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 [...]
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Roman Lighthouse & Saxon Church
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
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Dover Castle
At last we reach Dover Castle, the journey was slightly delayed due to my blog difficulties. I hope it was worth the wait.
Although I am a member of English Heritage I still had to pick tickets up on the way in and I was given an introductory leaflet. When I looked at it I noticed [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 2nd 2010
Filed under Holidays, Kent February 2010
The Castle Viewed from Dover
First glimpse of Dover Castle…
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
We love our friends not only for being themselves, but also for what we are when we are with them.
From: a Thousand Paths to friendship by David Baird
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2010
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PhotoHunt – Broken
Need I say more?
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
38 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2010
