18th of June, grant to Edward, Earl of Dorset, the offices of Steward of the Honour of the Eagle, of the Forest of Ashdown, Castle of Pevensey, and Portreave of Pevensey, to hold the same during his life.
Pevensey Castle occupies a good deal of ground, nearly half as much as Dover ; the keep is an irregular polygon, or hexagon, flanked by round towers, with the entrance on the west side, over a bridge, and is surrounded by a ditch on all sides but the east. In the walls are several strata of tiles, or British bricks.
There are two entrances to the Castle, one at Pevensey, on the east ; the other at Westham, on the west. The circumference of the inner Castle is about seventy-five rod, and of the outer walls two hundred and fifty. The inside of the inner Castle consists principally of six complete arches in large towers or bastions, of which two are much larger than the others, which are supposed to have been the kitchen and refectory, or -
