Pevensey Castle
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Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex. The site is a scheduled monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to
Aerial view of Pevensey Castle, showing the Norman keep and bailey at right within the Roman curtain wall; its main gate is at front
A lidar view of the castle and its surroundings
The Roman west curtain wall of Pevensey Castle, with its tell-tale bands of Roman bricks
View from the inner bailey showing the west and north inner side of the Roman wall. The main west gate is at left.
Saxon Shore
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The Saxon Shore was a military command of the Late Roman Empire, consisting of a series of fortifications on both sides of the English Channel. It was established in the late 3rd century and was led b
Pevensey Castle
…Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex. The site is a scheduled monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to visitors. Built…
Burgh Castle in Norfolk, seen from the air.
Roman masonry, with its distinctive bands of red-brick Roman tiles, can be seen in the outer walls of the Saxon Shore fort of Anderitum, which was later re-fortified as Pevensey Castle in East Sussex. The walls appear to be still standing to their original height.
The nine British Saxon Shore forts in the Notitia Dignitatum. Bodleian Library, Oxford.