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The Bulletin
Fix this textThe Bulletin,” Vol. 69—No. 3557
Fix this textWednesday, April 14, 1948
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
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Fix this textIN "SUSSEX BY THE SEA" STANDS MIGHTY-WALLED BODIAM
Fix this textgODIAM Castle in Sussex is one of the finest and certainly one
Fix this textof the most picturesque castles in England; it is situated on
Fix this textthe River Rother, which here forms the boundary between Kent
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Fix this text, 18 10rtress owes , its origin in 1386 to Sir Edward Dalyn-
Fix this textgrudge, a veteran oi Agmcourt who served with credit under the
Fix this textBlack Prince. It was designed upon a French type of castle which
Fix this textwas becoming popular in England at that time—a high embattled
Fix this textwall, strengthened at intervals with towers around a quadrangular
Fix this textspace: Stirling and Tantallion Castles were later examples of this
Fix this textstyle. Bodiam was built in the middle of a lake connected with the
Fix this textRiver Rother, thus forming a wide and deep moat which added to
Fix this textits essential qualities for effective defence.
Fix this textThe moat, spanned by a causeway, was defended by an
Fix this textingenious system of bridges and small gateways terminating in a
Fix this textbarbican, now partly dismantled. On the south side the postern
Fix this textleading to the moat was defended by a massive square tower, being
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Fix this textIn the rei 8 n of Rlchard 111 the castle underwent a siege by the
Fix this textEarl of Surrey and was dismantled during the Civil War. The
Fix this textinterior is now an empty shell, although the remains of the kitchen,
Fix this textchapel and chief apartments can still be traced. In 1917 this fine
Fix this textold castle was bought by the late Lord Curzon, and at his expense
Fix this textit was carefully repaired. After his death it passed to the National
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