Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . and he, dying withoutissue, they were held m dower by his widow, and after-wards by marriage came into the possession of Sir ThomasLewknor, in whose possession they remained until the civilwars. Alter the Restoration, it passed into the hands ofSir Nathaniel Powell ; Mr. Fuller, of Rose Hill; andsubsequently to George Cubitt, Esq., since created LordAshcome, the present owner. ?J he site of the castle forms nearly a square, with around tower at each angle, and mid
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . and he, dying withoutissue, they were held m dower by his widow, and after-wards by marriage came into the possession of Sir ThomasLewknor, in whose possession they remained until the civilwars. Alter the Restoration, it passed into the hands ofSir Nathaniel Powell ; Mr. Fuller, of Rose Hill; andsubsequently to George Cubitt, Esq., since created LordAshcome, the present owner. ?J he site of the castle forms nearly a square, with around tower at each angle, and midway between these oneach side is a square tower, with the exception of the northside, in which is the gateway, or grand entrance, flanked bya square lower on either side, and approached by a cause-way. About 60 feet from the gateway are the remains ofa barbican, and the groundwork of a drawbridge, whichlanded on a pier of masonry. Ihe castle is surrounded bya moat of so considerable an extent as to assume theappearance of a small lake. The distance from the shoresto the castle walls east and west is about 120 feet, and 110. GUIDE TO KYE. 157 feet north and south, the average depth being about sevenfeet. Over the entrance gate are three escutcheons ofarms, being those of Bodyam (first possessor of themanor), Dalyngrudge and VVardeaux, and above these ahelmet and crest of a unicorns head. The gate, which isrecessed between the towers, was defended by a portcullis,a deep machicolation, and a door plated with iron, openinginto a vaulted passage, thirty feet in length, and ten feetwide, divided by an arch, which was defended by a secondportcullis, and forming two strong chambers, the ceilingsof which were groined, and had funnel-shaped perforationsinstead of bosses or rosettes, a1 each intersection of theribs, for the purpose of pouring down powdered quick-lime, or, perhaps, for thrusting down poles to stop a rushshould portcullis and door be forced or destroyed. Similarapertures ex
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