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ARBEIA ROMAN FORT, HADRIAN'S WALL, SOUTH SHIELDS
Site of the Arbeia Roman Fort built in 160 AD to supply the fortifications of Hadrian's Wall. Sea access led to supplies and trade with the rest of the Roman Empire leading to a cosmopolitan mix of peoples entering Britain from lands such as Spain, Germany and North Africa. Archaeological remains of the fort with a stunning reconstruction - see what Roman life was like in Roman Britain. See on the Map-olah Map:
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CARDIFF CASTLE
Cardiff Castle the Norman Motte and Bailey Castle built on the site of four earlier Roman forts. The castle walls contain the remains of the earlier Roman walls, a reconstruction of the Roman gate forms the entrance to the castle. The castle became the property of the Bute family in the late 1700s, who transformed Cardiff into the world's leading coal exporting part, amassing a vast fortune, The 3rd marques of Bute was believed to be the richest man in the world in the 1860s, and he began the transformation of the castle's living quarters into a Victorian gothic fantasy palace. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Cardiff_Castle CARRICKFERGUS CASTLE
Norman castle overlooking Belfast Lough, besieged by Scots, Irish, English and French. Originally surrounded on three sides by water. Also the location of US naval hero John Paul Jones' capture of HMS Drake from the Royal Navy during the American War of Independence. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Carrickfergus_Castle MANORBIER CASTLE
Fantastic Norman Castle dating back to the end of the 11th Century overlooking Manorbier beach. Birthplace of historic scholar Gerald of Wales 1146 -1223, who said of Manorbier - 'In all the broad lands of Wales,Manorbier is the most pleasant place by far', he may have been biased but it is difficult to disagree, it is certainly a jewel in Wales' crown. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Manorbier_Castle The Tower of London's ravens must stay at the Tower or else the monarch loses their crown and the kingdom will fall.
This legend is said to date back to Charles II, who either he or his astronomer wanted them removed but on being reminded of the importance of the ravens allowed them to stay whilst the royal observatory was moved to Greenwich. Though the links with fortresses, and particularly the Tower of London, and ravens goes back further than that to Celtic times. The lead god/king of the Britons was Bran the Blessed, whose name means raven. Bran when fatally wounded instructed that his head be cut off and taken to the White Hill, the site of the Tower of London to be buried, so as to protect Britain from invasion. Hill forts have been found to have crow, magpie or raven skeletons buried within them seemingly as a way of bringing protection to the fort. A poem that attests to a king who had many of the characteristics of Arthur, though who wasn't Arthur, is said to have fed ravens on the walls of his castle. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=The_Ravens_of_the_Tower_of_London Rothesay Castle - unique amongst Scottish castles for being circular, having a lengthy history that includes the earliest recorded assault on a Scottish castle by Viking forces.
Captured by Robert the Bruce in the Wars of Scottish Independence and also by Oliver Cromwell's 'New Model Army'. Home of the Stewarts / Stuarts. And still today the Dukedom of Rothesay is a title bestowed on the heir to the monarch. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Rothesay_Castle_-_Scotland's_Most_Remarkable_Castle Fantastic Norman Castle dating back to the end of the 11th Century overlooking Manorbier beach.
Birthplace of historic scholar Gerald of Wales 1146 -1223, who said of Manorbier - 'In all the broad lands of Wales, Manorbier is the most pleasant place by far', he may have been biased but it is difficult to disagree, it is certainly a jewel in Wales' crown. |
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