Revealing the Landscape: Community Archaeology in Viking Sherwood Forest BIRKLANDS SHERWOOD FOREST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Presentation by:
LYNDA MALLETT & STUART REDDISH Friends of Thynghowe Members of the Nova Scotia Archaeological Society Landscape Investigators & Independent Researchers
King's Wood Sherwood Forest Nottinghamshire
Map of Sherwood Forest
THYNGHOWE
DS N LA K BIR
Lordship of Warsop 1816 Perambulation
Walking the Boundary
Warsop & Edwinstowe Boundary Stones
Ancient Oak Boundary Marker As mentioned in the 1816 Perambulation
The Parliament Oak a boundary tree under which King John held a 'parliament' in 1214 prior to signing the Magna Carta in 1215 as recorded in the 1816 Perambulation document
THYNGHOWE
King's Wood
Hanger Hill in 2005 – still surrounded by plantation trees. Three stones discovered on highest point
Birklands Forest Stone
Edwinstowe Boundary Stone
Warsop Boundary Stone
Birklands Forest Stone which is a finger stone or standing stone that has been earthed up
Summer 2005 on top of Hanger Hill
Birklands Forest Stone
The mound and top of Thynghowe/Hanger Hill
In 874 the Great Heathen/Danish Army overwintered in Repton having sailed along the River Trent from the North Sea
The Great Heathen/Danish Army 865 – 878 Map attribution Hel-hama (additions/changes L Mallett)
Thynghowe
The Friends of Thynghowe taking a community group on the celebration of the 200 year anniversary of the 1816 Perambulation
Friends of Thynghowe trail marker with a Warsop Boundary Stone
A 'wapentake' on Thynghowe All those in favour say aye!
Thing/Ding/Thyng sites in Shetland & Orkney, Faroe Islands, Norway, Thingvellir Iceland
A Sense of place in the Viking wider community
Thynghowe
An artistic impression of a Thing Assembly
Magnetometer Survey Dr Stuart Brookes UCL Landscapes of Governance
Ancient Boundary Stones These are not local stone and are older than the Parish boundary stones
St Edwin's Cross – the site where King Edwin's body was laid as he was carried through the forest after he was slain in battle in 633
King's Wood
This Sherwood Forest Book recorded ownership and Forest law
The ruined remains of 'King John's Palace' or the Kings Houses Started by Henry II and used by all the Plantagenet kings It was a large complex with a Deer Park that was used for hunting This is approximately 3 miles south of Thynghowe
The Belvoir Map from the archives of the Duke of Rutland
1609 Forest Survey Clearly showing Thynghowe and the Birklands Forest Stone
Thynghowe
Ground truthing and surveying Nether Warsop Gate
Conroi De Vey local re-enactment group walking along Nether Warsop Gate A newly discovered Viking trackway that leads to Thynghowe
Viking Spring Thing Regia Anglorum demonstrating food of the age, a boat burial, and coin striking
Viking Spring Thing The arena and the wyc
A school visit to Thynghowe
Community Archaeology Dig Thynghowe April 2016
Warsop 1816 to 2016 Perambulation celebration Each person got a bag with bread, cheese and ale (soft drink for kids!)
Viking Spring Thing May 2016
The 'summit' of Thynghowe