An Archaeological Resource Assessment of Medieval Nottinghamshire

There are 893 sites belonging to the Middle Ages currently recorded in the Notts SMR. Amongst these may be noted 16 castles, 15 monastic sites, 87 DMVs and SMVs (both certain and alleged), 72 moated sites, 117 fishponds (of which 37 are certainly mediaeval), 23 houses, 195 churches and 32 chapels. To these may be added the 395 or so communities or villages mentioned in Domesday Book where we have settlements under the same name today, and a small handful of towns including the Domesday boroughs of Nottingham and Newark, and of course the royal forest of Sherwood and its various associated sites and appurtenances.