Published Date:
30 April 2009
NOTTINGHAM'S historical lawman The Sheriff of Nottingham, front, joins the Friends of Thynghowe for the opening of a trail leading to the Dark Ages meeting place in Sherwood Forest at Budby.
Sheriff Peter Grocock joined the group for the inaugral three mile waymarked walk –– called the Thynghowe Trail –– which leads to a special meeting place where people came together to resolve disputes during the Dark Ages.
Andrew Norman, Forestry Commission ranger, explained: "It's a miracle that Thynghowe has re-emerged from the shadows, but also a reward for the hard work of local historians who found it on a 1816 document describing a walk around the Lordship of Warsop, which was the old way of re-establishing parish boundaries. Ramblers can retrace the walk and pay homage to this wonderful past."
Rainworth couple Stuart Reddish and Lynda Mallett discovered the ancient site with John Wood, also from Rainworth.
English Heritage think Thynghowe may also have marked a tribal boundary between Mercia and Northumberland and there are two parish boundary markers and an unmarked standing stone on top of the mound.
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Last Updated:
30 April 2009 10:08 AM
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Location:
Mansfield
