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, shopping centres and country parks.

The area close to Caunton boasts some of the best cities including Nottingham.

There are a several good castles in the area around Caunton like Nottingham Castle.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Caunton like Nottingham Castle.

Gedling is a great place to visit close to Caunton if you like villages.

Shopping Centres to visit near Caunton include Victoria Centre.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Caunton like Gedling Country Park.

Caunton History

There are some historic monuments around Caunton:

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