Bodiam Castle is a magnificent 14th century stone quadrangular fortress, founded by Sir Edward Dalingridge. The ashlar curtain wall, with its substantial towers, stands perfectly symmetrical in the middle of its wide moat and is the picture book example of a castle. At the four corners are four-storeyed cylindrical towers, with square interval towers on the east and west walls. On the south wall is a square postern tower, while the north front has a formidable twin-rectilinar towered gatehouse, with gunports. The original bridge across the moat, was at right angles to the octagonal outwork, which had a drawbridge connecting it to the barbican. The ranges of buildings around the central courtyard, are little more than foundations, after the castle was partly dismantled during the Civil War. 3 miles east is Great Dixter and 10 miles north-west is Scotney Castle.