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    Bodiam Castle photo gallery

    		 Bodiam Castle is a moated, curtain-walled castle which was built in 1386 as a protection against French raids & dismantled in 1643.

    ©NTPL / David Sellman

    Bodiam castle is a moated, curtain-walled castle which was built in 1385 to either reiterate the status & wealth of this ambitious knight of the realm or, as protection against French raids. It was dismantled in 1643.
    		Distant view of Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, in the autumn.

    ©NTPL / Alasdair Ogilvie

    Distant view of Bodiam Castle in autumn.
    		Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, view of the Gatehouse with studded doors and portcullis.

    ©NTPL / Alasdair Ogilvie

    Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. View of the Gatehouse with studded doors and portcullis.
    		The three arches of the Screens Passage connecting the Great Hall with the Kitchen, Buttery and Pantry. Bodiam Castle, East Sussex.

    ©NTPL / Alasdair Ogilvie

    The three arches of the Screens Passage connecting the Great Hall with the Kitchen, Buttery and Pantry. Bodiam Castle, East Sussex.
    		View of the the courtyard where The Tempest was staged at Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, during a summers evening.

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    View of the courtyard where The Tempest is being performed at Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, during a summers evening.
    		A person dressed-up as the Knight, Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, who built Bodiam Castle around 1385.

    ©NTPL / George Bailey

    A person dressed-up as the Knight, Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, who built Bodiam Castle around 1385.
    		A person dressed-up as a gunner at Castle Gate - Bodiam Castle in East Sussex.

    ©NTPL / George Bailey

    A person dressed-up as a gunner at Castle Gate, Bodiam Castle in East Sussex.
    		Bodiam Castle Courtyard in East Sussex.

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    Bodiam Castle Courtyard in East Sussex. It is only from the inside that the extent of the damage incurred during the 17th century becomes evident. However it is easy to imagine how this once grand home would have been set out.
    		Bodiam Castle in the misty autumn light with reflections in the moat.

    ©NTPL / Alasdair Ogilvie

    Bodiam Castle in the misty autumn light with reflections in the moat.
    		Dramatic outline of Bodiam Castle against the skyline, from across the moat and framed by a bare tree.

    ©NTPL / Alasdair Ogilvie

    Dramatic outline of Bodiam Castle against the skyline, from across the moat and framed by a bare tree.
    		Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. View of the `murder holes' in the vaulted ceiling of the Gatehouse.

    ©NTPL / Alasdair Ogilvie

    Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. View of the `murder holes' in the vaulted ceiling of the Gatehouse.
    		The south east corner of Bodiam Castle seen across the moat. The Castle is silhouetted against the cloudy sky & reflected in the shimmering water.

    ©NTPL / Andrew Butler

    The south east corner of Bodiam Castle seen across the moat. The Castle is silhouetted against the cloudy sky & reflected in the shimmering water.
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