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 A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE length. Another path has descended the western side, leading down to the brook ; but the whole of this side has been mutilated by the railway. Nearly in the centre of the pendicular height, the site of the keep of the Norman earls of Leicester. On the northern side of the hill, on the opposite side of the stream, are the remains of a vallum, evidently an out- work to the castle. THE CASTLE, WHITWICK HOMESTEAD MOATS (CLASS F) ARNESBY (xliv, 12). The site of the manor-house south-east of the church is marked by the remains of a moat ; the south and east sides only remain, and these vary considerably in width. ASHBY FOLVILLE (XXVJ, 11). A portion of a dry moat remains to the south of the manor-house, and to the south-west of it are three rectangular fishponds. ASHBY MAGNA (xliv, 13). On the north-east of the church is an irregular but deep moat inclosing a circular island. At the south-east it is 23 ft. wide, but as it turns on the northern side it considerably narrows. To the south and west are banks marking the site of buildings. BARDON (xxiv, 5). A very perfect moat surrounds the rectangular area of Old Hall Farm, to the south of Bardon Hill. BARWELL (xxxv, 16). The remains of a moat lie to the south-west of the village. At the south it incloses a small circular island, whence it takes a straight line towards the north-east, varying in width and depth. It is now being cleared out to its original depth. BARWELL (xxxv, 16). On the south side of the church the north and south parallel sides of a moat remain. The northern is dry and shallow, the southern both wide and deep. BARWELL (xxxvi, 9). A small circular moat is in a field east of Brockley Lane. BESCABY or BESKABY (xiii, 8). Fed by the River Eye is a moat nearly 26ft. wide. To the south of it are a series of low division banks. BILSTONE (xxix, 9). In the angle of two roads, to the south of the village, are the remains of a moat consisting of the south-east right angle and a fragment of the south side, some distance towards the west. 262
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