Showing posts with label ruins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ruins. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Window...

window in the ruins

It's a shame to see this former stately home now neglected, a crumbling ruin left to decay... :-( I wonder if anyone recognises the tower?


Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Roman Vindolanda

Vindolanda Roman Fort

The extensive ruins of Vindolanda Roman Fort stand close to the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, just south of Hadrian's Wall. The fort is the site of a number of important finds, including the Vindolanda tablets dating from the 1st century. The tablets are the earliest handwritten documents discovered in Britain.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

The View From Lindisfarne Castle

The view from Lindisfarne Castle

The roof of Lindisfarne Castle offers a fantastic view across the harbour to the ruins of the priory :-)

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Warkworth Castle

Warkworth Castle

Warkworth Castle is a 12th century Northumberland ruin situated on a mound in the small village of Warkworth. The castle walls enclose an area roughly 60m × 80m with the 14th century keep standing to the north.

Warkworth Castle

Looking towards the keep from the gatehouse. Lion Tower stands to the left. Grey Mare's Tail Tower is to the right.

Warkworth Castle

Looking south from the keep. The remain of a church stand in the foreground. The dark holes lead to the church vaults. The Little Stair Tower is to the right.

Warkworth Castle

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Lindisfarne Priory

Lindisfarne Priory Rainbow Arch

The priory on Lindisfarne was founded in the 11th century by the monks of Durham on the site of an earlier 7th century monastery. The rainbow arch is all that remains of the crossing tower while the maze is a much later addition :-)

Lindisfarne Priory Maze

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey

The lighthouse of Whitby Harbour offers a fantastic view towards the ruins of Whitby Abbey.

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Tupholme Abbey


The picturesque ruins of 12th century Tupholme Abbey stand in a Lincolnshire field waiting to be explored :-)
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