Knighton Down

Places of Interest Nearby

Alfred’s Castle

Archaeological site

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Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort, situated at grid reference SU277822, behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Alfred’s Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Knighton Down.

Wayland’s Smithy

Archaeological site

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Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been completed around 3430 BCE by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental Europe. Wayland’s Smithy is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Knighton Down.

Uffington Castle

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Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 3.2 ha and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end. Uffington Castle is situated 2 miles north of Knighton Down.

Places in the Area

Ashbury

Village

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Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Ashbury is situated 2 miles northwest of Knighton Down.

Idstone

Hamlet

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Idstone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ashbury in the Vale of White Horse. Idstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Idstone is about 6 miles east of Swindon in neighbouring Wiltshire. Idstone is situated 2½ miles west of Knighton Down.

Upper Lambourn

Village

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Upper Lambourn is a small village in the county of Berkshire, England. The village is situated in the civil parish of Lambourn, and is 1.2 miles to the north-west of the village of Lambourn, just off the Lambourn to Shrivenham road. Upper Lambourn is situated 2½ miles southeast of Knighton Down.

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