A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Pevensey is remarkable for its magnificent specimens of Roman 

 walls of coursed and faced masonry, and its south-western gateway. 

 The actual earthworks of the place are mainly on the southern side, and 



consist of a fairly well developed fosse 

 extending from the west corner of 

 the mediaeval stronghold three-fourths 

 of the way to the great Roman gate- 

 way/ Unfortunately this ditch has 

 been considerably disturbed by a 

 species of minor landslip carrying 

 down with it large pieces of the 

 Roman wall. Pevensey was probably 

 occupied by William the Conqueror 

 at an early period, like Hastings Castle. 

 The massive walls built by the Ro- 

 mans were utilized to form the boundary of the castle bailey. The moat 

 outside of this castle was probably constructed as an additional security, 

 thus making it impossible to blow up the masonry by gunpowder or to 

 damage it by means of the battering-ram. 



CASTLE MOUNTS AND CASTLE MOUNTS WITH ATTACHED 

 COURTS 



[Classes D and E] 



For purposes of convenience these two classes will be considered 

 together. Their characteristics are : (i) D, Forts consisting only of a 

 mount with encircling ditch or fosse ; and (2) E, Fortified mounts either 

 artificial or partly natural, with traces of an 

 attached court or bailey, or of two or more 

 such courts. 



Of Class D, Sussex possesses two ex- 

 amples, namely, Knepp Castle and Park 

 Mount, Pulborough. 



Knepp Castle, in Shipley parish, oc- 

 cupies a low-lying site close to the river 

 Adur. It consists, as will be seen from the 

 plan, of little more than a mount, oval in 

 plan, and surrounded by a fosse and ram- 

 part. 



Park Mount, Pulborough. — This, 

 like Knepp, is a simple mount encircled by 



a fosse, and strengthened by an enclosing Knepp Castle. 



rampart on the east, south and west sides. 



The mount itself has been considerably disturbed on the west side, where 

 probably the material has been purposely removed. The whole place is 



^ There is a good account of the remains of Pevensey Castle in the sixth volume of the Susj. Arch. 

 Coll. The paper, which was written by Mr. Mark Antony Lower, F.S.A., is accompanied by a ground- 

 plan, and is entitled ' On Pevensey Castle, and the recent excavations there.' 



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