What is recorded here

Bramber Castle is a ruined motte-and-bailey stronghold in West Sussex, built around 1070 to control the River Adur and administer the Rape of Bramber. Its gatehouse tower still rises almost full height beside the buried earthen mound, while much of the original stone was stripped to build local bridges and houses. The de Braose family held it until 1326, after which it decayed into a grazing field before becoming a scheduled monument saved for public memory.

The National Heritage List for England records Bramber Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Bramber Castle was built by William de Braose, a powerful Norman lord, in the late 11th or early 12th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle and played a strategic role in the control of south-western England.

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