Site Name: Knook Castle
Civil Parish: Upton Lovell
Grid Ref: 396000, 144000

Description:
An oblong Iron Age hillfort.

Details:
Sub-rectangular hillfort enclosing c1.75ha. The monument is in an area of intensive Prehistoric and Romano-British activity, including field systems, a trackway/boundary feature and a barrow.


Sources:

The Ancient History of Wiltshire Vol 1, 84 1812 Hoare, Sir R.C.
Archaeological Journal Vol 37, p425-6
Trans Berkshire Archaeolgical and Natural Hitory Society Vol 2, p39
Victoria County History 1 1 270 1957 Grinsell, L.V.
AER 1436-40 County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge
AER/C/686-9 County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge

Data supplied by the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record Office.

Recommended books on hill forts;
Danebury Hillfort ~ Barry Cunliffe
Hillforts of England and Wales ~ James Dyer
Cadbury Castle - The Hillfort and Landscapes ~ Richard Tabor
The Wessex Hillfort Project ~ Andrew Payne, Mark Corney and Barry Cunliffe
Hillforts: Prehistoric Strongholds of Northumberland National Park ~ Stewart Ainsworth and Trevor Pearson
Celtic Fortifications ~ Ian Ralston