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The Knolls camp is a prehistoric hillfold monument located in Gloucestershire. The site consists of earthwork defences characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns, comprising banks and ditches that define an enclosed area. Such camps served defensive and administrative functions during the Iron Age period, representing organised territorial control and community organisation in the region. The monument remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement activity in the Forest of Dean area of Gloucestershire.
The Knolls camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004873. View the official record →
The Knolls camp is a prehistoric hillfold monument located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004873.
The Knolls 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 1004873.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork on Cleeve Common (5.2 km), Cleeve Hill camp near Cheltenham (6 km), Moated Site 570m west of Laxton Meadow Farm (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Knolls camp'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.
The Knolls camp stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.