Latitude: 50.9335 / 50°56'0"N
Longitude: 0.7337 / 0°44'1"E
OS Eastings: 592186
OS Northings: 118457
OS Grid: TQ921184
Mapcode National: GBR RZ7.D9X
Mapcode Global: FRA D6FM.TZH
Plus Code: 9F22WPMM+CF
Entry Name: Camber Castle
Listing Date: 3 August 1961
Last Amended: 13 May 1987
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1234738
English Heritage Legacy ID: 410764
Also known as: Winchelsea Castle
Artillery castle and associated earthworks at Camber
ID on this website: 101234738
Location: Rother, East Sussex, TN36
County: East Sussex
District: Rother
Civil Parish: Icklesham
Built-Up Area: Rye
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex
Church of England Parish: Rye
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Castle Device Fort Fort
TQ 91 NW ICKLESHAM SEA ROAD, WINCHELSEA
25/3 Camber Castle
(Formerly listed under
3.8.61 General)
I
Camber Castle stands in the middle of field but the footpath to it is approached
from this road. This was one of the series of castles built by Henry VIII as
coast defences in 1538. Its plan is quatrefoil-shaped, with lunettes at the
corners and the entrance on the North side forming another lunette or the stalk
of the flower. It is a squat building of ashlar lined with brick. In the centre
of the square is a higher round tower or keep of earlier date built of ashlar
and lined with brick for the top or second storey which has probably been added.
A scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TQ9218618457
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