Oxton Moorfield Mount

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are uncertain remains

NameOxton Moorfield Mount
Alternative NamesOldox
Historic CountryNottinghamshire
Modern AuthorityNottinghamshire
1974 AuthorityNottinghamshire
Civil ParishOxton

Site, rejected by King as natural hummock, reported as natural feature in PastScape.

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSK632533
Latitude53.0735511779785
Longitude-1.0568300485611
Eastings463290
Northings353350
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Books

  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 382 (reject)
  • Stevenson, W., 1906, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Nottinghamshire Vol. 1 p. 298 online copy

Journals

  • Davies Pryce, T., 1909, 'The Moorfield mound, Oxton' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 13 p. 160-3

Other

  • Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 487-8 online copy