Kirton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Kirton

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

There are a number of cities near to Kirton including Nottingham.

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

There are a number of historic buildings near to Kirton including Nottingham Castle.

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

Gedling Country Park is one of Kirton's best, nearby country parks to visit in Kirton.

The area close to Kirton boasts some of the best shopping centres including Victoria Centre.

Kirton History

There are some historic monuments around Kirton:

• Haughton Chapel
• Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael
• Site of old hall S of Haughton Hall Farm
• Moated site, fishponds and decoy pond 490m north west of Park Spring Farm
• Motte and bailey castle and associated medieval and post-medieval manorial remains, including six fishponds
• Earlshaw Hall moat
• Bothamsall motte and bailey castle and hollow way
• Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
• West Bridge
• Gaddick Hill medieval motte and bailey castle and post-medieval manor house
• Jordan Castle: ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow
• Cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Medieval settlement including a moated site and open field system, immediately north east and south of Hall Farm
• Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval building
• Norwell Woodhouse moat and fishpond
• Three round barrows on Laxton Common
• Earthwork to E of village
• Markham Moor Bridge (or 'Mirihil' Bridge)
• Moated fishpond complex with moat, fishstews, seven fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Haughton decoy and motte and bailey castle