. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. Cranbrook Castle, Moreton Hampstead. "^j •Q I speaking—square in plan with rounded angles, 600 ft. by 550 ft., crowning an eminence 1,100 ft, above the level of the sea. The approach from the south is not difficult, the eastern and western ascent is steeper, but the northern side is above a precipitous descent to //• ' Fingle Bridge. -:| Easy of assault on the south, that side is more strongly defined than the others ; here we Jl find a double vallum and a double fosse with // ^ an inner and outer berm, or platform, one
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. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. Cranbrook Castle, Moreton Hampstead. "^j •Q I speaking—square in plan with rounded angles, 600 ft. by 550 ft., crowning an eminence 1, 100 ft, above the level of the sea. The approach from the south is not difficult, the eastern and western ascent is steeper, but the northern side is above a precipitous descent to //• ' Fingle Bridge. -:| Easy of assault on the south, that side is more strongly defined than the others ; here we Jl find a double vallum and a double fosse with // ^ an inner and outer berm, or platform, one on .-/ S either side of the fosse. The inner vallum, -. 9 ft. high and 21 ft. thick, was originally built with stone on the exterior to above half its height; outside this is a platform, then a fosse 11 ft. deep, an outer platform varying from six to sixteen feet wide, another vallum, and lastly a shallow fosse. The main entrance is at the south-west, where the inner rampart slightly incurves and broadens. To the south of it a causeway across the entrenchments provides a narrow exit, and to the north of the entrance the outer fosse and vallum become shallow and almost give place to a broad platform of no great height. On the east side the same thing occurs; the outer vallum and fosse terminate at the bend and are replaced by a wide platform. At either side of the south-east curve the inner vallum is pierced by a path giving access to the first platform. In the middle of the east side is another entrance, at each side of which the entrench ments bend inwards. On the north of this gateway the agger and fosse only continue 120 ft. The north side, we have seen, is the most difficult of access, and here there are no entrench- ments, only a line of rubble, collected probably some 1, 800 years since, to form the core of a 598 «7»'SS("S"n"""iili(lT''?i%, , , , l., , ., . Wooston Castle, Moreton Hampstead.. Please note that these images are extracted from scann