The prompt for this weeks gallery was ‘roads i travel’.
I always try to find the road that leads me to light, understanding and happiness.
Finding that road is always a challenge…
More inspiration can be found in the ‘roads i travel’ gallery.
Archive for the tag 'Dover Castle'
15 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Dover and the Bronze Age Boat
Last year on one of my trips to Kent, there was just enough time (before catching the train home) to visit the Dover museum where the Bronze Age boat is housed. It is a very interesting exhibition, but sadly I have no photos, it was a bit too dark. The photos here were taken [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Castle Views
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 10th 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Chapel of Thomas Becket
There are two chapels within the great tower of Dover. This is a view of the upper chapel which is dedicated to Thomas Becket, you can see the light playing through the window into the the room next to it in this previous post. A picture of the lower chapel can be found here.
The [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Roman Lighthouse & Saxon Church
One of the oldest buildings that stands at Dover Castle is the Roman pharos or lighthouse. It stands at the highest point within the castle and was probably built in the second century AD when the Romans were developing the port at Dover.
It was constructed as an octagonal tower using local flint and Roman [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
The Great Tower…
…of Dover Castle.
The great tower was the last and most elaborate in the tradition of huge rectangular royal great towers, begun in England in the previous century with The Tower of London and Colchester:
The great tower of Dover Castle is the last and grandest of the keeps built by the kings of England in the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 5th 2010
19 Comments CherryPie on Apr 4th 2010
