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Pevensey: castle ruins
Ruins of the castle at Pevensey, East Sussex, Eng.
Pevensey
England, United Kingdom
Pevensey, locality (parish), Wealden district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, southeastern England.
Once an English Channel port, it now lies 1 mile (1.6 km) inland along a narrow waterway. From the 13th century on, silting of the waterway brought about Pevensey’s economic decline. The remains of the walls and towers of a Roman fort, Anderida (c. 250 ce), rank among the best extant examples of Roman building in England. After the Norman Conquest (1066) a castle was built within the Roman walls. Pop. (2001) 2,997; (2011) 3,153.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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