Berkeley Castle
The Entrance
Inside the castle
the Gatehouse
In the gardens
The River Severn close to Berkeley Castle looking towards the
Severn Bridges that link Bristol to South Wales
Tuesday 31 July 2012
A visit to Berkely Castle
Recently my friend Eve and I drove up to Birmingham to see the Wagner Opera The Valkyries - the second opera of the Ring Cycle. On the way back we stopped at Berkeley Castle near Stroud in Gloucestershire
On Bodmin Moor
A small herd of horses on Bodmin Moor
Caradon Hill with it's analog TV transmission masts. This hill was extensively mined for tin and granite and other minerals in the 19th century. It is close to the small village of Minions
The Phoenix United Mine
Remains of a Granite Tramway
The quarry at the Cheesering (Pictured below)
Trevethy Quoit near the village of St Cleer
King Doniert's Stone near St Cleer. A memorial to a Dark Ages local king or chieftain. An Old Celtic Cross is situated behind the stone
Rough Tor on the north of Bodmin Moor near Camelford
A Granite Memorial to Charlotte Dymond who was murdered in the 19th Century
http://suite101.com/article/cornish-history--did-matthew-weeks-kill-charlotte-dymond-in-1844-a267836
Looking towards the lake created by the mining of China Clay at the Stannon Works.
Iron Age hut circles and enclosures on Rough Tor
Monday 30 July 2012
Wandering Around Devon
We have been wandering around Devon a bit recently.
Two views of Salcombe from the walk to Snapes Point
Salcombe is situated at the mouth of an Estuary which is unique in this part of the world as it is the only one not fed by a River, only a series of creeks.
Various views around the Kingsbridge Estuary from the walk around Snapes Point
A view of Kingsbridge from the Snapes Point Walk
Blackdown Rings near Loddiswell in the South Hams - A pre-historic hillfort with a Norman Motte and bailey superimposed upon it
Gara Bridge over the River Avon near the Blackdown Rings
Lara Bridge in South Brent over the River Avon on the edge of Dartmoor
A Waterfall on the River Avon from the bridge
Shipley Bridge over the river Avon - the start of a Walk across Dartmoor to the Avon Dam
A waterfall on the River Avon
A tree which has grown around a granite stone
Another Waterfall!
Further up the Avon Valley towards the dam
The Grippers Hill Prehistoric site near the Avon Dam
Avon Dam
Looking Across the Avon Dam lake at yet another pre-historic site
Mum and her friends Leslie and Christine lunching at the Avon Dam
Mum and I with Leslie
At New Bridge crossing the River Dart near Holne
Two views of the New Bridge
Some views of Waterfalls on the River near the bridge
My nephew Jonny at Finches Foundry in Sticklepath on the northern edge of Dartmoor and near Okehampton
I was there too
The large water driven hammer in the foundry
looking at the furnace
The water wheel that drives the hammer
Tetcott Manor - house that dates back to the 16th Century. In early in the 18th century a huge country house was built, but fell into disrepair and was demolished in the late 18th century when it became surplus to the owners requirements.
The Tetcott Parish Church
An Old Barn at Tetcott Manor
A Granite Trough
The gates to the Dunsland Estate. A stately home which dated from the 17th Century stood here but burned down in 1967. Almost nothing remains of the house today.
The probable site where the house once stood
Remains of the stables
Not sure what this was but it sits near a stream in the Dunsland Estate
Higher New Bridge which crosses the Tamar near Launceston. It used to carry the road from Holsworthy to Launceston
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