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Small Down Knoll camp is a univallate hillfort located in Somerset, England. The monument consists of a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an oval or roughly circular area on high ground. It dates to the Iron Age, a period during which such fortified settlements served as centres for habitation, refuge, or storage. The site represents a significant example of prehistoric defensive architecture characteristic of the Somerset landscape during the later prehistoric period.
Small Down Knoll camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006175. View the official record →
Small Down Knoll camp is a univallate hillfort located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006175.
Small Down Knoll camp 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 1006175.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort at Fox Covert, 550m north east of Lamyatt Lodge (3.9 km), Roman building at Lamyatt Beacon, Creech Hill (4.4 km), Deserted medieval site W of Lower Batch Farm (4.9 km).
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