posted 07-31-2000 03:01 PM           

Of the castles of Sussex I have collected from various sources he discusses the ones in bold
Arlington (The Rookery)
Bodiam
Brighton
Burghlow
Camber (The Chamber) (Winchelsea)
Crowhurst (Croherste) (Crauherste)
Dallington Farm
Ewhurst (Shermanbury)
Great Dixter (Dixthern)
Hartfield Motte (Castle Field)
Hastings
Herstmonceux
Iden Moat (La Mote)
Isfield
Lewes
Lewes (The Mount)
Michelham Priory
Mount Caburn (Glynde)
Mountfield (Glottenham)
Pevensey
Ringmer (The Mount, Clay Hill)
Rotherfield
Rye (Ypres Tower)
Udimore
Waldron
Waldron 2
Winchelsea Town Walls
Aldingbourne (Tote Copse)
Amberley (Aumberle) (Amberle)
Arundel
Arundel Siege Castles
Bramber
Chichester
Cockhill (Patching)
Cowdray (Codray)
Earnley
Edburton (Castle Ring) (Fulking)
Fernhurst (Verdley Castle)
Ford
Halnaker (Boxgrove)
Harting (Rogate) (Haben Bridge)
Horsham (Channelsbrook)
Knepp (Cnap) (Le Kenape) (Cnappe) (Kneppe)
Lindfield (Pim’s Lock)
Lodsworth (Lodsbridge Mill)
Midhurst (St Ann’s Hill) (Tan Hill)
Old Erringham
Perching Manor House (Fulking Parish)
Petworth
Pulborough (Park Mount)
Rackham (Rackham Bank)
Sedgewick
Selham
Selsey (The Mount) (Church Norton)
Shoreham
The Burgh
Warningcamp (Lyminster) (Batworth Park)
So on the whole a fairly comprehensive coverage but not the whole list. (Though he mentions the existence of most of these other castles as virtualy disappeared with little known from written sources) The book is fairly good on histories (for books aimed at casual readers) but poor on architecterial details. The book is fairly well illustrated in black and white with a range of photos of the various castles (including some aerial shots) some good line sketches, reproductions of earlier prints and a reconstructed view of Bramber. There are some poor plans.
All in all a book written by an amateur historian rather than a professional archealeologist. Some slight inattention to giving details (such as not giving Ordance Survey map references) detract from what is otherwise quite a good book particularly if you like the myths and legends that go with castles

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And as I rode by Dalton-Hall Beneath the turrets high, A maiden on the castle-wall Was singing merrily: The Outlaw by Sir Walter Scott
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