More information : MOAT [G.T.] (Track of) (1)
Moat: The material obtained during the cutting of the
deep surrounding ditch of the main Inner Ward, was thrown
outwards to form a large counterscarp bank. The present causeway
across the ditch occupies the site of an earlier drawbridge. (2)
The moat, which has at one time surrounded the castle, is now
dry and is heavily overgrown on the North and East sides by
trees and shrubs. There is much masonry in the bottom of the
ditch which has probably fallen down from the castle wall. The
moat is at present divided into 3 portions viz. A-B, C-D, D -E.
At B and C the portions of the moat overlap forming a kind of
tongue of land between. At D the modern causeway over the moat
appears, while the portion A-E is a raised plateau above the
moat. The moat is approx. 2.5 m-3.0 m deep below the exterior
ground level. GP/53/19/4/5 (3)
The description by Authy. 3 is correct. It is understood that
the M.O.W. plan a clearance of the moat in the near future. (4)
Conditon unchanged. No clearance of the moat has yet taken
place. (5)
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