ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 
the mound is now level. Red roofing tiles of modern make occur in 
different points on the south of the oval some few inches below the 
surface. It is possible that the mound has been occupied for gardening 
purposes, as the Elizabethan manor house, burnt down eighty years ago, 
stood near it to the north. The church stands on the south angle of the 
park, and near the narrow pack-horse bridge of the same date. There are 
various faint lines of what may possibly be works in the neighbourhood. 
BLETSOE CASTLE 
SCALE OF FEET 
Aus 1 
4 
100 200 30) 
(5) BreTsoz Castte.—The earthworks here are of interest be- 
cause of the fine fosse, averaging 55 feet in width by about 195 feet in 
depth, which originally enclosed the central hold. About two-thirds of 
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