MOAT, a township in the parish of KIRK-ANDREWS
upon ESK, ESKDALE ward, county of CUMBERLAND, 4l
miles (N. N. E.) from Longtown, containing 300 inhabitants.
On the banks of the Liddel are the ruins; of
a strong square tower, called Liddel Strength, surrounded
by a double moat. It more than once fell into
the power of the Scots,, and on one occasion was the
scene of a barbarous act of David, King of Scotland, who,
after making himself master of the place, caused'the two
sons of the Governor, Sir Walter Selby, to be strangled.