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Knowlton Circles (megalithic site) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 53 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.8833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 57 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.9500 decimal degrees |
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Note: A sacred neolithic henge; the ruins of a 12th-century church are inside one circle while Knowlton Farm is circled by another; the nearest town is Wimborne Minster and the nearest village is Gussage All Saints. |
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| Knowlton Circles (preferred,C,V)
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| Dorset Henge (C,V)
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| Knowlton Rings (C,V)
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| Chenoltone (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Chenoltuna (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Dorset (county) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| megalithic site (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| sacred site (H) |
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