Lewes, E Sussex - Barbican Arches - RP postcard by Dennis 1936 pmk

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• Picture / Image:  Barbican Arches, Lewes [East Sussex] - real photo
• Publisher: ETW Dennis (L 1604)
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  George V 1d red
• Postmark(s): Brighton & Hove 1936? wavy line
• Sent to:  Bowler, 34 St Marys Road, Harlesden, London NW10
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. Originally called Bray Castle, it occupies a commanding position guarding the gap in the South Downs cut by the River Ouse and occupied by the towns of Lewes and Cliffe. It stands on a man-made mount just to the north of the high street in Lewes, and is constructed from local limestone and flint blocks.

The castle follows a motte and bailey design but, unusually, it has two mottes.[2] The only other castle in England to have two mottes is Lincoln Castle.[1]

The first motte, known as Brack Mount, was completed shortly after the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and the second motte, known as the Keep, was completed in the late 11th century.[2] Both mottes were built by William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey.[2] The mottes would originally have been surmounted by wooden palisades but these were replaced with masonry shell keeps at the start of the 12th century.[1] The bailey area also had a stone wall with towers.[1]

Soldiers went out from the castle to engage with Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Lewes in 1264.[3]

Towers were added to one of the shell keeps in the 13th century and a barbican gate was added in the 14th century.[2] When the last of the de Warennes, John, the 7th Earl, died without issue in 1347, he was buried in Lewes Priory.[2] His title passed to his nephew Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel.[2]

The castle was leased by Sussex Archaeological Society from 1850 and was acquired by Charles Thomas-Stanford and gifted to the Sussex Archaeological Society in 1922.[2]