ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



nence is a circular earthwork about 250 ft. in diameter, a broad fosse which 

 opens on the south-west side to the surrounding land where vestiges of 

 further works are seen. These may have been a continuation of the camp 

 or a defended approach to the small fortification, for there is no doubt the 

 entrance was at this point. 



CASTLE MOUNTS 

 [CLASS D] 



BOTHAMSALL. Fully 4 miles north-west of Tuxford on the north bank of 

 the River Meden is a conical mound called 'Castle Hill,' but the fosse is 

 obliterated and the general contour of it has not been so well preserved as the 

 mounts at Egmanton and Laxton. 



LAMBLEY. Five miles north-east from Nottingham and i\ miles from 

 Lowdham on the Cocker Beck is a simple mound known as the 'Round Hill.' 



LOWDHAM. Six miles north-east of Nottingham above Cocker Beck is a 

 well-defined circular mount and fosse, situated on the west side of the existing 

 old manor house and a short distance from the church. It is only small 

 in size, and the encircling fosse is nearly levelled up ; but its situation in the 

 meadow implies that it was formerly greatly strengthened by surrounding 

 waters. 



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CASTLE MOUNTS WITH ATTACHED COURTS 



[CLASS E] 



ANNESLEY. In Annesley Park, 2 miles from Hucknall Torkard, on 

 rising ground towards the western boundary of 

 the county, is Castle Hill. It is a simple form 

 of the mount and bailey type, largely depending 

 on the natural formation of the ground for its 

 defence. The court is on the north of the mound, 

 but irregularly approaching its base at the north- 

 west, guided thus by the natural escarpment 

 of the hill. A fragment of the fosse remains at 

 the north-east angle of the court, and a trans- 

 verse agger 120 ft. in length extends across a 

 third of the middle of the court on the western 

 side. 



ASLOCKTON or ASLACTON. The works 

 here considered are in the village of Aslockton, 

 which lies 10 miles east of Nottingham and 2 miles beyond Bingham on the 

 left bank of the River Smite. 



The mount, about 16 ft. high, originally circular, but lately excavated for 



ballast on its south-east, is marked as a tumulus on the early ordnance maps, 



but on the later as ' Cranmer's Mound.' The latter is accounted for by 



this town being the ancestral home and birthplace of Thomas Cranmer, 



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