Oxton Moorfield Mount
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)
There are uncertain remains
| Name | Oxton Moorfield Mount |
| Alternative Names | Oldox |
| Historic Country | Nottinghamshire |
| Modern Authority | Nottinghamshire |
| 1974 Authority | Nottinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | Oxton |
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 Reference | SK632533 |
| Latitude | 53.0735511779785 |
| Longitude | -1.0568300485611 |
| Eastings | 463290 |
| Northings | 353350 |
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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