Anderitum was a Saxon Shore fort in the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins adjoin the west end of the village of Pevensey in East Sussex, England. The fort was built in the 290s and was abandoned
View west from the castle inner bailey showing the fort's outer wall and main entrance (gap on left) in the Roman period
Anderida Portus, shown at the southern point of the Forest of Anderida
The nine British Saxon Shore forts in the Roman Notitia Dignitatum. Pevensey Castle or Anderitum is the third fort on the third row down. Bodleian Library, Oxford
Roman masonry in the walls of Anderitum, showing the distinctive layers of red Roman bricks
Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main village is located five miles north-east of Eastbourne, one mile inland from Pevensey Bay. The settleme
Anderitum
…Anderitum (also Anderida or Anderidos) was a Saxon Shore fort in the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins adjoin the west end of the village of Pevensey in East Sussex, England. The fort was built in the 290s and was abandoned after it was sacked in 471 (491 according to the disputed Anglo-Saxon…
View of the Pevensey High Street
The remains of the 13th-century gatehouse of the inner bailey
Early English St. Nicolas Church, the Anglican parish church of Pevensey.