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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS BREEDON ON THE HILL (ix, 15). A square moat with the north-east side projecting beyond the angles formed by the adjacent sides, and a fish- pond to the south-west, lies to the north-west of Breedon Lodge. BROUGHTON ASTLEY (xliii, 12). Three sides of a square moat remain on the south-west of the church. The average width is 28 ft., and the depth 4 ft. BURBAGE (xlii, 12). In the rectory garden are two sides of a moat ending in a circular curve at the northern extremity ; the latter part is most pronounced, being 30 ft. wide and 14 ft. deep. CARLTON CURLIEU (xxxviii, 15). To the south-east of the church and close by the roadside a moat 28 ft. wide surrounds a square area. CLAYBROOKE PARVA (xlviii, 6). In the vicarage garden the greater part of three sides of a square moat remain ; it is 1 8 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep. CROXTON KERRIAL (xiii, 4). A small circular dry moat is at the west of the site of the abbey. DADLINGTON (xxxv, 10). Remains of a moat lie on the west side of the village near the railway. DADLINGTON (xxxv, 11). On the east side of the road approaching the village from Hinckley was a shallow moat, now being obliterated. DESFORD (xxx, 9 and 10). Nearly a mile north-west of the village is a quadrangular moat fed by a small tributary of the Rothley Brook. To the east of this is a dry boundary ditch. DISHLEY AND THORPE ACRE (xvii, 3). Two miles from Loughborough and north-east of Dishley Grange is a long stretch of moat 3 2 ft. wide and 4ft. deep ; which is, however, so trampled by cattle that it has lost its regularity. DISHLEY AND THORPE ACRE (xvii, 7). Holy well Hall, north of Bur- leigh Wood, is surrounded by a moat 26 ft. wide and 8 ft. deep, which was formerly supplied with water from Burleigh Brook, but it has recently been drained. EVINGTON (xxxi, i 6). A large quadrangular moat is situated at Spinney Hill Farm. A stream flows close to the south-east side, by which the moat could be flooded. FREEBY (xx, 7). North of the churchyard, the manor-house site, which is bisected by a bank 12 ft. wide and 4ft. high, is almost surrounded on three sides by a moat. The south-west, the most perfect side, is 1 3 ft. deep ; the north-west has been filled in ; the north-east has lost its original outline, and the south-east is obliterated as it nears the southern angle. GALBY OR GAULBY (xxxviii, 7). In a field south of the church is a small irregular moat. GILMORTON (xlix, i). At Cotes-de-Val, north-west of the village, are the south and west fragments of a circular moat. GLENFIELD (xxx, 8). On the west side of the village a quadrangular moat lies between Rothley Brook and a mill-stream. GLEN PARVA (xxxvii, 10). A wide moat surrounds a square site south- west of the present manor house, close to the River Sence. GLOOSTON (xlvi, i). Adjacent to the north side of the ancient 'Gartree Road ' is an irregular moat about 1 8 ft. wide, surrounding a long rectangular site. 263