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The quaint East Sussex
village of Pevensey was once on the coast,
which was why the Romans built a powerful fort
in a vain attempt to protect it from marauding
Saxons.
The building was strengthened by the
Normans and its walls and towers have
survived, despite the fact that in 491AD the
troops of Saxon king Aelle massacred its
soldiers.
Mint House was built in
the 14th century on the site of a Norman mint
and is now a museum with rooms once used by
smugglers.
Pevensey Bay is a small,
separate settlement on the nearby coast and it
was here that William the Conqueror landed in
1066 before claiming victory over King Harold
II at the Battle of Hastings.
For a long time
the area was an important port and became one
of the Cinque Ports in the 13th century.
