Kingshaugh Camp, Darlton

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Kingeshag; Kingeshawe; Kingshaw; Kingsey; Kingshaghe; Kingeshag

In the civil parish of Darlton.
In the historic county of Nottinghamshire (Modern Authority of Nottinghamshire, 1974 county of Nottinghamshire).

The earthwork and buried remains of Kingshaugh Camp, a ringwork which surrounds C17 Kingshaugh House. The earliest reference to 'Kingeshag' is in the pipe rolls dating to 1194. In 1211, in the accounts of Brian de Insula who was working for the king in the East Midlands, there is a reference to the spending of five hundred and fifty pounds four shillings and seven pence for building the king's houses and enclosing the park. Further work was carried out in 1212 and 1214. There is also the first reference to 'Kingeshawe' being a castle or fortified camp in 1214, indicating that the earthworks were present by this date. The monument survives as a series of earthworks and buried remains. In the eastern half of the monument a sub-circular area, 120m in diameter, is defined on its south and east side by a bank and external ditch or moat which survives to a depth of 3m. On the north side the bank is degraded but still survives as a low, wide feature and provides a fairly steep slope.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK76487348

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 322844

• Web site links
  • http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/120/darltoncastle.htm
    http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/kingshaugh.htm
    http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/gateway/places/castles/castles1.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p86
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p381 [possible]
    Pevsner, Nikolaus; revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (London) p111
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p970
    Chadwick, Rev. Howard, 1924, History of Dunham-on-Trent with Ragnall, Darlton, Wimpton, Kingshaugh etc.
    Stevenson, W., 1906, VCH Nottinghamshire Vol1 p301
• Journal Articles
  • Speight, Sarah, 1994, 'Early Medieval Castles in Nottinghamshire' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol98 p68
    Chadwick, Rev H., 1922, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol26 p99-104
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1217-25) p124-5