Pevensey Castle
Pevensey Castle is an article published in The Eastbourne Gazette on 4 may 1910.
Pevensey Castle
OYSTER SUPPERS IN THE OLDEN DAYS.
Some interesting discoveries have been made as the rerun of excavations made at Pevensey Castle under the direction of Mr. Harold Sands. On Saturday-last, a visit of inspection was made by some members of the Sussex Archeological Society, among those present being Sir A. Conan Doyle and Lady Conan Doyle, Major H. P. Molineux, J.P., Colonel C. W. Owen, C.M.G., C.I.E., Mr. L. F. Salzman, Mr. Briggs, Mr. George Brown, Mr. W. V. Crake, Mr. J. E. Ray, Mr. C. Thomas-Stanford, J.P., Mr. W. Strickland, and others.
Mr. Sands conducted the party over the ruins. Commencing at the present entrance to the Castle, Mr. Sands drew attention to a deep shaft, at the bottom of which the line of the Roman wall was discovered. In the earth that had been heaved out of this corner— the north end of the keep — were embedded innumerable oyster shells, indicating that the spot had been need as a kitchen midden, while Mr. Sands jocularly added that the inhabitants appeared to have had a large number of oyster suppers.
