Category Archives: United Kingdom

The South Downs Way – Autumn 2023

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The Medieval Tower.

In the later medieval period, Shrewsbury was encircled by a defensive wall with a number of watch towers at intervals. Town Walls Tower is the last surviving of these watch towers and it was given to the National Trust in … Continue reading

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Black Country – Living – Museum.

An amazing vist today – The Black Country – Living – Museuem – highly recommended. Edited with BlogPad Pro

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A spot of porridge.

HM Prison Shrewsbury was a Category B/C men’s prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It closed in March 2013. The former prison site, on Howard Street, adjacent to Shrewsbury railway station, is near the site of the Dana Gaol, a medieval prison. … Continue reading

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Grimes Graves.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk Grime’s Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex near Brandon in England close to the border between Norfolk and Suffolk. It was worked between circa 3000 BC and circa 1900 BC, although production may have continued well into … Continue reading

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