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taking a south-westerly course paat the west end of the church built within 

 the protection of the court ; this has a scarp of 24 ft. and a counterscarp of 

 8 ft. The whole of the southern side of the bailey has been destroyed, 

 though possibly the site is marked by the cottages built here in a similar 

 manner to the southern half of the eastern side, where cottage gardens occupy 

 the ancient fosse, which, however, still retains a scarp of 1 2 ft. This side of 

 the bailey fosse turns into that of the mount at the eastern angle ; but it has 

 also been extended in a northerly direction, inclosing another elongated 



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oblong area, apparently of a later period. Outside the western side and 

 northern angle of the fosse is a broad revetment 10 ft. high, which expands 

 into two curved platforms 6 ft. in height. On the eastern side of these 

 works a portion of another fosse appears to indicate the inclosure of another 

 court ; but this may belong to a later age, for these entrenchments point to 

 a stronghold of the mount and bailey type, which were afterwards altered to 

 manorial requirements. 



LiNDSEY (Ixxiii, 12). — The 'Mounts,' on the site of Lindsey Castle, 

 4 miles north-west by north from Hadleigh. The mount, 1 2 ft. in height, 

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