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Knollbury camp hillfort

England
List entry 1015322
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015322
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.55 hectares
Grid reference
SP 31636 23012
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Knollbury Camp is a hillfort located in Oxfordshire, England. The site comprises a defended enclosure positioned on elevated terrain, characteristic of Iron Age defensive settlements in the English Midlands. The earthwork defences consist of a bank and ditch arrangement typical of Iron Age construction techniques, with the interior space suggesting occupation and settlement use during the prehistoric period. Like many hillforts of the region, Knollbury Camp represents the settlement patterns and territorial organisation of Iron Age communities, though detailed archaeological investigation and chronological refinement of the site's occupation phases remain limited in the published scholarly record.

Knollbury camp hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015322. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Knollbury camp hillfort?

Knollbury Camp is a hillfort located in Oxfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015322.

Who is responsible for protecting Knollbury camp hillfort?

Knollbury camp hillfort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015322.

What other scheduled monuments are near Knollbury camp hillfort?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest (7 km), Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield (7.5 km), Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church (7.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest
7 km
Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
7.5 km
Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
7.6 km
Brize's Lodge bowl barrow, 400m east of Gospel Oak
7.6 km
Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
7.7 km
Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
8.5 km
Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
8.7 km
Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Knollbury camp hillfort

Knollbury camp hillfort stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Knollbury camp hillfort

AlchesterRoman town · ~16 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~22.3 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~24.1 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~8.8 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~16.3 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~17.8 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~19.3 miles
Domesday entry for Chadlington, Oxfordshire →
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