St Engan’s Church, Llanengan in North Wales was built around 1520. However, the screens are thought to have come from Cymer Abbey in Gwynedd which was founded in 1198 for a group of Cistercian monks from Abbey Cwmhir in Powys. #MedievalMonday
Ed Henderson
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Mostly historic buildings but also occasional landscapes of North Cumbria.
I wonder how many cities have standing stones or how many standing stones are in cities. #Liverpool #StandingStoneSunday
Jon Quebc@jquebc.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Robin Hood’s Stone, or Archer’s Stone - nothing to do with Robin Hood or archers sharpening their arrows - but originally supposed to be part of the nearby Bronze Age Calderstones set. #standingstonesunday
Rainfall from 1st July to 2nd August in England and Wales. Most in Cumbria, Lancashire, Northumberland, north Devon and a bit of Cornwall and spine of Wales but most of the rest of England has had less than 1 mm. (Map courtesy of RoostWeather.com) #UKWeather #UKDrought
Another Turner etching seen in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. This one shows Chepstow Castle in Wales in the early 19th century. This Castle is said to be 'the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in all of Britain'. #CastleSaturday
While watching the clouds today, I saw five ospreys over Bassenthwaite Lake. I have seen more ospreys in two days than in the last 20 years of living near the lake.
Holy Island Cathedral etched by JMW Turner British and published by Charles Turner in 1808. Seen in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool last weekend. This ruin is now known as Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland. #RuinedPrioryFriday
Part of the west door into Ely Cathedral within the Galilee Porch. This porch is thought to have been built in either the 12th or 13th centuries. #AdoorableThursday
A large copper beech tree at Wescoe near Threlkeld in the Lake District last week. This could be 2-300 years old and the farmhouse is around 250 years old. #ThicktrunkTuesday
Rainbow over Easedale in the Lake District this morning.
From 1973, The Last House Standing at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, from one of my photographic projects at Myrtle Street Art College, I was working then as a black & white printer at the commercial photographers, Elsam, Mann and Cooper in Princes Road @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social
Yesterday, we visited the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and saw this by LS Lowry. It depicts the the River Mersey in the 1950s. The three buildings in the background are known as the ‘Three Graces’ and are the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building. #Lowry
As the Megalithic Portal mentioned Clifton Hall near Penrith in Cumbria, here are my photos from a couple of years ago. This was the late 15th to early 16th century tower wing of Clifton Hall. Free to visit with a great viewing platform.
The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones@megalithic.bsky.social · 2w agoClifton Stones: A beautiful pair of stones, near to the village of Clifton. Access is quite easy, the path from the farm has been improved. A circular walk is possible from Clifton, taking the footpath via Clifton Hall, where you can visit a well preserved Peel Tower.
The construction of the Thirlmere reservoir dam and the tunnel to carry the water under Dunmail Raise. The last photo shows the water arriving in a fountain in Manchester. The flow was wholly by gravity.
The two natural lakes in the Thirlmere valley, Cumbria in the late 1800s with the Celtic or Wath bridges between the lakes. #BridgesThursday
The old ‘Celtic’ bridges (the Wath bridges) which crossed the stream between the two original, natural lakes in the Thirlmere valley in Cumbria before the Manchester Corporation reservoir flooded the valley. #BridgesThursday
A map of Wythburn in Cumbria before most of the buildings were demolished to make way for Thirlmere Reservoir which was created in 1894 to supply water to Manchester. The project resulted in the submergence of several settlements in the valley, including Wythburn and Armboth.
Thirlmere reservoir in the Lake District. When there is no wind, there can be good reflections of the surrounding fells.
One of my favourite archaeological illustrations for #standingstonesunday - the Pictish Clach a' Charridh (Shandwick Stone) #archaeology ⚱️ From: highlandpictishtrail.co.uk/project/art-... Image: ©Crown Copyright HES, Ian G Scott.
The Trinity Windows in Norwich Cathedral cast a wonderful kaleidoscope of colour on the Cathedral’s Norman stone and create a beautiful scene in the North Aisle. The stained glass triptych was designed by British abstract expressionist artist John McLean and installed in 2014. #StainedGlassSunday
Speckled Wood butterfly warming its wings on a sunlit path through a wood. It was waiting for its mates to come along when they would do a quick dance through the wood and then return to the sunlit path.
The late ninth/early tenth century Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft at St John's Church, Waberthwaite, West Cumbria. The decoration combines Viking period interlace carving with the earlier Anglian artistic tradition of winged birds and animals. #SaxonSunday #StandingStoneSunday
Red squirrel in our garden in Cumbria yesterday. It had just buried a nut in the lawn and had a drink from the pond.
Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales. The Normans used castles extensively to subdue the Welsh, establish new settlements and exert their claims of lordship. #CastleSaturday
The painted lady that landed in our garden at the end of May and started my interest in butterflies this summer. #ButterflyWeek
A Banded Demoiselle in Penrith, Cumbria today. Demoiselles are a type of damselfly.
Eggerslack Wood, South Cumbria yesterday. The name Eggerslack comes from Old English and Old Norse words: Eger (or égor): Old English for an incoming tide or a tidal bore. Slack (or slœc): Old Norse for a low, wet, or muddy place. Historically, it refers to the high point reached by the tide.
Bob Marshall@bobmarshall.co.uk · 3w agoHi #PortfolioDay! I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Artist from Edinburgh, Scotland. I work with historians and archaeologists to reconstruct our nation's built heritage assets using archaeological and measured survey data and by developing detailed 3D models. Website: bobmarshall.co.uk
Old brick and stone chimneys near the cathedral in Ely, Cambridgeshire a few weeks ago. #WallsOnWednesday
