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The ruins of a mediaeval church sit within a neolithic henge monument.
©Alan Simkins
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©Chris Gunns
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©Chris Gunns
Dist:0.2km<br/>The largest round barrow in Dorset. http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/knowlton/knback.htm
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>Knowlton on a misty morning
©Mark Chambers
Dist:0.2km<br/>The western side of the henge, Neolithic bank and ditch with two entrances. Corner of much later church tower to the left. http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/knowlton/knintro.htm
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>The church is Norman. The earthworks surrounding it are important and lie in an area rich in tumuli. The Christians built in the centre of the pagan sites to encourage them to convert religions.
©Sarah Giles
Dist:0.2km<br/>Knowlton church bathed in the setting sun of a late afternoon.
©Mike Searle
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©Toby
Dist:0.2km<br/>A Norman church extensively re-modelled in the 14th century. It stands in a late Neolithic Henge.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.2km<br/>A Norman church extensively re-modelled in the 14th century. It stands in a late Neolithic Henge.
©Trish Steel
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©Simon Barnes
Dist:0.2km<br/>A Norman church extensively remodelled in the 14th century. It stands inside a late neolithic henge monument constructed c.2,500 BC. This consists of a ring bank with two entrances and an internal ditch, it was probably meant for ceremonial use.
©Kris
Dist:0.2km<br/>Ruined church situated in the middle of [[1443680]]. Norman, with C14 changes. Listed by English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=107613&mode=adv
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>Strangely megalithic in this view.
©Stefan Czapski

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