Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . siderable devastation. I have known the castle for nearlythirty years, and during that time many hundred loads ofstone have been taken away. The internal arrangement ofsome portion of the castle might, by the application of a little 40 SEDGWICK CASTLE. pains, be satisfactorily traced, notwithstanding the mass ofrubbish which has accumulated between its partition one of these walls, on the east side, there is some cariousherring-bone masonry, formed of tiles about the thickness ofcommon roof tiles
Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . siderable devastation. I have known the castle for nearlythirty years, and during that time many hundred loads ofstone have been taken away. The internal arrangement ofsome portion of the castle might, by the application of a little 40 SEDGWICK CASTLE. pains, be satisfactorily traced, notwithstanding the mass ofrubbish which has accumulated between its partition one of these walls, on the east side, there is some cariousherring-bone masonry, formed of tiles about the thickness ofcommon roof tiles, but much The approach to the castle on the south-east side still re-mains ; and on the north-west side is an outlet which appearsto have been used as a road to the well; which consists of abasin beautifully constructed of large blocks of hewn stone insteps. This well is called the Nuns Well, why, it wouldbe somewhat difficult to say, as the castle was never occupiedas a religious house. It is also sometimes called St. MarvsWell, a name often given to fountains of pure water. Thiswell is situated about thirty yards from the outer moat. Theform of the windows of this castle might be ascertained by acareful examination of the broken pieces of stone, of which theywere constructed, now lying about the castle walls. For itis to the credit of the despoilers of this interesting relic of aminor castle, that when, in breaking up its walls for the sakeof the material which they so readily afford for building orroad purposes, they found any wrought stone, they appearto have carefully preserved it. I canno
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