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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 and 1852 Estate Planting Plan of Birklands Thynghowe

Thynghowe

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 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