Thursday 22 September 2011

Thursday 4.


On Wednesday morning we motored over to Dover Castle. The above picture shows, on the left the Church at Dover Castle. It dates from the year 1000. To the right of the picture is a roman pharos or lighthouse, which dates from the first century A.D. It was later adapted to act as the bell tower for the Church. It is unique in Britain.




After we'd explored the roman lighthouse and the church, we wandered round the castle. Although there has been a castle on the site since roman days much of it has been built over and altered many times. The building in the centre of this picture was built in the 13th/14th century, but was altered to its present form as a barracks in around 1740.
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1 comment:

Liz said...

Nice pics. It's donkey's years since I've been inside Dover Castle. Sir B and I drove over that way during a visit to Kent last year, but as it was pouring with rain, we elected not to get out of the car.