Here, whence I start, is another such a camp, with mound and fosse; beyond the one I have more closely described some four miles is still a third, all connected by the same green track running along the ridges of the downs and entirely independent of the roads of modern days.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
Hugh, the son of Eudes de Gournay, erected a castle in the vicinity of the church of St. Hildebert, and the whole town was surrounded with a triple wall and double fosse.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
Its situation is good, upon an artificial hill, surrounded by a fosse; and the principal entrance is still tolerably entire.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner