Kingshaugh Camp, Darlton

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Ringwork), and also as a Certain Palace (Royal)

There are earthwork remains

NameKingshaugh Camp, Darlton
Alternative NamesKingeshag; Kingeshawe; Kingshaw; Kingsey; Kingshaghe; Kingeshage
Historic CountryNottinghamshire
Modern AuthorityNottinghamshire
1974 AuthorityNottinghamshire
Civil ParishDarlton

The earthwork and buried remains of Kingshaugh Camp, a ringwork which surrounds the 17th century Kingshaugh House. The earliest reference to 'Kingeshag' is in the pipe rolls dating to 1194. In 1211, in the accounts of Brian de Insula who was working for the king in the East Midlands, there is a reference to the spending of five hundred and fifty pounds four shillings and seven pence for building the king's houses and enclosing the park. Further work was carried out in 1212 and 1214. There is also the first reference to 'Kingeshawe' being a castle or fortified camp in 1214, indicating that the earthworks were present by this date. The monument survives as a series of earthworks and buried remains. In the eastern half of the monument a sub-circular area, 120 metres in diameter, is defined on its south and east side by a bank and external ditch or moat which survives to a depth of 3 metres. On the north side the bank is degraded but still survives as a low, wide feature and provides a fairly steep slope down to the north. A stream provides a natural defence on the north, north east and north west sections of the monument. On the western side of the moated area, the bank and ditch have been lost beneath modern farm buildings. To the south of the sub-circular area the defence of the monument was further strengthened by a complex series of banks and ditches. (PastScape)

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSK764734
Latitude53.2528915405273
Longitude-0.854740023612976
Eastings476480
Northings373480
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Books

  • Wright, James, 2008, Castles of Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire County Council) p. 63
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 86
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 381 (possible)
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1979, Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (London) p. 111
  • Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 218
  • Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol. 2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p. 970
  • Chadwick, Rev. Howard, 1924, History of Dunham-on-Trent with Ragnall, Darlton, Wimpton, Kingshaugh etc.
  • Stevenson, W., 1906, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Nottinghamshire Vol. 1 p. 301 online copy

Journals

  • Speight, Sarah, 1994, 'Early Medieval Castles in Nottinghamshire' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 98 p. 68
  • Chadwick, Rev H., 1922, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 26 p. 99-104

Primary Sources

  • 1835, Rotuli Curiae Regis (Record Commission) Vol. 1 p. 47 online copy
  • Maitland, F.W., 1891, The Rolls of the king's court in the reign of King Richard the First, A.D. 1194- 1195 (Pipe Roll Society Publications 14) p. 23
  • Stenton, D.M. (ed.), 1953, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirteenth year of the reign of King John, Michaelmas 1211 (Pipe Roll 57) (Pipe Roll Society Publications 66)
  • Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1901, Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry III (1216-25) Vol. 1 p. 124-5 online copy

Other

  • Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 482 online copy