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A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE the immediate south of the moat is somewhat marshy ; there is no other natural defence. As this example is typical of works of the class so common in certain lowland districts of ^ Church y- i»fe 'Enffaneu A-S— C 3 ^'«K'a?!'J AJiiLc DoNNINGTON TuMP England, we include a plan. Probably where is now a causeway was originally some sort of movable bridge over the water-filled moat which was then much deeper and furnished with a stockade on the inner scarp. Eardisley : The Camp. — Three miles south- south-west of Kington. The position has no natural defence, and the only protection remain- ...••' ing consists of a moat with a ..■" bank on the west, where the ground dips a few feet to the stream. Somewhat similar works are found at Lemore, a mile and ^<,V a half east, and at Howton near %?■' the village of Kilpeck, in the south-west of the county. The inclosure has been regarded by some as a Roman camp, an idea for which there is no foundation, and from its present appearance of a moated platform for a dwell- ing, we cannot but include it in Class F. Close by on the west the ground has been disturbed, but we can trace no entrenchments such as have been thought to exist. Hentland. — Four and a half miles north- west from Ross. Portions of the moat remain by the side of the old mansion at Gillow. Hope Mansel. — Five miles south-east from Ross. At Moat Farm are some poor traces of the original moat. Kentchurch : The Moat. — Ten miles south-west of Hereford. This fine and perfect homestead moat lies within a quarter of a mile of the River Monnow and close to a small stream. Probably the stream was tapped on the north- east, while the outlet from the moat was that shown on plan. Kington. — Nineteen miles north-west of Hereford. Hergest, an old dwelling of the Vaughans, still retains a considerable portion of its moat. Ledbury. — Fifteen miles south-east Hereford. At Quatsford two sides of a moated inclosure remain. Leinthall Earls. See Aymestrey. Leominster. — Thirteen and a half north of Hereford. A moat remains at Upper Hyde, half a mile south-east of Stretford. A small but perfect example is at Wharton Court. At Upper Wintercott is another. It is pro- vided with a wide water-filled moat surrounding an island of almost circular form. from large liles '• i a t -r ■ p I9f ^t:.. The Moat, Kentchurch The Camp, Eardisley LuGWARDiNE. — Two and three-quarter miles north-east from Hereford. On the west of Old Court, Heme Hill, is a nearly complete moated inclosure, with a strong spring of water adjoining which doubtless fed the moat. Also in Lugwardine parish, at Old Longworth, is a portion of moating close to the site of an ancient chapel. Madley. — Six miles west of Hereford. Cub- lington, a reputed castle, appears to have been a moated manor house. Mansell Lacy. — Seven miles north-west from Hereford. On the east of Court Farm are con- siderable remains of a circular moat, but much destroyed on the north-east. Middleton-on-the-Hill. — Six miles north- east from Leominster. There are some slight 250