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Pevensey Castle

Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey. The site is a Scheduled Monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to visitors. Built around 290 AD and known to the Romans as Anderitum, the fort appears to have been the base for a fleet called the Classis Anderidaensis. The reasons for its construction are unclear; long thought to have been part of a Roman defensive system to guard the British and Gallic coasts against Saxon pirates, it has more recently been suggested that Anderitum and the other Saxon Shore forts were built by a usurper in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to prevent Rome from reimposing its control over Britain.
Anderitum fell into ruin following the end of the Roman occupation but was reoccupied in 1066 by the Normans, for whom it became a key strategic bulwark. A stone keep and fortification was built within the Roman walls and faced several sieges. Although its garrison was twice starved into surrender, it was never successfully stormed.
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by N Chadwick

Created: Tue, 14 Oct 2014, Updated: Tue, 14 Oct 2014


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TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by Oast House Archive
2020
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by Oast House Archive
2020
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by PAUL FARMER
2019
TQ6404 : Arch at Pevensey Castle by Malc McDonald
2018
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle and moat by Malc McDonald
2018
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Anderita Fort - Western Gate by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Inner Bailey by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Looking south-eastwards by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Remains of the keep by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Anderita Fort - Eastern Gate by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - The western flank by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - The moat from the bridge by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Bridge to entrance by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Moat and western façade by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Verdant growth in the moat by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle - Looking towards the Eastern Gate by Rob Farrow
2017
TQ6404 : Archway to Pevensey High Street by David Anstiss
2016
TQ6404 : Part of the Pevensey Castle Walls by David Anstiss
2016
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by N Chadwick
2015
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by PAUL FARMER
2015
TQ6404 : Walls of Pevensey Castle by Paul Gillett
2015
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by PAUL FARMER
2015
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by N Chadwick
2014
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by N Chadwick
2014
TQ6404 : Pevensey Castle by Chris Heaton
2012


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