Hastings Castle

Hastings Castle is a keep and bailey castle ruin situated on the cliffs adjoining the town of Hastings, East Sussex. It overlooks the English Channel, into which large parts of the castle have fallen over the years.

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• Grade II* listed building page^@
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• Grade II listed building page^@
• Grade I listed building page^@
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  Battle of Mercredesburne ⓘ
  485 battle fought in the conquest of the Kingdom of Sussex

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  Battle of Hastings ⓘ
  battle which occurred on 14 October 1066

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  Battle of Winchelsea ⓘ
  1350 naval battle during the Hundred Years' War

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  Battle of Beachy Head ⓘ
  naval engagement fought on 10 July 1690

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  Action of 2 May 1707 ⓘ
  1707 naval battle

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  Pett Level Emergency Coastal Battery ⓘ
  WWII 6" gun battery in Pett Level, Sussex

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  Hastings Borough Council Control ⓘ
  civil defence centre in East Sussex, UK

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  Castle Toll Saxon burgh and medieval fort ⓘ
  archaeological site in Newenden, Kent, England, UK

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  Hastings Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed ruins in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK  

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  Pevensey Castle ⓘ
  medieval castle in a former Roman fort at Pevensey in East Sussex, England, UK  

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  Rye Castle Museum (Ypres Tower) ⓘ
  castle in Rye, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom  

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  Bodiam Castle ⓘ
  14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England, UK  

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  Camber Castle ⓘ
  16th-century English fort  

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  Eastbourne Redoubt ⓘ
  circular coastal defence fort at Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK  

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  Lade Fort ⓘ
  fort in Lydd, Folkestone and Hythe, England, UK

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  U-40 ⓘ
  1938 Type IXA submarine

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  HMS Resolution ⓘ
  1677 third-rate ship of the line

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  HMS Anne ⓘ
  1678 third-rate ship of the line

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  HMS Ghurka ⓘ
  1907 Tribal-class destroyer

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  Kenardington ⓘ
  earthworks, possibly site of castle in Kenardington, Kent, England, UK

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  Pevensey Castle keep ⓘ
  ruined building in Sussex

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  Martello Tower No. 28 ⓘ
  Martello Tower in Icklesham, East Sussex, England, UK

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  Martello Tower No. 29 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 30 ⓘ
  Martello Tower in Rye, East Sussex, England, UK

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  Martello Tower No. 31 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 32 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 33 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 34 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 35 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 36 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 37 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 38 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 39 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 40 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 41 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 42 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 43 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 44 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 45 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 46 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 47 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 48 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 49 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 50 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 51 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 52 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 53 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 54 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 55 ⓘ
  Martello Tower converted to a house

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  Martello Tower No. 56 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 57 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 58 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 59 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 60 ⓘ
  Martello Tower converted to house

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  Martello Tower No. 61 ⓘ
  Martello Tower converted to house

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  Martello Tower No. 63 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 64 ⓘ
  unrestored martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 65 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 66 ⓘ
  Martello Tower in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK

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  Martello Tower No. 67 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 68 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 69 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 70 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 71 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  Martello Tower No. 72 ⓘ
  destroyed martello tower

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  The Grey Tower ⓘ
  tower in Westham, Wealden, East Sussex, England, UK

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  Wish Tower ⓘ
  Martello Tower in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK

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rescue excavation

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1940 — 1945 Pett Level Emergency Coastal Battery

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1066 Pevensey Castle

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1249 Rye Castle Museum (Ypres Tower)

