A report on 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
3 linksChalk 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.
Stonehenge
3 linksPrehistoric 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
1 linksType 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
1 linksUNESCO World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England.
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England.
Robin Hood's Ball (an associated monument just north of the WHS boundary)
White Barrow
1 linksLarge 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.
Larkhill
1 linksGarrison 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.
Robin Hood
0 linksLegendary 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.