Corfe Castle fortress building damaged saxon saxons William Ethelred Elfreda window purbeck purbecks Dorset heritage coast line Jurassic coastal town village fortification stone quarry defence defend defender defenders view scene hill swanage wareham UK poole chris jones HISTEN
Corfe Castle Purbeck purbecks swanage Dorset UK south coast Jurassic heritage old damaged ruin ruins ruined destroyed battered saxon fort William ethlred the unready Elfreda wall walls view skline towards poole harbour and town chris jones HISTEN
Corfe Castle Dorset UK corfe Purbeck SE England ancient UK National Trust Thousand year old castle English Civil war mediaeval hill Swanage Railway Swanage horizontal HISTEN
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One of the turrets of Corfe Castle in Dorset, England. Construction of the castle was begun in the early 12th Century AD by King Henry 1, son of William the Conqueror.
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Corfe Village with Corfe Castle in the background. The Purbeck District of Dorset, Summer 1959. The castle is shown undergoing cement repairs (removed and replaced with Lime mortar in 2008)
Corfe Castle Dorset UK corfe Purbeck SE England ancient UK National Trust Thousand year old castle English Civil war mediaeval hill Swanage Railway Swanage horizontal HISTEN
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Corfe Castle Village Town Swanage Dorset UK Jurassic Coast Silouette Sunrise Sunset Early Late Morning Evening Dawn Sun Cloud Clouds Cloudy Hill Hills Fortifications Fortified Battlements Battlement Tower Wall War Yellow Blue Black Orange Pink Glow Chris Jones HISTEN
Corfe Castle Swanage Glow Sunrise Sunset Morning Evening Sun Yellow Blue Clouds Cloudy Silouette Tower Hill Towers Hills Fortifications Battlements Battlement Fortification Building Historic history Old Dawn Early Late Beautiful Gorgeous Amazing Lovely Chris Jones
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Dunguaire Castle at Kinvara, Co Galway, built by the Hynes clan in 1520 c on the site of ancient 7th century stronghold of Guaire Aidhne the King of Connaught, site of many battles, became a meeting place of W.B.Yeats, Lady Gregory, George Bernard Shaw, Edward Martyn and J.M.Singe. Dunguaire means The Fort of Guaire.
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Inside the outer curtain walls of the mediaeval fortress of Beeston Castle near Chester, begun in the 1220s by the powerful baron the Earl of Chester on the original Iron Age site
castle Swanage history English England summer clouds country countryside landscape civil war fort fortress ruin Taken on a walk while camping at Norden Farm campsite on the Isle of Purbeck
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