A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



marl associated with alabaster rock. At the south-west angle of the semi- 

 circle a mound is raised as a site for a shell keep. To the north of this 

 castle runs the River Dove flowing from west to east. On the east side of 

 the fosse there is at present a fence, and to the east of this fence there are 

 two plateaus or baileys of irregular squares of looyds., with slopes from their 

 boundaries where not against the moat. Between these baileys there is a 

 hollow formed by their two slopes, and it would seem that this was the main 

 entrance, and that these two outlying works were for its protection. Its 

 altitude is 260 ft. 



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