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Bramber Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in West Sussex, founded in the late eleventh century by William de Braose. The castle consists of a substantial earthwork mound surrounded by defensive ditches, with the remains of a stone keep visible on the summit, alongside fragmentary stone walls that represent the curtain defences of the bailey. The site commanded the gap in the South Downs where the River Adur crosses, making it strategically important for controlling the route from the coast inland. Though substantially slighted during the English Civil War, the castle remains a significant example of Norman military architecture and demonstrates the defensive and administrative importance of the Sussex Weald during the medieval period.
Bramber Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012174. View the official record →
Bramber Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in West Sussex, founded in the late eleventh century by William de Braose. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012174.
Bramber Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012174.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow (3.7 km), Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush (3.7 km), Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham (3.8 km).
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