With the stream running by.Anyone wishing to visit this Norman castle,please visit Lindsay Norman motte and bailey first,as the layout is very,very similar,(easier see pastscape;aerial pics)and the Stowting motte,bailey and fishponds will make more sense then.
see http://www.castlefacts.info/contentpages/castledetails/castledetails.asp?country=England&countyid=22&county=Kent&castleid=1893&latitude=51.1374015808105&longitude=1.03369998931885&uin=11666
see http://www.ecastles.co.uk/stowting.html