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Jordan Castle is a ringwork monument located in Nottinghamshire, England, whose earthworks comprise a circular or oval defensive bank with associated ditches characteristic of early medieval fortification design. The site includes possible ancillary enclosures alongside the principal ringwork, a pond feature, and evidence of ridge and furrow cultivation patterns that indicate both its defensive purpose and the agricultural landscape surrounding it. The ringwork form suggests a date within the Anglo-Norman period, likely eleventh to twelfth century, when such earthen fortifications were commonly constructed as relatively modest strongholds by minor lords or military commanders. The survival of the pond and field systems alongside the defensive earthwork provides evidence of the integrated settlement and land use patterns typical of the medieval period, though the site's specific historical associations remain unrecorded in surviving documentation.
Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010916. View the official record →
Jordan Castle is a ringwork monument located in Nottinghamshire, England, whose earthworks comprise a circular or oval defensive bank with associated ditches characteristic of early medieval fortification design. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010916.
Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010916.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork to E of village (0.8 km), Three round barrows on Laxton Common (2 km), Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval building (3.8 km).
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