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Knook Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort located near the village of Knook in Wiltshire, England. The site is defined by concentric defensive earthworks comprising multiple banks and ditches that enclose an irregular hilltop position, typical of Iron Age fortification practice in southern Britain. The monument occupies a strategically significant location within the Wiltshire landscape and forms part of a broader prehistoric and Romano-British settlement pattern in the region. The hillfort's precise chronology remains subject to ongoing archaeological study, though it is conventionally assigned to the Iron Age period, with possible continuity or reuse during the Romano-British phase.
Knook Castle hillfort and associated prehistoric and Romano-British landscape is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010207. View the official record →
Knook Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort located near the village of Knook in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010207.
Knook Castle hillfort and associated prehistoric and Romano-British landscape 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 1010207.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Queen's barrow: a bowl barrow in Queen's Barrow Plantation (7.6 km), Romano-British village N of Stockton Wood (8.4 km), Earthwork enclosure in Great Ridge wood, 350m north east of Point Pond (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Knook Castle hillfort and associated prehistoric and Romano-British landscape's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Knook Castle hillfort and associated prehistoric and Romano-British landscape stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.