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Possible |
Questionable Doubtful |
Rejected |
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Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace |
| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Type | Remains |
| Aldingbourne Bishops Palace | Alyngbourne | Palace | Earthworks |
| Amberley Castle | Aumberle; Amberle; Amburley | Masonry Castle Palace |
Major | Arlington Castle | The Rookery; Milton; Burghlow; Burlough; Middleton | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks |
| Arundel Castle | Harundel; Arundelle | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Major | Arundel siege castles | Siege Work | Uncertain |
| Arundel Town Defences | St Mary's Gate | Urban Defence | Earthworks |
| Barkhale Camp | Barkshale Wood | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Battle Abbey | Bello | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | Masonry ruins/remnants | Bersted manor of Archbishop of Canterbury | Palace | Nothing visible | Bexhill Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Bishopstone Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Bishopstone Place | Palace | Masonry ruins/remnants | Boarzell House, Ticehurst | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Bodiam Castle | Bodeham; Bodiham; Bodyham | Masonry Castle | Major |
| Bramber Castle | Brenbre; Brembre; Brambre | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Brighton Blockhouse | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | |
| Brighton Town Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Broyle Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Bruyll | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Nothing visible |
| Burghlow | Burlough; Middleton; Milton; Burlow | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | Burpham Burh | Urban Defence | Nothing visible |
| Burpham; The Burgh | Siege Work | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Cakeham Manor House | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Camber Castle | The Chamber; Winchelsea; Camere; Caumbre; Chambre; Rye | Artillery Fort | Major |
| Castrum Dheriam | Timber Castle | Uncertain | Chennells Brook Farm, North Horsham | Channellsbrook Farm; Channelsbrook | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Chichester Bishops Palace | Cisseceastre; Ciceastre; Cheechester; Priory Park | Palace | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Chichester Castle | Cisseceastre; Ciceastre; Cheechester; Priory Park | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Chichester City Wall | Cisseceastre; Ciceastre; Cheechester | Urban Defence | Major |
| Church Norton; The Mound | The Mount; Pagham Harbour | Timber Castle Artillery Fort |
Earthworks |
| Cissbury Ring Burh | Cissbury Knot | Urban Defence | Earthworks |
| Cockhill, Patching | Cock Hill | Siege Work | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Court Lodge, Udimore | Udymer; Udymere | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Cowdray House | Codray; La Coudreye | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Cowdray Park, Easebourne | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Crowhurst Manor House | Croherste; Crauherste | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Dallington Old Castle | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Dedisham | Dachesam; Dachesham | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Dedisham | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Drungewick Manor, Loxwood | Drungewyk | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Earnley | Fortified Manor House | Uncertain | Edburton Castle Ring | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Ewhurst Manor, Shermanbury | Ewherst | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants | Ferring Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Ferrying | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Nothing visible |
| Firle Place | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants | Ford Castle, Sussex | Timber Castle Siege Work |
Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Glottenham Castle, Mountfield | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Great Dixter | Dixthern; Dicksterve | Fortified Manor House | Major |
| Halnaker House, Boxgrove | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Hartfield Motte | Hartfield Castle Field | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Harting Moat | Rogate; Haben Bridge; Hertinge | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Hastings Castle | Haestinga; Haestingaceaster; Hasting; Hestengceastra | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Hastings Town Wall | Urban Defence | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Herstmonceux Castle | Hurstmonceaux; Hurstmonceux | Masonry Castle | Major | Higham | Iham; Hiham | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Iden Moat | La Mote; The Moat | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Isfield Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Knepp Castle | Cnap; Le Kenape; Cnappe; Kneppe; Knob | Timber Castle Fortified Manor House |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Lewes Castle | Laewe; Laewas; Lewis | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Lewes Priory | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Lewes Town Wall | Laewe; Laewas; Lewis | Urban Defence | Masonry footings | Lewes; The Mount | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Lindfield Pims Lock | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Lodsworth Castle | Lodsbridge Mill; Selham | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Lyminster seige castle | Warningcamp | Siege Work | Uncertain |
| Mayfield; The Old Palace | The Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, St Leonard's Mayfield School | Palace | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Michelham Priory | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | Major | |
| Middle Wood Moat, Waldron | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Midhurst Castle | St Anns Hill; Tan Hill | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | Mote Field, Holtye | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Mount Caburn Camp, Glynde | Timber Castle Urban Defence |
Earthworks |
| New Winchelsea Town Wall | Winceleseia; Winchenesel; Winchelsay; Wynchelse; Yhamme; Ihamme; The Strand Gate; North Gate; Pipewell Gate; Land Gate; Ferry Gate; New Gate | Urban Defence | Major |
| Newhaven Fort | Artillery Fort | Masonry ruins/remnants | Old Erringham Ringwork, Shoreham By Sea | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Old Winchelsea Town Wall | Winceleseia; Winchenesel; Winchelsay | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Owls, Rusper | The Castle; Owlscastle Farm; Kingsfold; Kyngesfold | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Pagham manor of Archbishop of Canterbury | Palace | Nothing visible | Parham House | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Perching Manor House | Portingeres; Perting; Perthyng; Perchyng; Percinges | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Petworth House | Peteorde; Peteswurda; Putteworth; Petteworth | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Masonry footings |
| Pevensey Battery 1 | Artillery Fort | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Pevensey Battery 2 | Artillery Fort | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Pevensey Battery 3 | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible |
| Pevensey Castle | Pefenesea; Pevensye; Anderida; Anderitum | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Major | Pevensey Town Defences | Pefenesea; Pevensye; Anderida; Anderitum | Urban Defence | Major | Preston Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Masonry footings |
| Pulborough Park Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Rackham Bank | Rackham Banks | Siege Work | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Ringmer; The Mount | Clay Hill | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Rockhouse Bank, Bexhill | Artillery Fort | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Rotherfield Castle Hill | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Rye Town Wall | Ria; Rya; Landgate; Land Gate | Urban Defence | Major |
| Rye, Ypres Tower | Baddings Tower; Ria; Rya; Ipres | Tower House | Major |
| Rymans, Appledram | Apuldram | Tower House | Major |
| Scotney Castle | Masonry Castle | Masonry ruins/remnants | |
| Sedgwick Castle | Sedgewick; Seggewik | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Uncertain | Selsey Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Sellsey | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Nothing visible |
| Selwyns Wood, Waldron | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Shoreham | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Sidlesham Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Nothing visible | Slindon House | Palace | Masonry footings | Stansted, Sussex | Palace | Nothing visible |
| Tote Copse Castle, Aldingbourne | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks | Tottingworth Enclosure | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Turzes Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Tyryscherch | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Nothing visible | Verdley Castle, Fernhurst | Fortified Manor House | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Warningcamp siege castle | Batworth Park | Siege Work | Earthworks |
| Wenbans | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible | |
| West Wittering Manor of Bishop of Chichester | Westwythtryng | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Nothing visible | Westbourne | Burn | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible | Wilmington Priory | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Wilting Manor, Lower Norman Fort | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Wilting Manor, Upper Norman Fort | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Winchelsea Castle | Masonry Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Worthing Archbishops Palace | The Old Palace, West Tarring | Palace | Major |