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Robin Hood's Ball

Neolithic causewayed enclosure in Wiltshire, England

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Robin Hood’s Ball is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, approximately 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the town of Amesbury, and 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Stonehenge. The site was designated as a scheduled monument in 1965.

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Scheduled monument designation

1965

End of use

c. 3000 BC

Construction

c. 4000 BC

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Ditches
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Long Barrows
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

51.21° N, -1.85° E