Bodiam Castle

The last trip we took in March was to Battle, Bodiam, and Brighton. We didn't visit them in alphabetical order and started with Bodiam first.

This is one of my favorite castles. It is the actor Robert Hardy's (Cornelius Fudge to you) VERY favorite castle. It is in ruin but looks good from the outside. We have since been back with the spring group and I think it was sunnier the first time.

I learned the little jutty things along the top of the castle are crenelation and you needed a license to "crenelate" because it was an official castle meant to act as a fortress. There is also a picture of the "murder holes". If a warring group made it across the moat then they would pour hot oil through the holes in the ceiling of the entryway.

On a more peaceful note, it was lambing season and I took lots of pictures of mom sheep and baby lambs that were grazing next to the castle.