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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS Stowlangtoft (xxxiv, 15). — Seven miles east by north from Bury St. Edmunds, immediately to the north of St. George's Churchyard, a small area is inclosed by a moat, the latter averages 10 ft. wide except on the west, where it attains a breadth of 30 ft. Another moat of quadrangular plan is to the south-east of the church. Stowupland (Ivi, 4). — Columbine Hall, north- east of Thorney Green, if miles north-east from Stowmarket, has a large moat of diamond- shaped plan, with two adjacent ponds. Stradbroke (xxvi, 14). — At ' The Rookery,' Battersea Green, 4^ miles east by north from Eye, is a straight and wide trench, 900 ft. long, in the southern end of which is an islet ; from this branch various arms of water towards the east, and other fragments are on the west, the whole area appears to have formerly had a num- ber of moated inclosures. To the east of the latter, at Hill Farm, there is one square moat and a portion of another adjoining. Stradbroke (xxvi, 16). — At Red House, south of Ebden's Corner, 7^ miles east by north from Eye, is one side and an angle of a rectangular moat. Stradbroke (xxxvii, 2). — At Stradbroke Hall, 5 miles east from Eye, is a large oblong moat, nearly perfect, with an arm of the moat penetrating the interior area from the north. Stradbroke (xxxvii, 3). — South of the church is the southern portion of a quadrangular moat. Fragments of another of curious and numerous branches lie at Boyton Trust Farm, south-east of the village. Stradbroke (xxxvii, 4). — A small but strong quadrangular moat is at Whitbread'sTarm, north- east of Ashfield Green. Stradbroke (xxxvii, 6). — At Wootten Green, south-west of Ivy Lodge, are the remains of a square moat. Stradishall (bcii, 2). — At Moat Farm, Far- ley Green, 6^ miles north-east from Haverhill, is a four-sided moat with two of its corners rounded. Stuston (xxv, 7). — Around the site of the Old Hall, 2^ miles north by west from Eye, are the remains of a broad moat ; and to the south, severed by a road, are the fragments of a double oblong moat. Sudbury (Ixxii, 11). — One mile north from Sudbury, at Wood Hall, is the greater part of an oblong moat. Tannington (xxxvii, 15). — At the remains of the old hall, Tannington Green, 7^ miles south-east from Eye, are the opposite sides and two angles of an oblong moat. Outside the south-western angle the moat turns at right angles inclosing a small square island. North of the last is another oblong moat inclosing * The Hoplands.' I 6 Tannington (xlviii, 3). — At 'The Chest- nuts,' north-east of the village, is the nortkern portion of a small moat. To the east of Tannington, at Tannington Lodge, is a heavy oblong moat with a long channel extending in a southerly direction. Tattingstone (Ixxxii, 10). — In Tattingstone Park, 4^ miles south-south-west from Ipswich, is an irregular quadrangular moat. Thorndon (xxxvi, 15). — Fragments of two irregular moats are at Hill House, east of the village, 3 miles south from Eye. Three sides of an oblong moat are near Thorndon Rectory. At Hestley Hall, south of Thorndon, are three moated areas. One has three sides of a broad square moat ; and the other two appear to have been inclosed in one extended oblong cinc- ture divided in the middle by a water trench. To the east of these a small island — called ' The Mount,' and containing a central pond — is sur- rounded by a moat. A mile eastward from the last are the remains of a double moat, close to Rishangles Lodge. The inner one, square and of considerable width, is closely surrounded on three sides by another and narrower moat which at its northern and southern extremities turns outwards at right angles. Three parts of a square moat in the same parish remain at Rishangles Lodge. Thorndon (xlvii, 3). — At Lampits, west of Hestley Green, a large tract of land is moated in an intricate manner. An irregular circular moat has portions of other numerous inclosures to- wards the south and the west ; they are very disconnected, but appear to have provided pro- tection to at least four areas. South-east of the last are three parts of a small square moat, to the south of which arc portions of another inclosure approaching an oblong form, greatly mutilated and spread into irregular ponds. Thorndon (xlvii, 4). — Buck's Hall moat, extending over the border into the parish of Rishangles, is but a fragment consisting of one side and one angle of a rectangular moat. Thornham Parva (xxxvi, 5). — In Moat- house Wood, north-west of Thornham Park, 3^ miles west by south from Eye, is a pentagonal moat with a cutting extending from the northern side. Thorpe Morieux (Ixiv, 2). — Detached frag- ments of a square moat remain at Moat Farm, 8^ miles north-east from Sudbury. At Water Hall, north-west of the last, is a portion of a quadrangular moat. Thorpe Morieux (Ixiv, 6). — South-west of the village a piece of a curved moat remains at Thorpe Farm. Close by the latter, at Manor Farm, the whole of a moat may be traced, the southern and 17 78