Knook Castle
Knook Castle is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort on Knook Down, near the village of Knook in Wiltshire, England, but largely within the civil parish of Upton Lovell.Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort in Wiltshire, England
- Also known as: “Knook Castle hill fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel Of St Mary, Chitterne and Church of St Margaret.
Chapel Of St Mary, Chitterne
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chapel Of St Mary, Chitterne is a church, which is situated 2 miles east of Knook Castle.
Church of St Margaret
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Margaret is situated 2 miles southwest of Knook Castle.
St Augustine’s church, Upton Lovell
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Augustine’s church, Upton Lovell is situated 2 miles southwest of Knook Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chitterne and Codford St Peter.
Chitterne
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chitterne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, about 7 miles east of the town of Warminster. Chitterne is situated 2 miles east of Knook Castle.
Codford St Peter
Locality
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Codford is a civil parish south of Salisbury Plain in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, England. Its settlements are the adjacent villages of Codford St Peter and Codford St Mary, which lie some 7 miles southeast of Warminster. Codford St Peter is situated 2½ miles south of Knook Castle.
Imber
Village
Imber is an uninhabited village and former civil parish within the British Army's training area, now in the parish of Heytesbury, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. Imber is situated 3 miles north of Knook Castle.
Knook Castle
- Categories: hillslope fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Upton Lovell, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19543° or 51° 11′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.05855° or 2° 3′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C3V5WWR+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 236080403OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q6423006
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In Other Languages
“Knook Castle” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Knook Castle”
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Highlights include West Down Spinney and Knook Down.
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