A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



is situated on the southern cincture of the original bailey ; this latter is 

 oblong in plan, to which a stream was a natural limit and defence to the 



eastern side. The strength of this 



fortification was obviously greatly 

 augmented by a series of 

 fosses and ramparts at some 

 subsequent period ; thus, 

 east of the stream, and 8 ft. 

 above its level, is another 

 irregularly shaped court, 

 on the eastern border of 

 which is a rampart 8 ft. 

 high with an escarpment 

 of 1 2 ft.; towards the north 

 this rampart rises into a 

 small mound 27 ft. above 

 the stream. On the north, 

 and beyond the curve of 

 the rivulet, is a strong 

 agger rising 12 ft. above 

 the water, and with a scarp 

 of 6 ft. A fosse divides a 

 small triangular area from 

 the south of the latter 

 court, and this is also ram- 

 parted. To the south of 

 the mount another portion 

 of the outworks is seen in 

 a platform for the defenders 

 5 ft. above the ground level, 

 with a rampart 4 ft. high 

 and a scarp of 9 ft. into a 

 4 ft. fosse. 

 MiLDEN (Ixxiii, 6). — Milden Castle, known as ' Foxburrow Hill,' lies 

 to the south-west of the village, 6 miles north-west from Sudbury. It is 

 situated on ground no higher than the surrounding land except on the south- 

 east, from which side it declines. The works here are so thoroughly mutilated 

 that it is difficult to trace their original extent. The circular mount is 

 situated within the southern part of a small base-court, and by a gentle 

 acclivity reaches a height of 12ft. at the apex; this apparently was originally 

 surrounded by a fosse and revetment, with the vallum and fosse surrounding 

 them. The fosse of the mount remains only on the eastern side, and a 

 fragment of the revetment on the north-east. Of the bailey cincture the 

 rise of the vallum alone is left on the east, the escarpment of the same, about 

 7 ft. deep, at the north-west, and a portion of the fosse on the west. Digging 

 for gravel has almost obliterated any definite formation. 



Otley (Ixvii, i). — 'The Mount,' called Otley Barrow, 7 miles north- 

 east by north from Ipswich. The circular mount, 20 ft. in height, has a 

 flat summit, and is surrounded by a fosse nearly three feet deep ; this has 

 been almost levelled on the west, though easily to be traced by the depression 



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