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The great curtain wall with its central gatehouse, flanked at either end by a massive round towers, dates from the last quarter of the 14th century.

The timbered buiding on the left, occupied at the time by Barclays Bank, was originally built with plastered upper walls and gabels, later exposed to give the building a mock Tudor flavour.

Children play on the beach below the sea wall.

The boundary wall of Manor Park lies to the right, with the manor house and vicarage, out of view behind the trees, on the opposite side of the road.

Note the well-kept drystone walls in the lane which leads up to the farm and then onto the moors, where there is evidence of stone quarrying in the hillside in the distance.

A Victorian post box sits in the wall on the right, out of view. The cottages, little changed, carry the names of former occupants: Crockford, Chidgey, Pope, Syms and Miss Bryant.

All Saints was virtually rebuilt during the late 1840s.

Additional protection came by digging out the original Roman ditch defences and piling the spoil over what remained of the circuit walls to create a rampart.

There was an earlier castle on the site, but little is known about it save for traces of what might be a 13th-century curtain wall.

We are now within the Roman and medieval city walls. The view north along High Street is terminated by a white gabled building, now O'Neills pub.

To the left is the churchyard wall.

The central tower was built in 1540-45, and was designed so that guns could be mounted on the roof as well as on the two gun decks inside.

To protect the resort against the sea, a concrete wall and promenade had been built by 1870. This offered enjoyment to those of all ages willing to brave the elements.

The brick wall on the left encloses the grounds of Shelton House, the best building in the village, a late 18th- century brick house predating Woburn Sands' arrival; it is now offices.

Among the church's interesting curiosities are a sundial on the south wall, a stout Norman tub font and a delicately carved 15th-century pulpit.

Four years before this photograph was taken, the famous writer and poet Hilaire Belloc walked across Sussex from Robertsbridge in the east to Harting in the west.

Further along Nottingham Road, Frith's photographer looks eastwards towards Hill Top with the junction with Edward Road between the hedge and the wall.

The timber palisade was replaced by a stone curtain wall in the early 13th century; here we can see the remains of the 12th-century keep.

The mine has caused the ground to subside over time, which is probably the cause of the sagging in the side walls that is still visible.

Instead, it has thirteen separate towers, linked by a curtain wall, a Saracen idea brought back by returning Crusaders.

Mayhew reports that they sold violets, wall-flowers, stocks, pinks and roses - anything, in fact, that could be forced and wsa sweet-smelling. 'Gentlemen are our best customers.

The most infamous event in the castle's history occurred in the hall, situated just behind this outer wall.

The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

West Street is quieter than the High Street and this view looks south-west past the village hall with its somewhat ungainly porch 'perched' on the roof.