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For / : a , I guess 😂
Cambridge University Library Kk.4.25 (Didactic miscellany, containing a and other texts), f. 89r
England, c.1230
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-KK-00004-00025/165

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with Powerstock Castle

a motte-and-bailey castle, likely late c11 or c12. The motte is an irregular oval 150x140ft and 19ft above its semi-circular surrounding ditch

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with Sveti Stefan in Montenegro - tenetative c12 foundation date, established as the regional capital of the Paštrovići tribe, who would later come under the control of the Venetian republic in 1423

See more in the new episode >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV65rVLVBak

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with the beautiful town of Korcula 🇭🇷 seen from above including its walls with later Venetian additions in c15 & the Cathedral of St Mark at the top

See more of its history in our latest episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgWpR6P2po

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with the tightly packed structures inside Medieval Split 🇭🇷
See more from medieval & Venetian Split in the episode >>>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic3KdhJ42fc

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with the Venetian Tower, Split 🇭🇷

the remaining portion of a Venetian castle built in the grounds of a demolished monastery just by the waterfront, completed around 1441

See more of Venetian Split & the area in the new episode >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic3KdhJ42fc

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with the beautiful, if a little neglected Heath Chapel, . C12
Including this white-washed chancel arch & traces of wall paintings

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View over Great Malvern with the Priory behind

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with Llys Llywelyn at St Fagans museum, a recreation of a Royal Court of the Princes of Gwynedd from the 13th century. Based on the surviving remains of Llys Rhosyr in the south western corner of Anglesey

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Amberley Castle, West Sussex from above - the Norman church also visible on the left

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Love this shot, the interior of Ávila‎ Cathedral looking up

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& finally from the trio of amazing medieval cities around Madrid, we visited Toledo 🇪🇸
with views across the Tagus river to the historic old town & cathedral

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Also from this trip, Ávila 🇪🇸‎ with its astonishingly well preserved circuit of walls and early spanish gothic cathedral

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Just getting to posting from our trip circling Madrid, beginning at the beautiful historic town of Segovia - visible here are its walls & cathedral from the opposite side of the valley

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with Newcastle in Bridgend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Norman foundation in 1106, walls and gateway most likely date to upgrades added in 1183

Romanesque Gateway & ruined walls
Close up on the gateway
foundations of structures inside the walls

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with Sherborne Abbey, traces of Anglo Saxon inc the early doorway bellow, and of course - its incredible fan vaulted ceiling

Wide angle of the abbey
Sherbourne from above
rough arch of surviving saxon doorway

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and one i've been meaning to tick off the list since forever, finally got to Tickencote this week
its even more askew when you're there in person, love it to bits, its sort of a shame that the outside looks a lot more sanded down

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& is there any place quite like Ely Cathedral? to my mind the most exceptional Cathedral in England
loved being back this week

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with Castle Mound, Cambridge
one of three castles built across the east of England in late 1068 by William the Conqueror

The Motte, with noticeable scar where people have walked up it
The motte with staircase winding around it, the city of Cambridge in the background

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"Archaeologists determine that the warrior and this phallus were 'just friends'" via @FlintDibble on Twitter (I sadly didn't find this post on Mastodon).

https://www.iflscience.com/stone-penis-found-in-ruins-of-spanish-castle-was-a-warriors-best-friend-69349

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