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Knook Castle
Wiltshire, England ยท Atlas EN0423
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0423 (423)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Wiltshire
- Historic county
- Wiltshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Upton Lovell
- National Grid reference
- ST96004402
- Latitude
- 51.19553
- Longitude
- -2.05856
- Altitude
- 165 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 1.75 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- southeast and level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1812); Other (1877); Other (1887); Other (1984); Earthwork Survey (1991); Other (1996); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1010207
- HER
- Wiltshire and Swindon MWI3710
- National record
- record ST 94 SE 2; monument 211305
- Wikidata
- Q31116893
Sources
References
- Colt Hoare, R.C. 1812. The ancient history of Wiltshire, I, London: Miller.
- McOmish, Frost, D. and Brown, G. 2002. The field archaeology of the Salisbury Plain Training Area, Swindon: English Heritage.
- Rogers, I (Gifford and Partners) Defence Estates Organisation: archaeological evaluation on the Southern Range Road, Salisbury Plain Training Area, Wiltshire. Gifford and Partners archaeological evaluation and assessment reports - Final report. (7428).