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77.—British Camp at caer Caradoc.—From Roy’s Military Antiquities.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Major-General William Roy produced The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain in 1793. The Roman walls, the Saxon towers, the Norman cathedral, which have successively crowned this hill, have p [...]

Keywords: forts, hills, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-03

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99.—Richborough. General View, from the East.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Giant and ancient ruined stone walls on a sharp rise dwarf a small cottage. It is not a lofty castle of the middle ages, such as we sometimes look upon, with tower and bastion crumbling into picturesq [...]

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-05-22

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100.—North Wall of Richborough.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A man hunts with rifle and dog beside the overgrown Roman walls of Richborough in Southern England. See Fig. 99 for the extract from the book.

Keywords: roman remains, walls, ruins, forts, people, dogs, hunting, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Richborough; Kent; England

Added: 2012-06-12

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Agra Palace and part of wall and gateway to the fort.Travels In The Far East (1909)

While the centre of attraction in Agra is the Taj Mahal, the fort, palace, and Moti Musjid (Pearl Mosque) are of equal interest. here we see the impress of three rulers, Akbar (the grandson of the not [...]

Keywords: castles, forts, battlements, greyscale

Places shown: Agra; India

Added: 2007-10-17

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736.—Sanctuary, Westminster.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

From a sketch by Dr. Stukeley, before its destruction in 1775 One of the most important events recorded in our annals in connection with the privilege of Sanctuary, furnishes us incidentally with a ve [...]

Keywords: buildings, castles, forts, ruins, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2012-09-25

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Entrance to the harbour of Messina.South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

The harbour of Messina, today a large and modern city, was in the 1870s protected by a fort (still present). Today there is a large stone column with a statue on top of it very prominently placed on t [...]

Keywords: harbours, water, boats, ships, forts, people, hills, greyscale

Places shown: MessinaMessina; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2015-10-14

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