. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS At the south the mount and its western agger rise i8 ft. above the fosse, which height is attained by an inclined path rising from the base-court to the summit in a manner similar to that at Kenwith Castle; but the rampart of the mount, absent on the river side, rises from the south to west and north, where it is I2 ft. in height. The rectangular court is defended on its assailable sides by a strong vallum of varying height, but averaging 6 ft. The entrance is on the west, where a path curves round the base of
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS At the south the mount and its western agger rise i8 ft. above the fosse, which height is attained by an inclined path rising from the base-court to the summit in a manner similar to that at Kenwith Castle; but the rampart of the mount, absent on the river side, rises from the south to west and north, where it is I2 ft. in height. The rectangular court is defended on its assailable sides by a strong vallum of varying height, but averaging 6 ft. The entrance is on the west, where a path curves round the base of the mount, passing from the sunk road into the court. Traces of an ancient path down to the river are still visible. The fortress is skilfully planned, and although modern paths have been laid out around it, they have failed to efface the original scheme. It is evident that these two fortifications were constructed to be used in conjunction, and were not hostile the one to the other, defending a long reach of the river and preserving communication with each other, for which purpose a slightly curved agger, 45 ft. long, was erected between them, facing the river. HOMESTEAD MOATS [Class F] Insignificant fragments only remain of earthwork defences to residential mansions and bartons, and the lack of such may possibly be explained by the configuration of Devonshire, which spared the necessity of such surroundings as were required in the eastern and other lowland counties. Remains of such works may be seen at:— Bradford ( 1, i 2 and li, 9).—South-west of Bramber Wood, near a large fish-pond. CoLYTON ( Ixxi, 15).—Colombe Castle. CoRNWORTHY ( cxxvii, 2).—Cornworthy Court. DiTTisHAM ( cxxvii, 8).—Fragments of a moat of the Old Barton upon which site Dittisham Court now stands. HiGHAMPTON ( li, 8 and lii, 5).—West Totleigh Mansion, south-west of Hele. HuNTSHAM ( xxxiv, 4).—On Mason's Moor. Lydford ( cvii, 9).—Manor House, Bradninch. Malborough
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