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Description
Bodiam Castle was built in 1385 to defend the river Rother against invasion by the French. 500 plus years later it was still an expected invasion point and in world war 2 a 'pillbox' emplacement with provision for a field gun was built in front of the old castle.
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, 14th Century, castles ruin derelict old ancient decay bars prison, tourist attraction, eerie moody scary ominous foreboding Marco Veneziani
David Young, National Trust, house, home, castle, garden, landscape, Architecture, heritage, palace, mansion, landscaped gardens, Cranbrook, Vita Sackville-West, Sir Harold Nicolson, Weald