ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



remove every trace of a strong earthen rampart and fosse, but stones 

 are easily removed and leave not a trace. 



The destruction of the wall of the court makes the position of the 

 original entrance a matter of speculation. The mount stands within the 

 private grounds of the farmhouse, which occupies part of the court of 

 the ancient stronghold. 



Thornham (or Thurnham) : Goddard's, or Thornham Castle. — 

 Within a mile and a half of Binbury castle stand the remains of this 

 somewhat similarly planned stronghold, consisting of a mount and court, 

 constructed upon and formed out of a natural spur jutting southward 

 from the range of hills running east and west. The position is naturally 



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Thornham Castle. 



defended on the east and south by the slopes of the hill, but the south 

 and east sides are not now in their original state, the ground below the 

 castle having been quarried, while on the west a roadway has been 

 deeply cut. The entrenchments consist of a mount, more or less natural, 

 having a fosse upon the north and west now nearly filled up, the 

 summit of the mound being provided with a rampart on the weaker 

 sides. A stone wall 4I ft. thick, of which there is but little left, guarded 

 a bailey or court upon the west ; this wall probably continued up the 

 side of the mount and possibly joined one encircling the summit.^ The 

 stone-work of the wall is of some height upon the north of the bailey, 

 and foundations of it are visible upon the west and south-west. 



1 The surface of the summit is now very rough and unequal in level, 

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