A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
dominate the ford, but nothing can be learned about it, and the descrip- 
tion of the Norman castle belongs to another section of this work. 
(2) Furrwick.—Near the church, on rising ground known as 
‘Mount Hill,’ stands a small ‘mound and court’ work of the figure-of- 
eight type. A circular moat averaging 30 feet in width, and 6 feet 
at its deepest, encloses 
a mound which is 
iL 5 | 102 feet in diameter 
“3 across the top, and 
raised 4 or 5 feet 
above the general 
level. Its surface is 
fairly flat but slopes 
gradually up towards 
the west, where it is 
= finished by a small 
z round flat-topped 
%, mound, which rises 
melee 14, feet above the 
2 2 . 8 bottom of the moat. 
= There are remains of 
a strong rampart on 
the outer scarp of the 
moat, which towards 
the south commences 
its sweep to encircle 
the base-court, which was considerably larger than the inner enclosure. 
Towards this court the circular moat is stopped in two places for 
entrances. There are traces of outer lines in the fields adjoining, but 
not many years ago these formed part of a large pleasure garden, and the 
lines have been almost obliterated. 
This is true also of the north side of the base-court. The small 
upper mound was the site of a summer house and may have been modi- 
fied. The river Flitt, an arm of the Ivel, is near. There is Norman 
detail in the church.’ 
(3) ‘Concer Hizt,’ Toppincron.—This place occupies the highest 
oint of a lofty tableland from which wide views of the country are 
obtained. A great round moat, 30 to 32 feet wide and 5 to 6 feet deep, 
entirely encircles the mound, which rises 18 feet above the present bot- 
tom of it, with a flat top of g2 feet diameter. There is no trace of 
rampart on the summit, but here and there slight sinkings which suggest 
some sort of small enclosures. There are a few slight entrenched lines 
to the north-west in the direction of the church, which stands about 
100 yards distant, and a considerable length of moat 12 feet wide by 
2 feet deep runs past quite close to the great moat edge on the east. 
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1 The whole of Flitwick was held in demesne by William Lovet in Domesday. 
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