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1385 Bodiam Castle

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1539 Camber Castle

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1667 HMS Resolution

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1805 The Grey Tower

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1805 Wish Tower

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Hastings Castle aerial view

Mauerrinnen des Fallgatters der Burgruine in Hastings

Medieval Jug from Hastings Castle displayed at Hastings Museum

Anonymous - Hastings Castle - B2018.7.39 - Yale Center for British Art

Hastings Castle by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm 1784

Keys to Hastings Castle displayed at Hastings Museum

Hastings Castle

Hastings Castle

Hastings Castle

Ruins at Hastings Castle in 1983

• Excavations at Hastings Castle, 1968 - article published in 1968
• Hastings Rape, Castle, and Town - article published in 1849
• On the History of St. Mary’s Collegiate Church in Hastings Castle - article by Edward Levien et al published June 1867 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association
• Excavations at Hastings Castle, 1968 - scientific article published in 1977
• Description of and Remarks on the Dungeon Cells at Hastings Castle - scientific article published in 1896, online
• Evidence for a pre-Conquest origin for the chapels in Hastings and Pevensey Castles - scientific article published in 1969, Q1860
• History of Hastings Castle, Volume I - book published in 1909, online
• Hastings Castle, 1050-1100, and the Chapel of St Mary - article by FH Baring published 1915 in Sussex Archaeological Collections, online
• History of Hastings Castle, Volume II - book published in 1909, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	485	Battle of Mercredesburne	Celtic Britons, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1066	Battle of Hastings	battle, Kingdom of England, Duchy of Normandy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1350	Battle of Winchelsea	Kingdom of England, naval battle, Crown of Castile	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1690	Battle of Beachy Head	Kingdom of France, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1707	Action of 2 May 1707	France, naval battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
link	page		National Heritage List for England page@		Wikidata
link	page		Historic England research records page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II* listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed park and garden page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade I listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Gatehouse Gazetteer page@		Wikidata
link	page		Cultural Inventory page@		Wikidata
link	page		British Listed Buildings page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
link	page		CastlesFortsBattles page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Holland 5	submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-118	minelaying submarine, Type UE II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-121	U-boat, Type UB III submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-131	U-boat, Type UB III submarine	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1940	Pett Level Emergency Coastal Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hastings Borough Council Control	civil defense center, Hastings Borough Council	Wikidata
site	castle		Castle Toll Saxon burgh and medieval fort	archaeological site, fort, motte-and-bailey castle, burh	Wikidata
site	castle		Hastings Castle	archaeological site, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1066	Pevensey Castle	archaeological site, English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1249	Rye Castle Museum (Ypres Tower)	local museum, castle, tower	Wikidata
site	castle	1385	Bodiam Castle	National Trust, quadrangular castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1539	Camber Castle	fort, English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		Eastbourne Redoubt	military museum, redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort		Lade Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		U-40	shipwreck, Type IXA submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1667	HMS Resolution	third-rate, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1678	HMS Anne	third-rate, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1907	HMS Ghurka	Tribal-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	tower		Kenardington	shell keep, earthworks	Wikidata
site	tower	1150	Pevensey Castle keep	keep	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 28	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 29	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 30	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 31	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 32	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 33	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 34	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 35	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 36	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 37	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 38	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 39	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 40	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 41	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 42	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 43	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 44	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 45	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 46	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 47	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 48	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 49	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 50	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 51	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 52	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 53	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 54	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 55	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 56	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 57	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 58	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 59	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 60	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 61	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 63	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 64	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 65	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 66	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 67	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 68	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 69	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 70	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 71	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Martello Tower No. 72	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	The Grey Tower	Martello tower	Wikidata
site	tower	1805	Wish Tower	Martello tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Hastings Castle aerial view		Commons
commons	image		Mauerrinnen des Fallgatters der Burgruine in Hastings		Commons
commons	image		Medieval Jug from Hastings Castle displayed at Hastings Museum		Commons
commons	image		Anonymous - Hastings Castle - B2018.7.39 - Yale Center for British Art		Commons
commons	image		Hastings Castle by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm 1784		Commons
commons	image		Keys to Hastings Castle displayed at Hastings Museum		Commons
commons	image		Hastings Castle		Commons
commons	image		Hastings Castle		Commons
commons	image		Hastings Castle		Commons
commons	image		Ruins at Hastings Castle in 1983		Commons