A HISTORY OF KENT 



easily distinguished, but the work appears to have consisted of a deep 

 fosse or moat, with the ballast thrown on both sides to form two ram- 

 parts. 



The sections E-F and L-M show a second ditch and a third 

 rampart, and about the section G-H the ditch is broader and 

 contains water ; the inner rampart about sections A-B and E-F 

 takes the form of ' mounts,' being raised rather higher than other 

 portions of the rampart, but these irregularities are probably not part 

 of the original plan. The only opening is on the south-east, and is 

 presumably the original entrance. 



Frittenden : Knox Bridge Castle Bank. — This small strong- 

 hold, otherwise known as Knocks or Nocks Bridge Castle, stands upon 

 low ground, with the land on the north generally of about the same 



Knox Bridge Castle Bank, Frittenden. 



height for some miles, while the land on the south is considerably 

 higher. The position is slightly defended on the south by the stream, 

 but otherwise has no natural protection. The entrenchments consist of 

 a fosse, with the ballast thrown inward to form a ramparted keep, the 

 fosse containing water of no great depth, once probably much deeper, 

 supplied from the stream by means of a channel now almost filled up. 

 There is no trace of a courtyard or further enclosure, but such might 

 once have existed, protected either by a stone wall or earthwork. 



Knox Bridge Castle. — See Frittenden. 



QuEENBORouGH. — There was here a group of three works as shown 

 on plan, but of the more important, one (Sheppey Castle) has been 

 terribly mutilated, and the other (the ' camp ') appears to have been 

 entirely obliterated. The least important of the three is shown by the 



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