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2. Near ATLOW MOAT FARM (xxxviii. 16), in Atlow, close to Hen- 

 more brook, are the four sides of an old moat enclosing a space of about 

 200 feet square, where formerly stood a homestead of the Okeover 

 family. 



3. At BEARWARDCOTE (liv. 2), in Etwall parish, near to the Great 

 Northern Railway, is a rectangular area, measuring about 250 feet by 



BEARWARDCOTE. 



175 feet, surrounded by a water-filled moat, and gained by a bridge on the 

 east side. The area is planted and surrounded with trees. 1 



4. BRAILSFORD OLD HALL (xliv. 13), which long ago disappeared, 

 stood to the south-east of the present rectory house ; there are traces of 

 a large moat. 



5. At MOAT BANK (Ivii. 14), BRETBY, there are some small remains 

 of what appears to be a former homestead moat. 



6. CALLOW HALL (xxxix. 45). This ancient homestead, in Wirks- 

 worth parish, still retains part of two sides of the former moat by which 

 it used to be surrounded. 



7. In CHATSWORTH PARK (xxiv. 5), on the left-hand side of the 

 road from the bridge over the Derwent to the great house, is a low 

 sixteenth-century tower or square of parapetted masonry, rising out of a 



water-filled moat. The upper part, planted with 

 shrubs, is known as Queen Mary's Bower. It is 

 quite possible that this was originally a mount and 

 ditch, the mount being enclosed by its present 

 masonry in deference to the Italian style of land- 

 scape effect then in vogue. This would account 

 for the core of earth within it. 



8. The site of CUBLEY HALL (xlviii. 5), for 

 many generations a seat of the Montgomery 

 family, is surrounded by a water-filled moat of 



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