Glottenham Castle

Glottenham Castle was a castle in Mountfield, East Sussex, around 5 miles north of Battle Abbey. Built in the thirteenth century, it was abandoned in the late 16th or 17th century.

The Sussex manor of Glottenham has had boundary ditches since the eleventh century, and the moat at Glottenham Castle is believed to date from around 1200. Glottenham Castle was built in the late thirteenth century. The castle had stone walls, two square towers and a gatehouse. The castle was owned by the de Etchingham family, before being abandoned in the late 16th or 17th century. In the 19th century, the land around Glottenham Castle was used for growing hops. In 1920, the castle's estate was sold at auction, and was listed as being 595 acres .

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