... the land nearby was owned by the Braybrookes, now the English Heritage. The other end of the ditch isn't bigger because of the Swan Meadow and the marshy land. Overall however, we wouldn't be able to confirm if these were battle ditches or not without the help of written evidence. We then had a look at a house along Myddlyton Place. From our observations, we saw it was unseasoned timber-framed with oak studs. It also had a bresummer and peg tiled roof. The roof was slanted, not straight, a sign of a typical medieval house. The house also had small windows. And on the top half of the house, we saw small pargetting. We also saw the sole plate was reinforced by brick, which was done to support the gradually chipping wood. We could also see that the house was ten metres wide, confirming to a burgage plot. This was however ...

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