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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS ellipse. The northern side is straight, and is in the place of the short axis. Elmsett (Ixxiv, 7). — The 'Moated House,' south of the village, has but a very small frag- ment of the moat remaining. Elmswell (xlv, 8). — At Elmswell Old Hall, west of the village, 5 miles north-west from Stowmarket, is an oblong moat. To the east of it are portions of the northern and eastern sides of a large water-girt area. Eye (xxxvi, 4). — An irregular oblong moat is at Low Farm, south-west of Denham Hall, nearly 2 miles south-east by east from Eye. The general width is 22 ft., but the northern side widens to 75 ft. A pond extends from the south-east angle. Another moat, of oblong form, mutilated at the north-east, is at Kiln Farm, south of Cran- ley. Eye (xxxvi, 8). — At King's Farm, south-east of Cranley, 2 miles south-east from Eye, are three sides of a quadrangular moat. Felsham (Iv, 10). — At Felsham Hall, on the site of the old hall, 5 miles north by east from Lavenham, is a quadrangular moat, the south- eastern corner being somewhat curved. At the Grange, south-west of the village, is a very perfect moat. Capel Farm, ij miles south-west from Fel- sham, has a double moat, each of them oblong in plan, one of the short sides being common to both moats. The stronger and more perfect is towards the north-east. Felsham (Iv, i i). — A good oblong moat lies south of Lower Green. At Brook Hall is a fragment of another. Two pieces of a moat, the original form being lost, are at Valley Farm. Felsham (Iv, 15). — Castle Farm, built on the remains of the old castle, to the west of High- town Green, is partly surrounded by a moat. A very long oblong moat, in good condition, lies to the south-west of the last. FiNNiNGHAM (xxxv, ii). — At Finningham Hall, 5^ miles south-west from Eye, is one per- fect side of a moat and other fragments. FLixtON (xvii, 6). — At Boys Hall, east of Flixton Park, 2^ miles south-west from Bungay, is a curiously-formed moat ; the southern side is straight, and 50 ft. wide, but the sides branch- ing northwards converge until they meet at a rounded angle on the north ; a curved channel passes from the west to the north-east within the area, thus separating the inclosure into two unequal parts. Around the site of a house of Austin Nuns, now known as Abbey Farm, south-east of Flixton, is the greater part of a moat. The height of the banks above the water averages 4 ft. 6 in. high, and the moat is from 16 ft. to 22 ft. broad. A fish-pond is within the southern side of the inclosure. Flixton (xvii, 7). — At Starknaked Farm are portions of an irregular moat. FornhamAll Saints (xxxiii, 14). — One and a half miles north-west from Bury St. Edmunds, near Aldridge Cottages, is an irregular oblong moat. Framsden (Iviii, 5). — At Framsden Hall, 5^ miles west by south from Framlingham, is the north-eastern part of along oblong moat; a piece of the south-western end also remains. Framsden (Iviii, 6). — In a field i^ miles south- east from Framsden is a small moat approaching an oblong in plan. Fragments of another are at Moat Farm, north- east of the last. Framsden (Iviii, 9). — In a field to the south of Bastings Hall is a well-formed square moat. Fressingfield (xxvi, 7). — The greater part of a large moat, with a pond, is at Vales Hall, 7 miles north-east from Eye. Fressingfield (xxvi, 8). — Fressingfield Lodge has a moat, in form oblong with one angle flattened, and a pond joining the northern side. Another moat to the west of the last appar- ently had a traverse separating the area inclosed into two portions. At Hill House, south-west of Fressingfield Lodge, are two pieces of a quadrangular moat. Fressingfield (xxvi, 12). — At Tithe Farm, south-east of the village, a little more than two sides remain of an oblong moat. Fressingfield (xxvi, 12). — At the Hall, 7^ miles north-east by north from Eye, are numerous fragments of moats ; but the plan of the lands which they formerly surrounded is past recognition. Fressingfield (xxvi, 16). — Portions of moats inclosing both a small and a large area, contigu- ous the one to the other, are at Lambert's Farm, 2 miles south-east from the village. Fressingfield (xxvii, 5). — On the north side of Whittingham Hall, north of Whittingham Green, is a large square moat, and a portion of another which apparently inclosed a small area along the southern side of the first. Fressingfield (xxvii, 9). — The greater part of an oblong moat is at Moore's Farm, north-east of Whittingham Green. Gazeley (xliii, 6). — South-east of the village, at Desning Hall, is a fairly perfect moat, and to the west of it is another very broad water-filled trench which may have formed one side of a similar inclosure. Gedding (Iv, 7). — The walls of Gedding Hall, the old mansion of the Buckenhams, 7 miles south-east from Bury St. Edmunds, rise out of the broad moat with which it was once cinctured ; portions, however, are now filled up. Gedding (Iv, 7). — The greater part ofa moat may be traced around Gedding Church ; on the north-west it has an escarpment of 9 ft. and is 16 ft. wide, and is continued in a westerly 609 77