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The Norman tower-keep of Rochester Castle was built in around 1127 with Kentish ragstone. It is 113 feet high and has three floors above the basement level.
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It is the cause of all perfection of all things throughout the universe.
The Emerald Tablet (around 300 BC)
29 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2012
On my recent trip to Kent I payed my first visit to Rochester and one of the first things I noticed as I entered the city was a weather vane in the shape of a ship. On further investigation I found that it was on top of the guildhall which was built in 1687.
Outside, mounted on the roof, is an amazing weather vane in the form of a fully rigged 18th-century warship. This is 1.52m tall and weighs just under 51kg. It is made of gilded copper and lead alloy and has weathered the ever-changing climate since 1780.
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