- Pevensey is a town near the English south coast located in the County of East Sussex.
- It is the location for Pevensey Castle, one of the Saxon Shore Forts called Anderida. A later Norman Castle was built inside the Roman Walls.
History
- The Roman Fort was one of the Saxon Shore Forts, a chain of Roman Naval Forts in southeastern England that stretched from Portchester in Portsmouth Harbour to the Wash.
- Their function was to defend the River estuaries and coastline from Pirate attacks by seaborne invaders.
- The Forts date to the third century CE and are mentioned in a 4th century CE document known as the Notitia Dignitatum.
- The Sea has since retreated and left Pevensey as an inland Fort.
Roman Sites
- Pevensey Castle Roman Walls
Museums
- Pevensey Courthouse Museum and Gaol
- Located beside the Fortress.
Roman Roads
- A possible Roman Road
- A Road may have connected London with Pevensey via a junction off Watling Street across the Forest of the Weald, but no trace has yet been found.
Pevensey Castle