[134] Stephenson’s Asser, p. 27.
[135] There are no remains of earthworks in Thanet or Sheppey, except a place called Cheeseman’s Camp, near Minster in Thanet, which the late Mr Gould regarded as of the “homestead-moat type.” V. C. H. Kent, i., 433. Nor are there any earthworks on Mersey Island mentioned by Mr Gould in his paper on Essex earthworks in the V. C. H.
[136] Stukeley, who saw this earthwork when it was in a much more perfect state, says that it contained 30 acres. See Mr Hope’s paper in Camb. Antiq. Soc., vol. xi.
[137] Blomefield’s Norfolk, ii., pp. 7, 8, 27. His description is very confused.
[138] See Erlingssen’s Ruins of the Saga Time, Viking Club, p. 337.
[139] Richerii, Historiarum Libri Quatuor, edition Guadet, p. 67.
[140] “In modo castri, munientes se per girum avulsæ terræ aggere.” Dudo, 155 (edition Duchesne).
[141] “The castle end of Cambridge was called the Borough within the memory of persons now living.” Atkinson’s Cambridge Described (1897), p. 9.
[142] Steenstrup says that the Northmen built themselves shipyards all round Europe, especially on the islands where they had their winter settlements. Normannerne, i., 354.
[143] A.-S., hyth, a shore, a landing-place.