The group moves forward, leaving the path, and trying to stay somewhat hidden from the moathouse's view. You are able to approach to a clump of trees about 100 feet East. You have noticed by now that a the river seems to flow right by the moathouse, forming a moat, at least on the South and East sides (the only sides you have been able to observe). There is a drawbridge on the South wall, which is in the down position, though you haven't been able to get an angle to see through to the inside. The SE corner of the structure has collapsed, and the rubble has spilled into the river/moat, though you'd still have to cross some river to get in that way. The rubble is about 10 foot high. The other walls appear to be in poor repair, crumbling and spotted with lichen. The structure is roughly a square, 100 feet on each side.
The whole place seems deserted. No smoke rises from within. The land around the moathouse (on the South and East, anyway) seems uncultivated. It was perhaps farmland, however, as there are no large trees near the structure. There are some bushes and stumps. A stealthy person could quite possibly approach undetected, even if there were someone watching.
It is about an hour until dark.
