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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS Hever Castle (showing moats). The moats, fed from the river Eden and a small stream on the east, must have afforded strong protection when the outer moat was complete. As the plan shows, this is now much des- troyed, but it is easy to trace the line it followed before being levelled. Ightham : The Court. — In the piece of woodland known as the Wilderness, on the north of the manor house, are remains of earthworks. The southern is a circular work of about 200 ft. diameter, a deep dry fosse surrounding a mount raised some 16 ft. above the present level of the fosse, which was originally considerably deeper and filled with water. This earthwork was probably the site of the first manorial hold. To the north-east is a large spring- f e d pond, while imme- diately be- yond the latter is a horse shoe- shaped water- girt enclosure of doubtful date and pur- pose. It may represent a guarded spot for the shelter of stores and cattle in the days of early settlement in Moat at Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst. the Kentish woodlands, but there is 431 nothing tangible to prove that