A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



of war. It is an open question whether these sub-divisions date before or 

 after the Norman Conquest. Divested of their later masonry and viewed as 

 earthworks alone, which was undoubtedly their state in the first century after 

 the Conquest, they much resemble the mound and bailey type of the Normans, 

 under which heading (Class E) they will be further noted. 



SCALE OF FEET 

 O IOO 2OO 300 





NOTTINGHAM CASTLE AND PRECINCTS. 



Beyond the north line of this original entrenchment was a large tumulus, 

 utilized by Colonel Hutchinson during the Civil War as a platform for a piece of 

 ordnance ; in its later history it was known as ' Derry Mount,' and at one time 

 was adopted as the site of a windmill. It was levelled in 178 1, when no fewer than 

 five interments were found in it, one of them being accompanied by a dagger. 



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