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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: KingshaughCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 5.579 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Nottinghamshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Tuxford Nearest Village: East Markham
Map Ref: SK765735
Latitude: 53.253007N Longitude: 0.854844W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The current house is probably what remains was improved in the 17th century and may contain walls and foundations of Earl John’s Hunting lodge or rather its chapel. Much of what remains appears to be improved in 1193-4, during Earl John's rebellion against King Richard I, the lodge was fortified and the earth and timber ringwork defences built. There are remains of a wooden palisade as well as a complex series of banks and ditches, which are lined with buried remains. These banks have more ancient origins.
The site has a rather eerie feel to it helped by its somewhat isolation and old gnarled trees with large amounts of mistletoe. It has never been excavated and was damaged by previous owners when it was used for point to point. The present owners, Mr and Mrs Elliott were most acomodating and guided me around. The site was open to the public but this is less of a regular thing now since both have had ill health.
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