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Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow

England
List entry 1010916
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010916
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.5 hectares
Grid reference
SK6787466558
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Jordan Castle is a ringwork castle situated in Nottinghamshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial circular or oval earthwork surrounded by a ditch, characteristic of the ringwork form that became prevalent in England during the 11th and 12th centuries. The site encompasses additional archaeological features including possible enclosures, a pond, and ridge and furrow cultivation patterns that indicate medieval land use around the fortification. The combination of defensive earthworks with contemporary agricultural evidence provides insight into the settlement hierarchy and economic organisation of medieval Nottinghamshire.

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 →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow?

Jordan Castle is a ringwork castle situated in Nottinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010916.

Who is responsible for protecting Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow?

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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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Motte and bailey castle and associated medieval and post-medieval manorial remains, including six fishponds
4.1 km
Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
4.2 km
Cross in St Michael's churchyard
4.3 km
Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael
4.3 km
Moated fishpond complex with moat, fishstews, seven fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
4.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow

Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow

ThorpeRoman town · ~11.2 milesLincolnRoman town · ~18.6 milesAncasterRoman town · ~23.7 milesBattle of Stoke (Field) 1487Battle (1487) · ~11.5 miles
Domesday entry for Crastell, Nottinghamshire →
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