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少し不気味な趣のある建築探訪がお好きなら、Knowlton Church & Earthworks（詳細はこちらをクリックしてサイドパネルを開いてください）は、ドーセットで最も雰囲気のある場所の1つです。ここは基本的に「歴史のサンドイッチ」であり、12世紀のキリスト教会が、はるか昔の新石器時代の環状列石の中に直接建てられました。 究極のマッシュアップ：ここは、聖地を「再利用」した珍しい例です。ノルマン人は異教の儀式が行われた円の中心に教会を建て、数千年に及ぶ視覚的なタイムラインを作り出しました。 幽霊の雰囲気：人里離れた場所にあることと、荒廃した状態であることから、地元では幽霊話のホットスポットとして知られています。「窓の中の顔」を信じるかどうかは別として、周囲の野原の静けさが、この場所を信じられないほど神秘的に感じさせます。 環状列石の高台：巨大な円形の土塁に沿って歩くこともできます。頂上からは、リングの中心に堂々とそびえ立つ教会のフリントの壁の廃墟を一望できます。 過去とのピクニック：多くの観光スポットとは異なり、ここは完全に開放されており、自由に散策できます。毛布を広げてサンドイッチをかじりながら、4000年前の建設者たちが何を考えていたのかを想像するのに最適な場所です。

Brilliant dog walk alongside the stream perfect for a cool dip in the summer

Stunning avenue of trees perfect for a photo or two x

I would highly recommend popping in the village store it’s excellent

A place for a rest if you need it

There is evidence that a flour mill was present here since Doomsday times, the flour mill was replaced by a paper mill in 1720. This continued to work until around 2002 when it was converted into accommodation. The mill is well situated with a mill race taken from the River Allen.

Knowlton Circles/earthworks The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is only one of three henges (known as Knowlton Circles) and associated earthworks. However, Church Henge is the best preserved, and is maintained by English Heritage. Nearby is Great Barrow, the largest round barrow in Dorset. Aerial photographs reveal a large number of ploughed-out barrows in the immediate vicinity.

The Paranormal occurrences of Knowlton Chruch Today, despite the picturesque surroundings, a certain aura of melancholy hangs heavy over the site and the spirits of some who have passed this way in the last 4,000 years are still said to linger here. A phantom horse and rider are said to gallop across the site in the dead of night. They then proceed to pass straight through the church as though it wasn’t there. Elsewhere, a ghostly face has been witnessed peering from the top window of the tower. Then there is the shade of a weeping woman, whom some accounts describe as a nun, that has been seen kneeling outside the church, although what sin or transgression she is trying to purge herself of is not known. Paranormal groups investigating the site have found themselves enveloped in swirling white mists and have heard ethereal voices chattering around them, although no source of for voices can ever be traced. A lady and her two children who were visiting the site during daylight hours were startled by a tall figure dressed in black that suddenly appeared from nowhere. It proceeded to walk right across their path and then promptly vanished. Others have reported sightings of the same figure in the dead of night and have commented on a truly menacing aura that seems to emanate from it.