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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS Layham (Ixxxi, 5). — Fragments of one side of a moat lie to the south-west of the village, 2 J miles south from Hadleigh. Letheringham (Iviii, 12). — A strong quad- rangular moat, fed by the River Deben flowing close to its western side, is on the site of Lether- ingham Hall, 2 miles north-west from Wickham Market. A wide moat surrounding a very small oblong area lies to the south of the village. LiNSTEAD Magna (xxvii, 14). — A complicated system of moating may be seen at Linstead Hall, 4 miles south-west by west from Hales- worth. An oblong moat has been equally divided, and the traverse in part remains ; ponds are on the north and the east, and near the south-eastern angle another moat of smaller size has a pond at one corner. Little Bradley (Ixi, 4). — An oblong moat with one corner convex and another concave is at Norley Moat Farm, south of Hobbles Green, 5 miles north-east from Haverhill. Little Finborough (Ivi, 13). — At Moat Farm, 4 miles south-west from Stowmarket, is a moat of rhombic plan, perfect but for a small mutilation on the north-eastern side. Little Glemham (lix, 11). — West of the village, and 2J miles south-west from Wickham Market, the right angle of a broad moat remains at Moat Farm. Little Saxham (xliv, 9.) — The moat at Dairy Farm — 4 miles south-west by west from Bury St. Edmunds — is of elaborate plan. The old hall appears to have stood between two areas, each of them are three parts surrounded by water ; the eastern side, which would have determined whether the two moats here mingled in one, or whether a third moat defended this side, has gone. In the obtuse angle formed by the joining of the two moats on the western side, the waters spread into a lake and contain a small island. Bishop Hervey suggested that these were Saxon entrenchments as opposed to the Danes at Den ham Castle. Little Stonham (xlvii, 13). — At Westwood Hall, 4 miles north-east from Stowmarket, the eight fragments of moats indicate four separate inclosures. Little Thurlow (Ixi, 7). — ' The Island ' is a small square tract of land surrounded by a moat, north-west of the village 3^ miles north from Haverhill. Little Waldingfield (Ixxiii, i and 2). — At Nether Hall, north-west of Humble Grove, 4^ miles north-east from Sudbury, is a portion of a square moat. Little Welnetham (liv, 4). — Opposite sides of a small moat lie south of Parsonage Lane, 3^ miles south-east from Bury St. Edmunds. Little Wratting (Ixx, 4). — At Great Wilsey's Farm, i mile north-east from Haverhill, is a quadrangular moat. Long Melford (Ixiii, 15). — Kentwell Hall, an ideal example of an Elizabethan house, 4 miles north from Sudbury, stands within a large oblong moat with deeply cut banks. On the north is another long stretch of moat which formerly inclosed a very large area, and between the two is a fish-pond. Long Melford (Ixiii, 16). — At Ford Hall, Bridge Street, is a mutilated square moat. Long Melford (Ixxii, 2). — At Parsonage Farm, west of Cranmore Hills, an oblong moat lies close to the eastern bank of the River Glem, from which one narrow channel supplies the moat with water at the northern angle, while another carries the overflow back to the river from the western angle. Market Weston (xxiv, 5). — Near the site of Weston Hall, south-east of the village, 11^ miles north-east from Bury St. Edmunds, are two sides of a rectangular moat. Mellis (xxv, 13). — At Mellis Hall, 3 miles west from Eye, are extensive divisional moats. The most perfect is of oblong plan, from which stretching in a north-easterly direction are various fragments which would seem to have inclosed three distinct areas, one continuous water-trench on the south-east running the whole length of the various works. Another large quadrangular moat surrounds the rectory. Mellis (xxxv, 4). — In Moatyard Plantation south-west of the village, 4^ miles west from Eye, is a square moat with a stream on the western side connecting it with the fragment of another. Mendham (xvii, 13). — At Oakfield Farm, west of Weston House, 2^ miles south-east by east from Harleston, are three parts of an oblong moat. South-east of the last are the remains of a rectangular moat with an extension towards the north. Mendlesham (xlvi, 4). — A fragment of an irregular moat is at Potter's Farm, 6 miles south- west from Eye, and south-east of another of the same name in the adjoining parish. Mendlesham (xlvii, i), — About half of a rectangular moat and other water-trenches are at Mendlesham Lodge, 5 miles north-east from Stowmarket. Portions of two adjoining square moats at Poplar Farm are in the same parish. Mendlesham (xlvii, 5). — The site of the old hall is almost surrounded by an oblong moat, the short north side having been levelled. Another large rectangular moat is immedi- ately to the east of St. Mary's Church. Metfield (xvii, 13). — On each side of the vicarage — 3 miles south-east from Harleston — are fragments of a moat. That on the west is a right angle and portions of two sides ; that on the east is the greater part of one of irregular plan. »i3