Robin Hood's Ball
Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, approximately 5 mi northwest of the town of Amesbury, and 2+1/2 mi northwest of Stonehenge.
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Salisbury Plain
Chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering 300 sqmi.
Chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering 300 sqmi.
In the Neolithic period, Stone Age people began to settle on the plain, most likely centred around the causewayed enclosure of Robin Hood's Ball.
Larkhill
Garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England.
Garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England.
Robin Hood's Ball, the Stonehenge Cursus and the Lesser Cursus lie close to the garrison.
Stonehenge
Prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, 2 mi west of Amesbury.
Prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, 2 mi west of Amesbury.
Salisbury Plain was then still wooded, but 4,000 years later, during the earlier Neolithic, people built a causewayed enclosure at Robin Hood's Ball, and long barrow tombs in the surrounding landscape.
Causewayed enclosure
Type of large prehistoric earthwork common to the early Neolithic in Europe.
Type of large prehistoric earthwork common to the early Neolithic in Europe.
Robin Hood's Ball near Stonehenge
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England.
UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England.
Robin Hood's Ball (an associated monument just north of the WHS boundary)
Robin Hood
Legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film.
Legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film.
A Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Salisbury Plain has acquired the name Robin Hood's Ball, although had Robin Hood existed it is doubtful that he would have travelled so far south.
White Barrow
Large Neolithic long barrow just below the crest of Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain, just south of the village of Tilshead in Wiltshire, England.
Large Neolithic long barrow just below the crest of Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain, just south of the village of Tilshead in Wiltshire, England.
It has never been fully excavated, but dating of materials found in and around it suggests that it dates from 3500 to 4000 BC, making it contemporary with other long barrows on Salisbury Plain, as well as the nearby causewayed enclosure called Robin Hood's Ball.
List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain
There are many prehistoric sites and structures of interest remaining from prehistoric Britain, spanning the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
There are many prehistoric sites and structures of interest remaining from prehistoric Britain, spanning the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
Robin Hood's Ball
Figheldean
Village and civil parish on the River Avon, 3+1/2 mi north of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England.
Village and civil parish on the River Avon, 3+1/2 mi north of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England.
Figheldean parish extends 3 mi east of the village towards Tidworth as far as Devil's Ditch and 3 mi westwards beyond Larkhill towards Shrewton as far as Robin Hood's Ball.
Knap Hill
Knap Hill lies on the northern rim of the Vale of Pewsey, in northern Wiltshire, England, about a mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Alton Priors.
Knap Hill lies on the northern rim of the Vale of Pewsey, in northern Wiltshire, England, about a mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Alton Priors.
Similar combinations of finds had been reported at Windmill Hill, Robin Hood's Ball, and Whitesheet Hill.