Dredging the Pond and the Moat

Further on there was a short report about the cleaning of the central pond:
Permission was obtained from Nature Conservancy Council  and Ancient Monuments.
MONDAY     23/7/90
Until
TUESDAY     14/8/90
Large mud cat at Decoy cleaning silt /logs from the pond.
 Silt placed around edges of pond also in compartment A.
Constant working took place from about 9am until 4pm daily. The heavy machine weighing about 12 tons gained access over moat bank.
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Unloading the mud cat
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The tracks!
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Assembling the mud cat.
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Across the moat...
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...and over the bank.
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Dredging the pond.
....and the moat:
Thursday    21/3/91
Machine arrived and commenced work on dredging moat and placing mud on banks to higher moat bank by about 3 feet - Completed work on Monday 25/4/91
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