steanings

Updated: July 22, 2026

Although the distance to Feversham's camp was little more than three miles, in order to avoid two deep ditches, called in those parts plungeons or steanings, the Duke, led by a guide, took a circuitous route of nearly six miles in length. There was a third ditch, called the Rhine, which still lay between him and the king's camp, but of which he knew nothing.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Roger Willoughby: A Story of the Times of Benbow