ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



BOTHAMSALL. Five miles south-south-west from Retford and one mile 

 and a quarter east of the ancient road is Castle Hill, which is called a tumulus 

 on the Ordnance map. 



GOTHAM. At ' Court Hill,' a central spot on high land, is a well-defined 

 tumulus called the Cuckoo Bush, surrounded by a shallow ditch. 



HAYWOOD OAK. A large tumulus lies a quarter of a mile east of the 

 village on the brow of a hill. 



NOTTINGHAM. 'Deny Mount,' outside the northern fosse of the castle, 

 where the General Hospital now stands, was levelled in 1777, when five 

 skeletons and a dagger were found. Throsby mentions three or four barrows, 

 in one of which a quantity of human bones were found at Nottingham Hill, 

 about a mile from Nottingham. 1 



OXTON. On the west side of the camp at Oxton is a tumulus thus 

 noticed by Major Rooke : ' About one hundred yards west of this camp a 

 hill rises in a conical shape ; the top appears to be a large tumulus, from 

 whence there is a very extensive view over the forest towards Mansfield.' 



RANSKILL. East of the village, extending to the River Idle, are several 

 barrows, also a tumulus called 'Blakow Hill.' 



SOUTH COLLINGHAM. ' Potter's Hill,' at a point where the Fosse Way 

 leaves the county for Lincoln city, is said to be a tumulus ; it was probably 

 connected with the Roman station of Crococalana. 



WILLOUGHBY ON THE WOLDS. A tumulus called 'Crossbill,' by Stukeley, 

 is close to the Red Cow Farm, to the east of the village. 



The following is a list of parishes in which earthworks exist, with the 

 class to which they belong : 



Classes 



Annesley EX 



Arnold C X 



Aslockton 



Averham F 



Barton in Fabis X 



Beckingham F 



Bestwood Park X 



Bilsthorpe F 



Blidworth B 



Blyth X 



Bothamsall D 



Bridgford, East, see East Bridgford 



Burton Joyce F 



Car Colston C F X 



Carlton on Trent F 



Caunton F 



Clifton F 



Coddington F 



Colwick F 



Cuckney F 



Darlton C F 



East Bridgford C 



East Retford B 



Egmanton E 



Epperstone C 



Everton X 



Farnsfield . A B 



Classes 



Gamston F X 



Gonalston F 



Gotham F 



Granby F 



Greasley F G 



Gringley on the Hill B 



Grove B 



Harworth C X 



Hawton C 



Hodsock F 



Holme Pierrepont F 



Kinoulton F 



Kirby in Ashfield C 



Kirklington F 



Kneeton X 



Lambley D 



Laxton EX 



Leake, West, see West Leake 



Lindhurst F 



Littleborough C 



Lowdham DFX 



Mansfield Woodhouse B 



Marnham X 



Misson X 



Misterton X 



Muskham, South, see South Muskham 



Newark C 



Throsby, Hist, of Notts. (1795), 16. 



