Archaeologists hunt for Viking heritage in Sherwood Forest
The land surrounding a
mysterious ancient monument in Sherwood Forest is to be researched after
a local history group received a £50,000 lottery grant.
A Thynghowe or Thing, an open-air meeting place where Vikings
gathered to discuss the law, was discovered in Sherwood Forest seven
years ago.
QUESTION: Recently a saw part of a programme by Nigel Slater where he featured
a visit to a providing snacks and drinks in Sherwood Forest. My walking
group would like to visit the area and incorporate a visit to this van
during one of our walk days. Could you please provide details of where
this van is? ANSWER: Yes, there has been a bit of a discussion about this as to where it actually was. Steve Lowe's kitchen is at Blidworth Bottoms a Forestry Commission car park off Longdale Lane. Betwenn A614 and Ravenshead.
Listen to BBC Radio 4's Open Country, Richard Uridge is in the Birklands area
of Sherwood Forest finding out about its ancient past when he visits
Thynghowe, an ancient open-air meeting place where hundreds of Vikings
gathered to make important decisions.
Presenter: Richard Uridge
Producer: Helen Chetwynd.
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The UN General Assembly declared 2011 the International Year of
Forests to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation
and sustainable development of forests. The International Year of
Forests was officially launched on 2 February 2011 at the UN
headquarters in New York, USA, during the UN Forum on Forests. Events
will be held globally throughout 2011 showcasing actions towards
managing the world's forests sustainably.
The UN has a website dedicated to Forest 2011,
where you will find information regarding events being organised
throughout the year, as well as interactive web tools and resources
to promote dialogue on forests. Participants can also tell organizers
via the website how they plan to celebrate “forests for people”
during 2011, so that they may showcase their stories and initiatives
through this website.
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Archaeologists spent the week of 17
- 22 January 2011 investigating the area
of Thynghowe in Sherwood Forest. Nottinghamshire County Council
archaeologists used GPS and
Total Station surveying techniques. Archaeologists from University College
London Assembly Sites Project were using
magnetometry equipment to investigate
the site. A 'Thyng' (things, dings, tings etc) is
a Viking assembly or meeting place,
where they met to resolve disputes and
make the law. A 'howe' could indicate a prehistoric
burial mound.
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Safeguarding the
cultural heritage and archaeology contained within our woodlands.
The
above topic seems, at present, to have been marginalised in the
debate on the FC management of our ancient forests and woodland. The position in England is that we have
possibly the highest concentration in the world of unresearched or
under researched woodland sites. We have been actively involved with
the FC for a number of years working on the archaeology contained
within Sherwood Forest. We are sure commercial forestry would not see
the preservation or conservation of heritage sites within their
woodland as high priority. Also, to think that any level of local
authority is capable of becoming involved with woodland management in
the current financial climate is a mistake. Local authorities here in
Nottinghamshire are slashing staff and services and are not looking
for new areas of responsibility. Local authorities would probably
like to give away their parks and gardens as well because they have
already sacked the rangers that managed them. The Woodland Trust has
been looking for people to lease woodlands as they are not able to
resource all the extended responsibilities, funding has been cut from
the Community Forests and small woodlands have been chopped up to
create 2 and 3 acre woodland gardens just to promote sales.
We support public involvement and social forestry but to expect the
untrained and unsupported public to pick up the responsibilities of
woodland management is unrealistic. We quickly need a fully funded mentor scheme to help new woodland owners and volunteers to gain
confidence in their day to day decision as we will
be overwhelmed by new volunteers wanting support and advice.
we have a set of pictures on Flickr of the East Midlands Group of the Association
of Pole Lathe Turners and Green
Woodworkers met in King's Wood Sherwood
Forest for their November get together. Click on the logo to see the pictures.
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In debate on the management of our forests the topic of biodiversity has been at the top of the agenda. For those of yu who love Sherwood Forest you may want to check out this website www.eakringbirds.com there is loads of information here to sd interest to your walks in the forest.
You may be looking for an interesting day out walking or cycling in Sherwood Forest. Check out the Friends of Thynghowe website. They have masses of information and downloadable PDF information sheets that will guide you through thousands of years of history in the Birklands part of Sherwood Forest. Click on the logo to visit the site >
SHERWOOD FOREST VIKING THING SITE
The Vikings of Sherwood & Thynghowe
Thynghowe Birklands
Look out for information how you can help research the history of Sherwood Forest
In the meantime if you would like more general information on the Vikings please visit VIKINGLANDSCAPE.COM by clicking HERE
At this site we provide information regarding the features and events in and around Sherwood Forest connected with its history, archaeology, woodland events and new woodland walks. We are also presenting a view of the working woodlands in the area. In these changing times it is important that woodlands are portrayed as vibrant healthy places both for people and the trees. That means trees have to be part of a biodiverse landscape. Harvesting trees is as important to evolving habitat as is planting trees. For us to have ancient trees we must protect the ones we have and plan for new ones in the future. The emphasis of our website is on The Real Sherwood Forest, full of life, a place to celebrate.This site will certainly be of interest to you if you wish to experience the real distinctive history and scenery of the Sherwood Forest area in addition to the usual legendary visitor attractions.
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Viking Re-enacters
SURVEYING THYNGHOWE VIKING ASSEMBLY SITE
Safeguarding the
cultural heritage and archaeology contained within our woodlands.
In debate on the management of our forests the topic of biodiversity has been at the top of the agenda. For those of yu who love Sherwood Forest you may want to check out this website 
