More information : (TQ68101158) Castle Croft (NAT) Earthwork (NR).(1)
An earthwork comprising a convex platform raised above the
surrounding ground and enclosed within a fairly deep but narrow
trench. Possibly a dry island for stock when the area is flooded,
but "a more reasonable explanation" is that it was a "crannog or
marsh village". Known locally as Rat's Castle.(2)
The name Rat's Castle acquired because it was traditionally the
refuge for water rats. Possibly a cattle refuge in times of
flood.(3)
Castle Croft,an oval area, under permanent pasture, c 90.0m
NE-SW by c 64.0m transversely, raised about 1.5m above the
surrounding drained flood plain. It is steep-sided and almost
completely encircled by a hedge in such a manner as to form a
revetment. It appears to form an integral part of the system
of fields reclaimed from marshland, and as such is almost certainly
contemeporary. As suggested, it is probably a cattle refuge formed
by the sculpturing of a natural rise. The interior is featureless.(4)
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