Bodiam Castle is in East Sussex, around 1 hour southeast of Gatwick Airport |
Bodiam Castle was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge |
Bodiam Castle was built to protect the region from the French during the Hundred Years' War |
The ruins of Bodiam Castle are beautiful with the surrounding moat |
Bodiam Castle |
South face of Bodiam Castle |
South face of Bodiam Castle |
Bodiam Castle |
Ducks in front of Bodiam Castle |
Bodiam Castle |
There is no longer a bridge to the south side of Bodiam Castle |
Southeast Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Panorama of the south side of Bodiam Castle |
Wide panorama of Bodiam Castle |
Bodiam Castle |
South Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Southwest corner, Bodiam Castle |
Bodiam Castle |
West towers of Bodiam Castle |
West towers of Bodiam Castle |
Southwest Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Northwest Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Northwest Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Northwest Tower, Bodiam Castle |
West side of Bodiam Castle |
Northwest Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Model of Bodiam Castle before its partial destruction |
The entrance to Bodiam Castle is across a bridge on the north side |
Bridge across the moat to Bodiam Castle |
Merlin? leading a dragon, Bodiam Castle |
Kiddies activity at Bodiam Castle |
North Gate, Bodiam Castle |
Coats-of-Arms over the north gate, Bodiam Castle |
Northeast Tower from the courtyard of Bodiam Castle |
Northeast Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Plan of Bodiam Castle |
Interior, Bodiam Castle |
Display of a medieval meal, Bodiam Castle |
Courtyard of Bodiam Castle |
Machicolations on the north towers, Bodiam Castle |
Bridge across the moat, Bodiam Castle |
Bodiam Castle |
North gatehouse, Bodiam Castle |
From the courtyard, Bodiam Castle looks more like a ruin than from across the moat |
Well Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Well Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Well Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Intact medieval ceiling, Bodiam Castle |
Defenders could drop stones through the machicolations on the top of the gatehouse tower |
Gatehouse tower and the courtyard, Bodiam Castle |
The wooden flooring inside the towers is long gone |
A nice ruin, Bodiam Castle is worth an excursion |
Northeast Tower, Bodiam Castle |
Moat bridge, Bodiam Castle |
Northeast corner, Bodiam Castle |
East side, Bodiam Castle |
East side, Bodiam Castle |
Back to the beginning in the southeast corner of Bodiam Castle |
Southeast corner, Bodiam Castle |
Southeast corner, Bodiam Castle |
Southeast corner, Bodiam Castle |
Southeast corner, Bodiam Castle |
Southeast corner, Bodiam Castle |
Southeast corner, Bodiam Castle |
South side, Bodiam Castle |
South side, Bodiam Castle |
South side, Bodiam Castle |
Bodiam Castle Inn, Robertsbridge |
Another oasthouse (hop kiln) not too far from Bodiam |