Knowlton Church and Earth Works
Knowlton Church and Earth Works is an archaeological site in Woodlands, East Dorset District, England. Knowlton Church and Earth Works is situated nearby to Ruins of Knowlton Church, as well as near the archaeological site Knowlton Circles.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knowlton Circles and Ruins of Knowlton Church.
Knowlton Circles
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knowlton Circles are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset, England. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows.
St Giles House
Manor estate
St Giles House is located at Wimborne St Giles in Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. St Giles House is situated 1 mile northeast of Knowlton Church and Earth Works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knowlton and Gussage St Michael.
Knowlton
Hamlet
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knowlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Woodlands, Dorset, England. It is about 6 miles north of town Wimborne Minster, and about 1 mile south of the village of Wimborne St Giles.
Gussage St Michael
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. Gussage St Michael is situated 2½ miles west of Knowlton Church and Earth Works.
Hinton Martell
Village
Photo: Jim Probert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinton Martell is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county, three miles north of the town of Wimborne Minster. Hinton Martell is situated 2½ miles south of Knowlton Church and Earth Works.
Knowlton Church and Earth Works
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Woodlands, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.892° or 50° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.9674° or 1° 58′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C2WV2RM+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 137683078OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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