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A HISTORY OF RUTLAND in a westerly direction and surrounds the west and south of the churchyard ; this is 14 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep, with a counterscarp of 9 ft. To the east of the path to the church this moat is 20 ft. wide and from 5 ft. to 8 ft. deep, but round the south-eastern angle the banks rise to 10 ft., and turn- ing towards the north the moat joins into the greater one. Within this court and east of the church the remains of a causeway crosses the great moat. South of the outer moat another shallow trench surrounds two ponds 3 ft. and 5 ft. deep respec- tively, with the easternmost bank rising 6 ft. in height ; this arrangement together constituted elaborate fish- stews. To the north of the great moat is a large triangular pond 8 ft. deep, connected with the moat by a culvert. On the opposite, or eastern, bank of the river is a ram- part 5 ft. high and 12 ft. broad at the base. Great Casterton (vi, 11). — Woodhead Castle, 3J miles north-west from Stamford, south of Fairchild's Farm, is situated on high ground with a very extensive view of the surrounding country. It is irregularly quad- rangular in plan, but the earthworks, as now seen, must not altogether be considered as such, the broad rampart, and mounds rising over the interior SCALE OF fEBT 100 aoo 300 _ 1 1 I EssENDiNE Castle Woodhead Castle, Great Casterton 114