Spring Equinox 2018

I went to Aslockton looking for a motte and bailey. I found that this village is where Thomas Cramnar was born. He was Archbishop after Wolsley and was executed by Mary Tudor. The plackard said the mound was EITHER a garden mound OR a motte and bailey. I think it has to be both. It felt 'right' that it was used as a castle and then hundreds of years later used as part of the Cramnar estate's garden. Especially since I foung a leyline from the road running thru' past the mound to the fishponds. These were two rectangular ditches that were used for rearing fish in 15thC,  common practice at that time. I managed to get on top of mound by climbing a tree to get over fence. Farmers again!

Driving near to Cropwell Bishop, onto the New Road, in the dip, I saw a church on the hill in the distance. I noticed I could see straight through the windows, it may be ruin? So I went closer and walked up to it. I found a fantastic ruined church (Colston Bassett). It looked very interesting and had been a ruin since the late 1800s. I found a leyline running EW, not sure if this is significant, were burials in this direction? The church had been built over a long period and been added to at various times since the 12th century. There were great views all around and a fabulous ruin.