Small Down Knoll
Small Down Knoll, or Small Down Camp, is a Bronze Age hill fort near Evercreech in Somerset, England. The hill is on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, and rises to 222 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 728 feet
- Description: hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Small Down Camp”, “Small Down Knoll camp”, and “Small Down Knoll Camp”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Merryfield Lane railway station and Cranmore railway station.
Merryfield Lane railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merryfield Lane Halt is a railway station at the summit of the East Somerset Railway. It was built in 1981 and originally served as the terminus of the railway.
Cranmore railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cranmore is the main railway station of the preserved East Somerset Railway, in Somerset, England.
St Peter’s Church, Evercreech
Church
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter in Evercreech, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building. The three-stage tower has set-back buttresses ascending to pinnacles, with a very tall transomed two-light bell-chamber with windows on each face The embattled parapet has quatrefoil piercing, with big corner pinnacles and smaller intermediate pinnacles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batcombe and Wanstrow.
Batcombe
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Batcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the River Alham 5 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet and 26 miles south of Bristol.
Wanstrow
Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanstrow is a village and civil parish 6 miles south west of Frome in Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Cloford.
Shepton Mallet
Photo: Wurzeller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England, some 16 miles southwest of Bath, 18 miles south of Bristol and five miles east of Wells.
Small Down Knoll
- Categories: contour fort and landform
- Location: Evercreech, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.16385° or 51° 9′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.48025° or 2° 28′ 49″ westElevation
728 feet (222 metres)Open location code
9C3V5G79+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1207985393OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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