Has anybody heard of another grassy knoll?

Question

Seems like the only grassy knoll mentioned in the world was in JFK assassination.

Answer 1

I know of one.
Indeed, it was where I lost my virginity.
But I'm not about to tell you where exactly !
It is still a shrine as far as I am concerned !!

Answer 2

The word knoll [pronunciation nohl] is a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock and is quite old (some 1100 years plus) and is Old English.

There are many knoll sites and a few are:

One is Brent Knoll Camp which is an ancient settlement and Hillfort in Somerset

Another is Maes Knoll. The remains of this Iron age hillfort lie at the eastern end of the Dundry Hill ridge just to the south of Bristol. The hillfort consists of a fairly large flat open area, roughly triangular in shape, that has been fortified by ramparts and shaping of the steep sided hilltop around the northern, eastern and southwestern sides of the hill. The western end of the fort is made across a narrow neck of the ridge of high land, and consists of a massive ditch and bank, known as "The Tump", which must be 15 metres high from the ditch to the top. To the east from this fort can be made out sections of the western end of Wansdyke, which is usually thought to start, or terminate here at this fort. As is often the case, the views from this fort are tremendous, with a splendid view over the lands it would have once commanded. From here, there are clear views north to Bristol, east to Bath and the Cotswold Hills, and south over Stanton Drew stone circles to Chew Lake and the Mendips.

Another is in the hamlet, Pentric, which first appeared 80 years before the birth of Alfred. Beyond the village lies Pentridge Hill a long, whaleback-shaped feature. Standing above the gently rolling chalk down lands of north-east Dorset, it is formed by a harder, more resistant band in the chalk, which also forms Windmill Hill in Hampshire, just to the east, and the more distant Gallows Hill in Wiltshire. Penbury Knoll (606 feet), with its thicket of pines, is the highest point of Pentridge Hill. The deep coombes on either side were probably formed in the Ice Age, when they would have been filled with snow for much of the year; freezing and thawing around these patches of snow would have enlarged the Ice Age hollows to their present size. In the fields just to the east of Penbury Knoll there are numerous small, rounded flint pebbles, which indicate that the highest parts of Pentridge Hill carry an isolated capping of much younger rocks than the chalk, the Reading Beds. These pebbly sands appear at the surface in a more continuous belt to the south-east between Fordingbridge and Horton.

Answer 3

The grassy knoll was the area directly opposite the Texas Book Depository where several people were standing watching the motorcade for JFK. Several people claim that there were other shots fired from there and that at least two men were seen running immediately after the shooting. This has always been one of the important issues in the conspiracy theory. The second shooter from the other side of the car. If you want to know more about this - rent the movie JFK with Kevin Costner. You will learn a lot about it. Pax - C

Answer 4

There was/is the grassy knoll known as Custer's Last Stand Hill, also nearby Henry hill (for the Indians use of Henry repeaters there)

Answer 5

Yes - there's grassy knoll in the playground my daughter uses when we visit Edinburgh.
No-one has ever been shot from it.
I think grassy knolls have been given a bad name by one rogue American grassy knoll. Totally unfair!

Answer 6

The Knolls of Oxford is an old folks home near where my parents lived. Maybe Oswald would have liked to retire there.

Answer 7

I know - presume it means grassy slope or something but I have never heard the word "knoll" mentioned in any other context.

Answer 8

hmmm...my high school was Morris Knolls. It was, in fact, on a knoll (somewhat grassy)

Answer 9

Merriman Smith coined the term

Answer 10

There's a Bluegrass group with that name and a comic strip.