Caunton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Caunton

There are great places to visit near Caunton including some great cities, castles, historic buildings, villages, country parks and shopping centres.

Nottingham is a great place to visit close to Caunton if you like cities.

Places near Caunton feature a number of interesting castles including Nottingham Castle.

Places near Caunton feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Nottingham Castle.

Don't miss Gedling's villages if visiting the area around Caunton.

There are a number of country parks near to Caunton including Gedling Country Park.

Don't miss Victoria Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Caunton.

Caunton History

There are some historic monuments around Caunton:

• Queen's Sconce
• Jordan Castle: ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow
• Standing cross 140m north of The Old Hall
• Civil War redoubt 580m ENE of sugar refinery
• Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael
• Civil War town defences within the Friary Garden
• Motte and bailey castle and associated medieval and post-medieval manorial remains, including six fishponds
• Norwell Woodhouse moat and fishpond
• Moated site 750m north west of Dairy Farm
• Averham moat and enclosure
• Site discovered by aerial photography NNE of village
• Three round barrows on Laxton Common
• Settlement 3/4 mile (1198m) W of Cromwell Village
• Roman villa complex and Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Southwell
• Site of Ad Pontem, Stoke by Newark
• Cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Settlement site at Morton
• Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village
• Rolleston manor: three moats, eight fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Civil War sconce 650m north west of Devon Bridge
• Civil War fieldwork on Crankley Point
• Moated site, fishponds and decoy pond 490m north west of Park Spring Farm
• Moated fishpond complex with moat, fishstews, seven fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Bowl barrow 160m south east of Wharf Farm
• Iron Age settlement
• Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
• Civil War redoubt 680m north west of Dairy Farm
• Earlshaw Hall moat
• Site of pit alignments
• Gaddick Hill medieval motte and bailey castle and post-medieval manor house
• Old Hall moat and two fishponds
• Civil War redoubt 550m south east of Valley Farm
• Roman camp 750m east of Church Cottages
• Willoughby deserted medieval village, post-medieval moated manor, church, six fishponds, ridge and furrow and hollow way
• Gun platform 440m south east of Muskham Bridge
• Hawton moated site, fishpond, Civil War redoubt and ridge and furrow
• Newark town wall (Lombard Street)
• Standing cross 300m north of Trent Farm
• Archbishop's Palace
• Newark Castle
• Standing cross known as Beaumond Cross
• Moat, three fishponds, enclosures, hollow way and part of a road at Hall Yard
• Castle Hill
• Rectangular barrows at North Muskham
• Civil War Sconce 150m west of Muskham Bridge
• Little Carlton medieval village and part of the meadow field system
• Civil War redoubt on Crankley Point
• Roman vexillation fortress 310m and 530m south of Osmanthorpe Manor