The river crossed it, entering on the west and leaving on the eastern side.

The enclosure was for the greater part meadow and pasture, for here the cattle were kept, which supplied the house with milk, cheese, and butter, while others intended for slaughter were driven in here for the last months of fattening.
The horses in actual use for riding, or for the waggons, were also turned out here temporarily.

There were two pens and rickyards within it, one beside the river, one farther down.

The South Road ran almost down the centre, passing both rickyards, and leaving the stockade at the southern end by a gate, called the barrier.

At the northern extremity of the oval the palisade passed within three hundred yards of the house, and there was another barrier, to which the road led from the Maple Gate, which has been mentioned.