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Jordan Castle
Hob Uid: 320332
Location : Nottinghamshire Newark and Sherwood Wellow
Grid Ref : SK6791066520
Summary : Medieval ringwork castle, consisting of a bank and ditch with an entrance on the south west side. There is evidence for a fortified manor house here from about 1252, when Jordan Foliot was licensed to embattle his manor house, although no trace of this is now visible. The interior of the ringwork contains traces of ridge and furrow. The earthwork remains of a hollow way and fishpond also survive.
More information : (SK 679665) - Jordan Castle (NR) (Site of) (NAT). (1) A circular earthwork, formed by a bank and ditch, with a south-west entrance (see plan). Here Jordan Foliot was licensed to embattle his manor house of Grimston in 1252. (Whether the name `Jordan Castle' really connects the earthwork with Grimston Manor House is perhaps more questionable than VCH allows. EPNS (3) gives no earlier date for the name than 1826, and the possibility of its having an antiquarian, rather than historical, origin cannot be ignored). (2-3) Possibly a ringwork (castle). (4) A ring castle set in permanent pasture on the top and slightly on a SE facing slope in a good defensive situation. The interior is now rig and furrow, and no evidence of a former building could be seen. A hollow way which approaches from the SW appears to be comtemporary, but the two breaches, one to the N and the other on the E could well be relatively modern. Similar in character to both Hodsock (SK 611854) and Kingshaugh (SK765734), but not as large or as strong as either. Published 25" survey 1959 revised. See RAF APs (a). (5) SK 6788 6654. Jordan Castle: a ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow. Scheduled RSM no. 13394. (6) Listed by Cathcart King as a possible castle. (7) The earthwork and cropmark remains of Jordan Castle, the Medieval ringwork described by the previous authorities were mapped from aerial photographs during the course of the Nottinghamshire NMP project. The ringwork and surrounding features were subsequently re-photographed during English Heritage reconnaissance. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1955
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Source details : (F21/58/RAF/1775 0017-9 2.6.55)
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Source details : English Heritage, Scheduling Amendment, Nottinghamshire, 22-SEP-1992
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Source details : NMR SK 6766/12-13 (17577/23-24) 16-JUL-2001
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Ringwork, Hollow Way, Ridge And Furrow, Fishpond
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Documented 1252
Monument End Date : 1252
Monument Start Date : 1252
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NT 102
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 13394
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 66 NE 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-04-04
End Date : 1974-04-04

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1991-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1993-12-31

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Activity type : AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
Start Date : 2001-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 2005-01-01
End Date : 2005-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Jordan Castle