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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
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You are never more than 30 miles from a legendary location or historical site in Northern Ireland using the Map-olah map!
From St. Patrick to Amelia Earhart, and Conn-Edda to Finn MacCool - there's plenty to discover! You're never more than 30 miles away from a Legendary Location or Hitorical Site with our Map-olah Map!
So from Welsh Castles, Arthurian Legends, Druids, Eisteddfods to Reformers you can always find a legend or piece of history near to you - ready to discover today and tomorrow! The flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson, HMS Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805).
The oldest warship still in service. See on the Map-Olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=HMS_Victory_-_Nelson's_Flagship Pocahontas, the legendary Native American daughter to a Chief was buried in St. George's Church in Gravesend.
Captain John Smith leader of the Jamestown English settlement in Virginia, told how Pocahontas prevented his death from beating by throwing herself across his body. She was also known for visiting Jamestown and providing food for the settlers.Pocahontas was later captured by the English, and taught Christianity, being baptised as Rebecca. She married English settler John Rolfe, leading to peace between her tribe and the settlers, with whom she had a son Thomas Rolfe. They visited England travelling to Plymouth and being feted as a Princess in London and meeting the King. On the return voyage to America they only made it down the Thames to Gravesend where gravely ill Pocahontas died. Today a statue to Pocahontas stands in the graveyard of St. George's, though the exact location of her grave is unknown. She also lived at Rolfe Hall in the Heacham, Norfolk. See on the Mapolah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=American_Indian_Princess - Pocahontas'_final_resting_place 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. Lyme Regis is famous for its Fossils, and Mary Anning (1700 - 1847) was the pioneering female fossil hunter - the 'Princess of Paleontology' - a Jurassic Princess!
She discovered the first ichthyosaur (aged 12), first plesiosaur and first British pterosaur. Her range of scientific discoveries did not gain her the credit they deserved, in the male dominated scientific community at the time. She took on the family fossil business, selling samples to the King of Saxony, and for display at the forerunner to the New York Academy of Sciences, the Lyceum of Natural History. She is buried in St. Michael's church, where there is a window dedicated to her. In 2010 the Royal Society placed her in a list of the ten British women who had most influenced science. The Abbey with the romantic name, that commemorates the romance that led to its founding.
When Lady Dervorgilla's husband, Lord John Baliol died in 1268, she had his heart embalmed and placed in an ivory casket that she kept with her. In memory of her husband Lady Dervorgilla made numerous acts of charity, one was the founding of Dulce Cor Abbey - Sweet Heart - Abbey in Latin. When Lady Dervorgilla died, she was buried below the high altar with her husband's heart. Holme-Next-the-Sea in Norfolk is an expansive sandy beach and also the site of Bronze Age timber rings, the most famous found in the late 1990s and named 'Sea Henge' by the media. An earlier one was found nearby in the late 1970s, and one only a hundred metres away in the 2000s. 'Sea Henge' had a central focus of an upturned oak with its roots creating a possible 'altar' or place for laying out of the deceased. The later ring may have been the base of a burial mound. Possibly a regional centre for funeral rites at the end of Peddar's Way, similar to Stone Henge in Wiltshire, where the sun sets spectacularly over the sea. Sadly, none of the timbers from the rings can be seen on the beach, 'Sea Henge' was relocated to a museum in King's Lynn and the later ring was allowed to be eroded by the sea. It is still possible to see the Bronze Age peat beds being exposed by the sea and the remains of preserved ancient trees.
Pevensey Bay in East Sussex is the location for William the Conqueror's landing of his Norman forces in England, prior to the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
Locate it on our map and see for yourself where modern Britain could be argued to have begun, and experience a pleasant pebbly beach (sand available at low tide) whilst images of the Norman fleet from the Bayeux Tapestry sail through your imagination. The area also has Pevensey Castle, dating from Norman times, built with the remains of a Roman Fort. You could also take in the site of the Battle of Hastings at Battle Abbey only just over 10 miles away. |
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