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.

Castles to visit near Caunton include Nottingham Castle.

The area close to Caunton boasts some of the best historic buildings including Nottingham Castle.

Gedling is one of Caunton's best, nearby villages to visit in Caunton.

Don't miss Gedling Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Caunton.

Victoria Centre is one of Caunton's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Caunton.

Caunton History

There are some historic monuments around Caunton:

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