Editing Small Down Knoll (section)

{{Short description|Bronze Age hillfort in Somerset, England}}
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| location =[[Evercreech]], [[Somerset]], England
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'''Small Down Knoll''', or '''Small Down Camp''', is a [[Bronze Age]] [[hill fort]] near [[Evercreech]] in [[Somerset]], England. The hill is on the southern edge of the [[Mendip Hills]], and rises to  222&nbsp;m (728&nbsp;ft).

Finds of flints indicate a prehistoric [[Mesolithic]] occupation.

The fort has multiple ramparts (''[[Hill fort#Types of hill fort|multivallate]]'') following the contours of the hilltop, enclosing an area of about 2.4 [[hectare|ha]] (6 [[acre]]s). Most of the perimeter is a double rampart, but the flatter eastern side has an extra counterscarp rampart with well-defined double ditches. There are two entrances to the south-east: one is a simple opening with evidence of a guardhouse; and the other shows linear features of a holloway.

The fort contains about 14 [[round barrow]]s (''[[tumuli]]''), which form a line of burials running east–west along the crest of the hill. The fort and the barrows appear to be [[Bronze Age]], but excavations have found some [[Iron Age]] pottery in the barrows and the ditches.

The fort is near the [[Fosse Way]] [[Roman road]]. The name of the nearby village of ''Stoney Stratton'' means ''on the stoney stone paved road'', which implies there was also a local Roman road in the area, but there are no Roman or post-Roman remains on the site.

The fort was excavated in 1904 by Mr. H. St. George Gray, the finds included flints, pottery, and burials sites with human remains.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/30236 | title=Excavation (1904), Small Down Camp, Evercreech | access-date=2011-01-01 | work=Somerset Historic Environment Record | publisher=Somerset County Council}}</ref>

The hill fort is a [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Small Down Camp Hillfort.|url=http://digitaldigging.co.uk/maps/hillforts/somerset/hill-forts-somerset-small-down-camp-hillfort.html|publisher=Digital Digging|access-date=27 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811174530/http://digitaldigging.co.uk/maps/hillforts/somerset/hill-forts-somerset-small-down-camp-hillfort.html|archive-date=11 August 2010}}</ref> and an Open Access area under a [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|DEFRA]] scheme.