A HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE 



earthworks seem to have been original parts of a deep moat round the 

 centre of the castle. 



10. Of MACKWORTH CASTLE (xlix. 7) nothing has for a long time 

 remained save the fine gateway, dating from the time of Henry VII. 

 In the field to the west of the gateway the outlines of two large quad- 

 rangular courts can be traced. There is no evidence of any moat or 

 adjacent earthworks, nor is there any record of a castle here before the 

 end of the fourteenth century. 



1 1 . The small remains of MELBOURNE CASTLE (Iviii. 6) are at the 

 east end of the town, opposite the end of Potter Street, on a site known 

 as Castle Farm. They consist simply of a piece of a ruinous wall, and the 

 semicircular foundation of a turret. Traces of possible earthworks beyond 

 are of the slightest character. There seems no reason to believe that 

 there was any kind of defensive castle here prior to the fourteenth century. 



SCALE OF FEET 

 IPO aoo 



300 



MOUSELOW CASTLE. 

 384 



