Laxton Castle

The village of Laxton in central Nottinghamshire is noted for the survival of the open field farming tradition. For much of the Middle Ages Laxton was the administrative centre of the Royal Forest of Sherwood and its castle, the caput of the de Caux Barony, the focus of that administration. Laxton castle stands on high ground to the north of the village. It consists of two principal elements, a small strongly defended motte and inner bailey and a larger, less strongly defended, outer bailey.

Since 2003 archaeologists at Birmingham and Nottingham Universities have been investigating Laxton castle as part of a long-term field project training students in measured and geophysical survey. Find out about Laxton, its castle and the survey in the pages below.

Laxton Castle
Nottinghamshire’s finest motte and bailey castle
The village of Laxton in central Nottinghamshire is noted for the survival of the open field farming tradition. For much of the Middle Ages Laxton was the administrative centre of the Royal Forest of Sherwood and its castle, the caput of the de Caux Barony, the focus of that administration. Laxton castle stands on high ground to the north of the village. It consists of two principal elements, a small strongly defended motte and inner bailey and a larger, less strongly defended, outer bailey. Since 2003 archaeologists at Birmingham and Nottingham Universities have been investigating Laxton castle as part of a long-term field project training students in measured and geophysical survey. Find out about Laxton, its castle and the survey in the pages below.
	About Laxton The Castle Earthworks The Castle Survey Topographical Survey Geophysical Survey Visualising Laxton Survey Reports


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