A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



length. Another path has descended the western side, leading down to the 

 brook ; but the whole of this side has been mutilated by the railway. 



Nearly in the centre of the 



* C *9 L o F gr 390 court is a mount, 8 ft. per- 



pendicular height, the site 

 of the keep of the Norman 

 earls of Leicester. On the 

 northern side of the hill, 

 on the opposite side of the 

 stream, are the remains of 

 a vallum, evidently an out- 

 work to the castle. 



THE CASTLE, WHITWICK 



HOMESTEAD MOATS 



(CLASS F) 



ARNESBY (xliv, 12). 

 The site of the manor-house 

 south-east of the church is 

 marked by the remains of 

 a moat ; the south and east 

 sides only remain, and these 

 vary considerably in width. 



ASHBY FOLVILLE (XXVJ, 



11). A portion of a dry 

 moat remains to the south of the manor-house, and to the south-west of it 

 are three rectangular fishponds. 



ASHBY MAGNA (xliv, 13). On the north-east of the church is an 

 irregular but deep moat inclosing a circular island. At the south-east it is 

 23 ft. wide, but as it turns on the northern side it considerably narrows. 

 To the south and west are banks marking the site of buildings. 



BARDON (xxiv, 5). A very perfect moat surrounds the rectangular area 

 of Old Hall Farm, to the south of Bardon Hill. 



BARWELL (xxxv, 16). The remains of a moat lie to the south-west of 

 the village. At the south it incloses a small circular island, whence it takes 

 a straight line towards the north-east, varying in width and depth. It is 

 now being cleared out to its original depth. 



BARWELL (xxxv, 16). On the south side of the church the north and 

 south parallel sides of a moat remain. The northern is dry and shallow, the 

 southern both wide and deep. 



BARWELL (xxxvi, 9). A small circular moat is in a field east of 

 Brockley Lane. 



BESCABY or BESKABY (xiii, 8). Fed by the River Eye is a moat nearly 

 26ft. wide. To the south of it are a series of low division banks. 



BILSTONE (xxix, 9). In the angle of two roads, to the south of the 

 village, are the remains of a moat consisting of the south-east right angle 

 and a fragment of the south side, some distance towards the west. 



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