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England and ScotlandSummer 2011:
history & archaeology of
Roman Britain
The North West: Chester
and the Lake District
Chester, originally founded as the
Roman city of Deva (plan of Roman
town below) – also known for its
Tudor buildings and cathedral
The Lake District, land of William Wordsworth & Beatrix Potter
Hadrian’s Wall, built by a Roman emperor in 122
a.d. to keep the barbarians out of Britain. It still
runs across the entire country, south of Scotland,
and was originally 20 feet tall. Look for the dark
line in the pics below. (The big sycamore tree was
used in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.”)
Castlerigg Stone
Circle (schematic at
right for
engineers…)
North Wales: Caernarfon
and Snowdonia
Welsh castles, homes and signage – the
Welsh increasingly choose to use their
native tongue again
A half-day hike to a remote
Welsh hill fort in Snowdonia,
circa 480 a.d.
The North East and the
Yorkshire Dales
The coast of North East
England, much of which is
still untouched by modern
technology
Whitby, the tawdry seaside
village where elderly ladies still
come in droves to play bingo
and see the follies … Yes, of
course I had the famous fish
and chips at the Magpie :)
Ancient York, my favorite British city, where you can still
walk the city walls
Old York (not New York) and the “Shambles” (the old street of butchers)
Below left: The famous Roman emperor Constantine, born in Deva (Chester) and crowned in Eboracum (York). Bottom right: Remains of Roman tower.
Top left and right: City Walls
Time stands still in
Goathland, also
known as the setting
of Hogsmeade Rail
Station in “harry
potter”
Richmond Castle, another
Hogwarts setting. first built
following the “Harrying of
the North,” when William
the Conqueror basically
used ethnic cleansing to
conquer Northern England.
The ruins of Lindisfarne
Priory, home of St.
Cuthbert - destroyed by
Vikings. The ruins are
on an island that can
only be accessed during
low tide.
Yorkshire and the northeast coast
Flora and fauna of
England: Goats, sheep,
thistles and wild boar
½ day in lowland Scotland
(see last year’s album for much more
Scotland)
Left, top and bottom:
A Starbucks in
downtown Edinburgh.
(Seriously.) Right:
William Wallace
statue.
Below: Mary, Queen of
Scots.
London and the Heart of
England
Old meets new in London, like the remains of its long-lost Roman amphitheater, rediscovered in 1988 and opened to the public in 2002. It sits far beneath the foundation of the present-day Guildhall (bottom left).
Archaeological expeditions I attended or participated in throughout the London area, including one along the Thames at the Tower of London (far left).
I dug up a pipe stem there from the time of Jane Austen (above), some medieval roof tiles and Tudor pottery. Yes, they let me keep them.
The famous Portobello
Road street market,
London. Far better for
photography than for
purchasing anything.
Stratford-upon-avon: Shakespeare’s birthplace (below) and his wife Anne Hathaway’s childhood home (above). Shakespeare supposedly proposed to his wife on the “kissing bench” at top right. Tourists have since cut pieces out
of it.
The town of Lacock, where the BBC
miniseries of “Pride and Prejudice”
with Colin Firth was filmed
Lacock Abbey, a beautiful
stately home
The ancient portion of the Abbey, where several
“Harry Potter” scenes from Hogwarts have been filmed
The Roman Baths at Bath, the community center for the Romans of Britain more than 1,500 years ago
This was my first time visiting the Baths at night, and it was
stunning (relatively empty, too)!
Glastonbury Abbey, legendary
burial place
of King Arthur
Left: The “Long Meg” standing stone.
Bottom left: Joseph of Arimathea is professed to have
sailed to Britain and planted Jesus’ crown of thorns in the
ground. This thorn tree is the result.
Bottom right: Stonehenge, of course.
Cheddar Gorge, where Cheddar
cheese comes from! I tried the
real thing. Delicious.
Salisbury Cathedral
The South West: Cornwall
and Devon
My oceanfront Cornish hostel – the lady in
red is Kat, a new friend of mine. she’s a
doctor from New Zealand, and took most of
the pictures of me that you see here.
the famous seaside town of St.
Ives
The Minack Theatre, hand-
carved into the cliffs of Cornwall
in the early 20th Century
On the beach at St. Ives; 85°f and crowded!
St. Ives Harbour
The long, long walk to the cliff-top ruins of famed Tintagel Castle
Up the final set of stairs to the postern gate of the castle – most people
paused here to catch their breath!
In the ruins, and a view to the
sea caves below the castle
Awesome two-hour climb to the top of a manmade,
hilltop waterfall
Exploring Devonshire and a
9th-century Saxon bridge
(still functional)
The wild ponies of
Dartmoor, Devonshire –
friendly, but not tame!
However, they love ice cream… wherever the ice cream van parks in the desolate moors, the ponies
spend the day trying to steal free tastes…