Click on the links below to read about research from the Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project:

There are stories about Misbehaving Priests, Journeys through the Landscape and information about sites in the Forest from Churches and abbeys, Market Crosses, Chantry Chapels and Saxon Battles to Viking Meeting Sites…

the Major Oak: Icon of Medieval Sherwood Forest


Woodpasture, wooded commons, woods, heathland, and common rights in the Forest


Goose Fair  


Medusa Oak: Icon of Sherwood Forest



Daily life in Medieval Sherwood Forest


Magna Carta, the Forest Charter, King John and Sherwood Forest


Parliament Oak: Icon of Sherwood Forest


Hanging and Execution in Medieval Sherwood Forest



A Journey through Sherwood Forest: Rufford Abbey to Nottingham



Queen Joan and the Keepership of Sherwood Forest



The Melee and Jousting: Tournaments in Medieval Sherwood Forest


The 1287 Sherwood Forest Eyre Court


Lyndhurst Wood- the 'chief wood of Sherwood'



The Butcher, the Bacon and Bestwood: Trespass in Bestwood Park in 1440


Robin Hood’s Cave in Sherwood Forest


Priests Behaving Badly in Sherwood Forest


A journey through Sherwood Forest: Newstead Priory to King John's Palace


Rufford Abbey and the White Monks of Sherwood Forest


The Oldest Known Boundary of Medieval Sherwood Forest


The Road to York through Sherwood Forest


The Oulde course of the Trente at Shelforde


The Vikings of Sherwood Forest


A Robbery in Sherwood Forest in 1335


Wolves, the Wolf Hunters of Sherwood Forest, Outlaws and the ‘Wolf’s Head’


Unearthing Mansfield’s secret past in Sherwood Forest


The Saxons of Sherwood Forest


St. Mary's Church, Nottingham- and Robin Hood and the Monk


St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham. Medieval Church and Sniper's Hideout


The Oldest Map of Medieval Sherwood Forest


The Sherwood Forest Book


Medieval Nottingham


The King’s Wade


There’s Vikings in the Heather



The Outlaw Roger Godberg


Spa Ponds and Clipstone Peel


Voices from Medieval Sherwood Forest


Nottingham Castle


Medieval Deer Parks of Sherwood Forest: Bestwood Park


The Archbishop of York and Sherwood Forest


The Caves of Medieval Sherwood Forest


Medieval Outlaws: The Folville Gang


The Women Keepers of Sherwood Forest


Poaching in Clipstone Park in 1279


The 1334 Sherwood Forest Eyre Court


The Rufford Charters: landscape, people, trades and lives in medieval Sherwood Forest


Nottingham Castle Deer Park


Waterways of the Forest


the King's Royal Manor of Mansfield


the 1609 Crown Survey and Map


The development of the Robin Hood Legends: the Case of William Robehod


the Fishpool Hoard


Charters of Free Warren


Medieval sports and pastimes in the Forest


Fire in Sherwood Forest


Archery in the Forest


The Honour of Peverel


Ranulf Earl of Chester


Mutilation and Damnation


Egmanton Way: The Virgin Mary, Priors, and Pilgrimage in Medieval Sherwood Forest


Forest Law Outlaws


Kirkby Hardwick and the Warrior Monks


Gadding About in the Forest


the Great Famine 1315-16


Medieval Kings Part 1, The Normans: 1066-1154


Royal gifts and payments from the Forest


Reconstructing King John's Palace


Movie: Sherwood Forest Archaeological Field School


Road Tax in Medieval Sherwood Forest


the Monks & Friars of Sherwood Forest









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The Sherwood Forest
National Nature Reserve Archaeology Survey

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Long term Research at 
King John’s Palace:
Ancient Royal Heart of Sherwood Forest

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The Sherwood Forest Archaeology Training Fieldschool

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“Scirwuda- Mapping the Greenwood”: Place-names,
Ghost and Shadow woods of Sherwood Forest Project

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Investigating Thynghowe Viking
Meeting Site

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Searching for the 
The Battle of Hatfield

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Edwinstowe Church Survey

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 Fieldswork at St Edwin’s Chapel

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St Mary’s Norton- Cuckney Church Survey

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 Mapping Medieval Sherwood Forest

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The Sherwood Forest LiDAR
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Warsop Old Hall
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The Sherwood Villages Project:
Settlement Development in the Forest

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Sherwood Heath Survey

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 Clipstone Village Dig

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Researching Edward IIs fortification at Clipstone Peel

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Ransom Wood Survey

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Thoresby Estate Survey

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 Robin Hood’s Village Dig

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The Cistercians of Rufford Project:
Settlement Development, Dynamics and Desertion.

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Sherwood Forest Environmental Survey

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World War II in Sherwood Forest - Mapping the camps, munitions and more

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World War I in Sherwood Forest - Mapping the camps, munitions and more

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About Medieval Sherwood Forest

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Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest

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 Outlaws & Villains

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 Historical Research

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 Stories from the Forest

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Book Reviews

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 Funding the Project

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Project page links:

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 Project Home page

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About the Project

-------------------------------

Awards

--------------------------------

 Media

--------------------------------

Research Aims

--------------------------------

 Working with Specialists

-------------------------------

Social Media - Follow us

--------------------------------

The Sherwood Forest
National Nature Reserve Archaeology Survey

-------------------------------

Long term Research at 
King John’s Palace:
Ancient Royal Heart of Sherwood Forest

-------------------------------

The Sherwood Forest Archaeology Training Fieldschool

--------------------------------

“Scirwuda- Mapping the Greenwood”: Place-names,
Ghost and Shadow woods of Sherwood Forest Project

-------------------------------

Investigating Thynghowe Viking
Meeting Site

-------------------------------

Searching for the 
The Battle of Hatfield

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Edwinstowe Church Survey

-------------------------------

 Fieldswork at St Edwin’s Chapel

-------------------------------

St Mary’s Norton- Cuckney Church Survey

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 Mapping Medieval Sherwood Forest

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The Sherwood Forest LiDAR
Project

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Warsop Old Hall
Archaeological Project

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The Sherwood Villages Project:
Settlement Development in the Forest

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Sherwood Heath Survey

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 Clipstone Village Dig

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Researching Edward IIs fortification at Clipstone Peel

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Ransom Wood Survey

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Thoresby Estate Survey

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 Robin Hood’s Village Dig

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The Cistercians of Rufford Project:
Settlement Development, Dynamics and Desertion.

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Sherwood Forest Environmental Survey

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World War II in Sherwood Forest - Mapping the camps, munitions and more

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World War I in Sherwood Forest - Mapping the camps, munitions and more

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About Medieval Sherwood Forest

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Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest

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 Outlaws & Villains

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 Historical Research

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 Stories from the Forest

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Book Reviews

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 Bibliography

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 Funding the Project

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 Project Partners

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 Project Sponsors

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 Robin Hood Challenges

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Heritage Tourism Outreach

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 Links page

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