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 A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK is situated on the southern cincture of the original bailey ; this latter is oblong in plan, to which a stream was a natural limit and defence to the eastern side. The strength of this fortification was obviously greatly augmented by a series of fosses and ramparts at some subsequent period ; thus, east of the stream, and 8 ft. above its level, is another irregularly shaped court, on the eastern border of which is a rampart 8 ft. high with an escarpment of 1 2 ft.; towards the north this rampart rises into a small mound 27 ft. above the stream. On the north, and beyond the curve of the rivulet, is a strong agger rising 12 ft. above the water, and with a scarp of 6 ft. A fosse divides a small triangular area from the south of the latter court, and this is also ram- parted. To the south of the mount another portion of the outworks is seen in a platform for the defenders 5 ft. above the ground level, with a rampart 4 ft. high and a scarp of 9 ft. into a 4 ft. fosse. MiLDEN (Ixxiii, 6). — Milden Castle, known as ' Foxburrow Hill,' lies to the south-west of the village, 6 miles north-west from Sudbury. It is situated on ground no higher than the surrounding land except on the south- east, from which side it declines. The works here are so thoroughly mutilated that it is difficult to trace their original extent. The circular mount is situated within the southern part of a small base-court, and by a gentle acclivity reaches a height of 12ft. at the apex; this apparently was originally surrounded by a fosse and revetment, with the vallum and fosse surrounding them. The fosse of the mount remains only on the eastern side, and a fragment of the revetment on the north-east. Of the bailey cincture the rise of the vallum alone is left on the east, the escarpment of the same, about 7 ft. deep, at the north-west, and a portion of the fosse on the west. Digging for gravel has almost obliterated any definite formation. Otley (Ixvii, i). — 'The Mount,' called Otley Barrow, 7 miles north- east by north from Ipswich. The circular mount, 20 ft. in height, has a flat summit, and is surrounded by a fosse nearly three feet deep ; this has been almost levelled on the west, though easily to be traced by the depression 602 LiMDSBY CaSTLS