cliff-castles

Updated: May 10, 2025

This is a coast, therefore, that needed defence from the earliest times, and the cliff-castles and earthworks still remaining show how well it was watched. The Romans carefully fortified the entire line of cliffs from the Goodwin Sands to Beachy Head beyond Hastings.

Joel Cook - England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel