Dorket Head

{{short description|Area in Nottinghamshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=July 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{infobox UK place| |country = England |static_image = Dorket Head Arnold - geograph.org.uk - 1042886.jpg |static_image_caption = A view from the area in 2008 |coordinates = {{coord|53.02|-1.12|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Dorket Head |population = |shire_district = Gedling |shire_county = Nottinghamshire |region = East Midlands |constituency_westminster = Gedling (UK Parliament constituency) |post_town = NOTTINGHAM |postcode_district = NG5 |postcode_area = NG |dial_code = 0115 |os_grid_reference = SK594475 }} '''Dorket Head''' is the name of the immediate area surrounding the junction of Lime Lane and Calverton Road in the town of Arnold, Nottinghamshire.

It is the highest point in the Nottingham area at {{convert|146|m}} above sea level, although not the highest in the county, which distinction may belong to either Silverhill (SK4762) near Teversal, or to Newtonwood Lane, near Whiteborough Farm on the Derbyshire county boundary (SK4560), both of which are a little over 204 metres (about 670 ft).

==Toponymy== The name 'Dorket Head' first appears on the one inch Ordnance Survey map of {{Circa|1825|lk=on}}. Mentions before that time refer to variations of 'Dalegate', so it appears as ''Dalegate'' in an early 13th century charter in the British Museum, ''Dalgate-heved'' in the Rufford Cartulary and ''Dallegate hevedgrene'' in the 1602 Wollaton Forest Book.<ref name="BM">H. J. Ellis and F. B. Bickley (eds.), ''Index to the Charters and Rolls in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum '' (British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, 1910-12), p. 640 (since 1973 the British Library)</ref><ref name="Place-Names">J. E. B. Gover, A. Mawer & F. Stenton, ''Place-Names of Nottinghamshire'' (Cambridge, 1940), p. 113</ref>

This is a Scandinavian place-name from the Old Norse '' dalr '', 'valley' and '' gata '', 'road', which references the road which runs up the valley here from Arnold towards Calverton, and 'head' meaning the uppermost or furthermost portion of a valley.<ref name="Place-Names" />

==Archaeology== From 1973 to 1991, in excavations at Dorket Head and Cockpit Hill (in Ramsdale Park to the north), the Sherwood Archaeological Society uncovered apparent Roman fortification ditches and also Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery, together with Late Iron Age pottery.<ref>J.Turner, and C. Turner, ''Report – Dorket Head, Nottinghamshire'' (Sherwood Archaeological Society, 1997), ''passim''</ref>

==Other== FCC Environment has a landfill site at Dorket Head.<ref>[http://www.fccenvironment.co.uk/waste-processing/landfill/dorket-head FCC Environment]</ref> Opened in 1993, it has planning permission for the disposal of non-hazardous waste and is a part of Nottinghamshire County Council's 'Waste Core Strategy' plan for dealing with the county's waste. Around {{Convert|2.5|MW|hp|abbr=off}} of electricity is generated every day at Dorket Head from burning the gas which is produced as the waste degrades and breaks down. The Ibstock Brick Company, which quarries clay for use in the manufacture of bricks, is also at the site.<ref>[http://www.ibstockbrick.co.uk Ibstock Brick Company]</ref> Once quarrying has finished in an area of the site, it is used for landfill.

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Category:Geography of Nottinghamshire Category:Gedling