More information : (SD 57226755) Moat (NR). (1) Homestead moat near Camp House, Hornby-with-Farleton (no further information given but see plan). (2) The earthwork at SD 573676 "consists of a square mound of side 120 ft, surrounded by a composite wall of rough, small stones with larger cemented stones underneath and with cobbles over clay inside. This wall is surrounded by a ditch about 25' across A further moat or ditch surrounds the first one but ... is ill-defined ...." (3) In fair condition. Published survey (25") revised. (4) The moat is very well defined on air photographs but no trace of secondary moat mentioned in Authy 3 is visible. (See also SD 56 NE 17). (5)
Site surveyed in 1978, revealing a small moated outwork, 8m across, NW of the main moat, connected via channels to the River Lune; surviving masonry on the platform and a hollow-way linking the moat to the main road to the east. (6)
SD 5720 6756. Camp House moated site, moated outwork and connecting channels. Scheduled RSM No 13405. (7)
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