Immediately after landing at Pevensey, William ordered the construction of a motte-and-bailey castle within the walls of the old Roman fort of Anderida. The speed of this construction -- completed within days -- demonstrated the Norman priority of securing a defensible base before advancing inland. The castle guaranteed William a fallback position if the campaign went wrong and served as the initial headquarters of the invasion. It was the first of hundreds of Norman castles to be built in England.
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