The Whispering Knights by munki-boy
The Whispering Knights
The Whispering Knights is the remains of a portal dolmen-type burial chamber of about 4000 BC. Four stones stand upright, while a fifth, probably the capstone, lies fallen. The stones would never have been covered by a mound; rather they projected out of a low flat-topped platform that surrounded the setting.
The Whispering Knights is part of The Rollright Stones complex.
The Whispering Knights is in Cotswolds AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Created: 27 November 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
The Whispering Knights
The Whispering Knights LiDAR Map
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Local History around The Whispering Knights
There are some historic monuments around including:
Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old churchChipping Norton motte and bailey castle, and fishpondMoated siteMoated site 300m east of Stourton Methodist ChapelMoated site, 230m west of St Michael's ChurchMoated site at Manor FarmBesbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit FarmNeolithic long barrow 400m SSE of Burnt HillIron Age enclosed settlement and part of a trackway 150m north east of the King StoneLong barrow on Adlestrop HillThe Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount FarmLowland Barn Romano-British farmstead 200m north west of Bury HillPortal dolmen 400m south east of Burnt HillChastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow HouseOver Norton bowl barrow 150m north west of the intersection between the A361 and the A34(T)The Rollright StonesHawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges BarnSquire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron BuildingsGreat house site, garden earthworks and associated remains immediately north, west and south of St Mary's ChurchNether Chalford medieval settlement.
