50°53′31″N 1°58′03″W / 50.891972°N 1.967389°W
Location | Knowlton, Dorset |
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Coordinates | 50°53′31″N 1°58′03″W / 50.891972°N 1.967389°W |
Type | Henge |
History | |
Periods | Neolithic |
Site notes | |
Ownership | English Heritage |
Public access | Open any reasonable time during daylight hours |
Website | https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/knowlton-church-and-earthworks/ |
Official name | Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton |
Designated | 14 October 1924 |
Official name | Ruins of Knowlton Church |
Type | Grade II* |
Designated | 18 March 1955 |
Reference no. | 1120071 |
Knowlton Circles (also known as Knowlton Henges or Knowlton Rings) 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.