A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



south of the building, a fosse at right angles, and two other ramparts appar- 

 ently formed the boundaries of two courts. South-west of the castle is a long 

 length of rampart ; at the west end it returns north for a distance of 300 ft., 

 and at its eastern extremity is a similar return, the angle thus formed is 

 moated and contains a series of parallel hollows. This was no doubt the 

 manorial fish stew, and though high and dry on the sloping hill-side there is 

 evidence that water once flowed from this spring-fed stew-pond. The 

 rampart of earth south-east is high enough to have held back the water to 

 fill the four stews, though the base of them is 5 ft. higher than that of 

 the moat. 



UNCLASSIFIED EARTHWORKS 

 [CLASS X] 



ANNESLEY. Fragments of earthworks remain on the west and south-west 

 of Annesley Hall, near the Derby and Mansfield road. 



ARNOLD. Indications of entrenchments are visible to the north-east of 

 the village. They run north and south, between Killisick Lane and Spout 

 Lane. 



BARTON IN FABIS. Brent's, or Brand's Hill, 4 miles south-west of 

 Nottingham, is above a small tributary of the Trent, and about half a mile 

 south of the latter. Upon the side of this hill are certain lines of entrench- 

 ments, of which Camden says : ' On the side of the hill there appeared to be 

 terraces like waves, or ploughed lands, one above another, in number fourteen 

 or fifteen, and about a mile long. The works cross from the bottom 

 of the hill.' 



These lines of entrenchment run north-east and south-west in an almost 

 straight line, curving slightly with the hill on the south-western extremity. 

 Seven lines only are now well defined, the lowest extending barely half the 

 whole distance, and the uppermost has been destroyed with the exception of 

 550 ft. They are possibly examples of prehistoric terrace ploughing. 



BESTWOOD PARK. Remains of some earthworks are observable to the 

 south of Bestwood Park, ij miles north-west of Arnold. 



BLYTH. An entrenchment is on the west side of Toad Holes Wood, 

 not quite a mile to the north-west of the village. 



CAR COLSTON. The remains of an entrenchment lie to the south-east of 

 Car Colston Manor House. 



EGMANTON. To the north of the great works at Laxton, in the valley 

 beneath the mount and bailey, is a quadrangular moat and -portion of an 

 outer fosse, surrounding three depressions, which it has been suggested were 

 for water storage or fish ponds, possibly of mediaeval date. 



EVERTON. Three miles south-east from Bawtry are some vestiges of 

 fortifications which have been supposed to be Roman from their proximity 

 to the ancient road and the discovery of some Roman coins. 



GAMSTON. Four miles north of Tuxford are indications of some earth- 

 works to the south-west of the rectory. 



HARWORTH. A so-called ' Roman bank ' forms the. east boundary of 

 Serlby Park. 



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