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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS Barsham (ix, lo). — The remains of a moat at Barsham Hall comprise about half of the original. It is situated by the side of a stream from which the water was obtained ; it is nearly 2 miles west of Beccles. Barton Mills (xxi, 13). — Three parts of a narrow moat are extant at Barton Hall, nearly 1 mile south-east from Mildenhall. Battisford (Ixv, 3). — A large moat is at St. John's Manor House, 2^ miles west by south from Needham Market. Baylham (Ixv, 8). — Baylham Hall Moat, 2 miles south from Needham Market, appears to have inclosed two lateral sites with ponds on the eastern side, but it is now levelled to a great extent. Half a mile west of the latter is the double moat of Taston Hall ; a small strong moat is surrounded by a narrow outer one except on the south-eastern side, where the earlier moat is in- corporated with the larger. Beccles (ix, 10). — Roos Hall, the 16th-cen- tury manor-house of the Roos family, surrounded by a moat of moderate width, is situated to the west of the town. Bedfield (xlviii, 7). — At Bedfield House, Bedfield Little Green, 3^ miles north-west from Framlingham, are three parts of a quadrangular moat. One mile south of Bedfield, at Pipe's Farm, are the remains of the house-moat and another of minor strength which formerly surrounded the grounds. Bedfield (xlviii, 6). — At Bedfield Hall is a small moat ; extending to the west it forms another moat originally inclosing a larger area. Bedingfield (xxxvi, 12). 'Moated Yards,' 3 miles south-east from Eye, is an oblong area covered by wood and surrounded by a well- formed moat. Bedingfield (xlvii, 4). — At Bedingfield House, I mile south by west from the village, three parts of an irregular moat remain. Bedingfield (xlviii, i). — Bedingfield Hall, 1^ miles east from the latter, has a strong and well-defined moat inclosing a large area. Except for its eastern side, which curves outwards, it would be oblong in plan. Another rectangular piece of water within the area, called a fish-pond, is probably a portion of an inner moat. Another moat in this parish is at Flemings Hall, ^ of a mile north-west of the last-men- tioned. It is an extensive oblong moat divided into two square areas by a traverse of water. Ben HALL (lix, 8). — Manor Farm has a fairly perfect quadrangular moat of varying width, the northern side being 20 ft. wide, while at the south-west it is 40 ft. The inlet is at the north- east angle. Beyton (xlv, 10). — At Brook Farm, 5 miles cast by south from Bury St. Edmunds, is a per- fect oblong moat of considerable width, the inner side of which is of brick masonry. Blundeston (iv, 10). — At Blundeston Hall, 3 miles north-west from Lowestoft, is a quad- rangular moat with a cutting at the north-eastern angle connecting it with a stream. BoxTED (Ixiii, 5). — A moat, irregular both in plan and width, is at Moat Farm, Fenstead End, 7 miles north-west from Sudbury. BoxTED (Ixiii, 9). — Boxted Hall is surrounded by a strong moat of great breadth ; the inner site is oblong, but the external bank assumes an oval form. From the southern side a cutting, 50 ft. wide, extends some 300 ft. in a south-easterly direction to a large pond containing two islets. Bradfield Combust (liv, 12). — This parish is also known as Bradfield-Manger. The plan of a strong square moat which formerly sur- rounded a grange of the Abbot of Bury may yet be traced in Bradfield Park, 5 miles south-east from Bury. Bradfield Combust (Iv, 9). — At Sutton Hall, south-east of the village, is a quadrangular moat, the south side of which is in the neighbouring parish of Cockfield. Bradfield St. Clare (Iv, 5). — On the east of St. Clare's Church, i^ miles east of Bradfield Combust, is a curiously irregular moat ; the eastern side is straight and narrow, but the southern and western sides broaden in places to 30 ft. and 60 ft. Another moat of quadrangular form, but mutilated on the western side, is at St. Clare's Hall, half a mile east from the last named. Brampton (xviii, 14). — South-east of Bramp- ton station, 4^ miles south from Beccles, three moats are at Brampton Hall. The farm-house representative of the old hall stands within a rectangular moat, with banks 4 ft. above the water, and the entrance on the west. The over- flow of water finds an exit at the south-east angle and flows into a ditch which, to a certain degree, formed a protection to the orchard. To the west of this moat a large irregular piece of water, in an artificial excavation, surrounds a small island, standing 6 ft. above the water, with the connecting causeway on the north. Still further westwards a circular moat 8 ft. wide cinctures a plot of land 90 ft. in diameter, and 9 ft. above the water level. Brampton (xviii, 15). — At Potash Farm, i^ miles north-west from the village, are three sides of a narrow moat. Half a mile to the south-east of the latter, at Old Potash Farm, the four corners of a quad- rangular moat remain ; otherwise it has been destroyed. At the rectory, east of the last named, are fragments of another moat. Bredfield (Ixvii, 8). — Three miles north of Woodbridge is an angular cutting containing water at Moat Farm, and only from the name may this be recognized as the fragment of a moat. 605