ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



earlier, mainly because the fosse or moat proper to it has been at some 

 period obliterated by the southern moat of the hall, which, though now 

 filled up, is easily detected. The 

 mound-keep, never large, has been 

 mutilated, but the plan and section 

 show its present condition. 



The size of the banking outside A 

 the keep-fosse, on the south-west 

 side, indicate considerable protective 

 work, and for the greater part of 

 the circumference the moat or fosse 

 is still in evidence. 



SAFFRON WALDEN. Traces of 

 earthwork defences are around the 

 castle of Geoffrey de Mandeville on 3" 



Bury Hill, the highest point in the 



town ; they are however too slight to warrant detailed mention here. 

 The interest of the place centres in the ruined castle of the Norman 

 lords rather than in the possibly earlier earthworks. 



RICKLING. 



TANSTED. ESSEX. 











STANSTED MONTFITCHET. To tell the story of the Norman Gernons 

 or of the Montfitchets would be trespassing on ground to be covered 

 by other writers, but we may mention that it is thought that the castle 



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