Cockpit About 60 Metres South West Of Wothorpe Towers

The Cockpit, located about 60 meters southwest of Wothorpe Towers, dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with limestone dressings. Inside, there is a lean-to made of red brick, featuring lacing timbers and slate roofs. The building has an octagonal shape with doorways on the northwest and southeast sides, and lean-to outshuts against the inner sides of the perimeter wall, surrounding a circular cockpit at the center. It is a single-storey structure with segmental-headed doorways on the northwest and southeast sides, both equipped with plank doors and small segmental-headed flanking windows that have iron grilles. Similar windows are found on the other sides. The brick lean-to outshuts inside are against the walls and include wooden lacing; the northwest outshut contains a fireplace, while the southeast has what appear to be remains of nesting boxes. At the center, there is a circular pit with stone rubble revetments.