It was not enclosed, but a neatherd was there with his cattle half a mile away, sitting himself at the foot of a beech, while the cattle grazed below him.
Down in the valley the stockade began; it was not wide but long.

The enclosure extended on the left to the bank of the river, and two fields on the other side of it.

On the right it reached a mile and a half or nearly, the whole of which was overlooked from the spot where they had passed.

Within the enclosures the corn crops were green and flourishing; horses and cattle, ricks and various buildings, were scattered about it.
The town or cottages of the serfs were on the bank of the river immediately beyond the castle.

On the Downs, which rose a mile or more on the other side of the castle, sheep were feeding; part of the ridge was wooded and part open.