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William the Conqueror first landed in Pevensey on his way to the Battle of Hastings.
When you leave Pevensey and head towards Normans bay, you cross Executioners bridge where it is reported people were hung or had their heads chopped off and then thrown into the river and floated off to the sea. Thank goodness we don't live in those times anymore.
The marshes between Pevensey Castle and the sea are known as the Pevensey Levels and are a Site of Special Scientific Interest which is not open to the public due to its fragile nature.
In 1831 there were only a population of 349 people living in Pevensey.
There's a tree outside the Royal Oak public house with iron railings around it, which was the site of the Stocks. Prisoners were held here until their punishment.
Pevensey Castle
Pevensey Castle is run by
English Heritage and is one of William the conqueror's Norman castles. It
originally say overlooking the sea but is now three miles inland. The castle
remains intact with its twin towered gate house and Roman Walls. It has a spiral
staircase leading to an outside dungeon. Here is where the prisoners were
chained up waiting for the sea to come in to drown them. There is also a grid in
the floor where people were apparently thrown down into. They broke their bones
due to the fall and then had boiling oil thrown onto them or just be left to
starve to death in extreme pain.
There are supposed to be a few ghosts reported here, including a piper who patrols the battlefields. A drummer in the dungeons and a row of Roman soldiers marching, unfortunately we didn't see any of these.
Weather - Clear dry evening.
Investigators - Jackie, Bill, Paul, Donna, Kevin, Steve, Jane and Joe.
Report
- A few of the group thought
they could see shadows at the top of the castle but this could have just been
adjusting to the light.
However, Kevin was certain he
could see a black shadow on castle wall.
St Mary's Church
St Mary's was built in 1080 and is believed to be the first Norman church built in England. It stands near the western gate of Pevensey Castle. In the churchyard there are seven stones which are in a circle, this is the Stuart Plaque Pit where those who died from the Plague in about the 17th century.
There have been reports
of a nun protecting the plaque pit. The nun is supposed to stop people from
walking along the path, and a man who opens the gate door for people
in broad day light. Unfortunately we didn't really feel a lot of energy here
apart from 
Kevin who saw male sitting down on one of the horizontal stones.
So again nothing to really report on.We travelled to Pevensey to
investigate the courthouse so didn't spend very much time at these two
locations. This was just a short tour kindly given to us by Brian, who was our host for
our nights investigation at the court house. So maybe we will revisit Pevensey and spend more time investigating
these at a later date.
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