching Summer of 2022.

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Knap Hill submitted by Antonine : 2014

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Knap Hill submitted by MikeAttwell : Knap Hill taken from the north west in May 2014.

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Knap Hill submitted by MikeAttwell : Knap Hill taken in May 2014 from the north-west.

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Knap Hill submitted by HarryTwenty : Another shot of the light show. There are 5 photos in this sequence.

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Knap Hill submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking west at a great light show over Adam's Grave. It's all about neolithic location, location, location : )

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Knap Hill submitted by HarryTwenty : Southern eastern tip looking south.

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Knap Hill submitted by HarryTwenty : Eastern side looking south.

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Knap Hill submitted by HarryTwenty : North east side of the hill looking south west, showing some of the earthworks.

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Knap Hill submitted by HarryTwenty : North western side of the hill looking west towards Adam's Grave. Got hit by a sudden rain squall, you can see the raindrops on the camera lens, but it gave me this great picture.

Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 1
Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 1 submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking southwards at the barrow.

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Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 1 submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking eastwards at the barrow on the top of Knap Hill.

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Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 1 submitted by HarryTwenty : Stood on the barrow looking west towards Adam's Grave.

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Knap Hill submitted by Humbucker : Knap Hill taken from Walkers Hill,

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Knap Hill submitted by Bladup : Knap Hill [Left] with Adam's grave on the right in the red morning sun.

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Knap Hill submitted by postman : Looking up through one of the entrances

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Knap Hill submitted by postman : Walking the much denuded southern bank, with Adams grave in the yonder

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Knap Hill submitted by postman : On approach vector 243.45

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Knap Hill submitted by Creative Commons : North from Knap Hill With the earthworks of the neolithic causewayed enclosure of Knap Hill in the foreground. Copyright Ian Capper and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

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Knap Hill submitted by Creative Commons : Knap Hill and Walkers Hill. Knap Hill on the left, surmounted by a neolithic causewayed enclosure, and Walkers Hill beyond on the right, surmounted by the long barrow of Adam's Grave, with the line of Cross Dyke in the dip to its right. Viewed against evening sun. Copyright Ian Capper and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

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 54m WNW 292° Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 1* Round Barrow(s) (SU12056362)
 131m W 261° Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 2 Round Barrow(s) (SU11976358)
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 2.0km SW 221° All Saints (Alton Priors)* Holed Stone (SU108621)
 2.0km W 276° Milk Hill Cross Dyke* Misc. Earthwork (SU10086381)
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 2.2km N 352° Langdean Bottom* Stone Circle (SU11806574)
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 2.6km NNW 338° Harestone Down Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (SU1111766058)
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 2.9km WNW 289° Tan Hill Tumuli* Round Barrow(s) (SU0932164561)
 3.3km WNW 289° Tan Hill Cross Dyke* Misc. Earthwork (SU0900364643)
 3.3km WSW 247° All Saints Church Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SU0908262340)
 3.3km N 352° East Kennett longbarrow* Long Barrow (SU11636684)
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Street View by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 March 2010
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Re: Knapp Hill by coldrum on Monday, 05 October 2009
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Re: Knapp Hill by bec-zog on Monday, 20 October 2003
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It was described as .....Neolithic causewayed camp....
HILL FORT is a misnomer in most cases.

Initial ditch silting RC dated @3500BC
The scarce findings of Windmill Hill pottery indicate the site was abandoned after a relatively short period. When ditches were almost filled with silt the Beaker pottery 2200BC was deposited.
Later in the Bronze age 3 Barrows were positioned inside the enclosure. There is a 1st centuary AD Romano - British enclosure adjoining the site due N of the neolithic structure with a NE entrance.
Ref. Connah:W.A.M. 60(1965) 1
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Re: Knapp Hill by Anonymous on Thursday, 19 June 2003
This site is not a hill fort. It is a neolithic causwayed enclosure (the same as windmill hill), probably from circa 3,500 BC, and no doubt related to Adams grave which is probably of a similar age and on the next peak along the ridge to the west. Both also no doubt related to the Wessex Ridgeway which runs between them.
Causwayed enclosures are probably early ritual centres and it is unlikely that they are related to residence, the evidence is for periodic feating at these sites, perhaps as part of a seasonal round. As an example of a causwayed enclosure this is quite well preserved, better in my opinion than the much better studied Windmill Hill. The banking is still quite evident round about 2/3 of the site, while there seems to be no ditch or bank, on the side adjacent to the steep drop off to the escarpment. This is quite typical of this class of site, not just in Britain but across Europe (they are as widely distributed as long barrows). They are often in dramatic physical locations like this one and often make use of the landscape to demarcate a sacred area. They are first monuments to enclose a space, perhaps making it sacred, and also through the causways delineating ways of accessing that sacred space. This is a practice which is taken up in the henge & stone circle tradition of the next millenia, and these monuments can perhaps be interpreted as precursors of henges. Certainly the best description for Stonehenge 1 (circa 3000 BC) is as a late causwayed enclosure.
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