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Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This appears to be an engraving of a dolmen called Lanyon Quoit in Cornwall.The monument was actually destroyed in 1815 by a storm, and was rebuilt incorrectly. This engraving is of the original monu [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Bosiliack; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-08-05

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Rocking Stone. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A rocking stone is one so placed that it can be wobbled easily, apparently a neolithic amusement.

This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-11-03

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Rock Bason Coit at Karnbre The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

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This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: megaliths, druids, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Carn Brea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-03-01

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Cranborne Manor House: The Loggia English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Located near Wimborne, Dorset, and now known for itsgardens. It was originally built at the start of the 13th Century, but the entrance shown here is much later, postdating the English Civil War.

Keywords: manors, entrances, arches, colour

Places shown: Cranborne; Wimborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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33.—Carnbré Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There are two places called Carn Brae in Cornwall; one is the site of a medieval chapel and the other a castle. I think that this is the castle, near Redruth.“But there are many remarkable groups of i [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, rocks, hills, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-09-05

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39.—Trevethy Stone Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Trevethy Stone, also known as Trethevy Quoit, is a Domen or Cromlech near Liskeard in Cornwall.The Modern Antiquarianhas some photographs.“At Plas Newydd, in the Isle of Anglesey, are two cromlechs (F [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Liskeard; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-11-10

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41.—Constantine Tolman, Cornwall Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I believe this Tolman was destroyed in 1869, although I found no reference to it at theConstantine Village Web site.“There are remains of the more ancient times of Britain whose uses no antiquarian wr [...]

Keywords: animals, sheep, megaliths, ruins, tombs, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Constantine; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-04

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44.—hare Stone, Cornwall Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the parish of Sancred, in Cornwall, is a remarkable stone called the Hare Stone (hareorhoarmeaning literally border or boundary), with a heap of stones lying around it (Fig. 44). It is held that t [...]

Keywords: pillars, megaliths, ruins, rocks, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Harestone; Stanmore; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-07-07

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47.—The Cheesewring, as seen from the North-west. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“But there are some remains which have the appearance of works of art, which are, probably, nothing but irregular products of nature,—masses of stone thrown on a plane surface by some great convulsion [...]

Keywords: pillars, megaliths, ruins, rocks, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Bodmin Moor; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-07-28

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51.—Plan and Section of Chun Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Chûn Castle is in West Penwith, Cornwall; it was built about 2,500 years ago. Remains of tin smelting have been found there, strengthening the suggestions that tin mining was active in Cornwall in at [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, castles, greyscale

Places shown: Chun Castle; Morvah; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-06-03

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126.—Amphitheatre at Dorchester. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

From a Sketch taken from the south-west.

The amphitheatre is at Mambury Rings, a stone age site not far from Dorchester.The Modern Antiquarianhas some photographs of the area.

Keywords: amphitheatres, people, horses, animals, cattle, sheep, roman remains, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, views, greyscale

Places shown: Mambury Rings; Dorchester; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Cranbourne House, Dorset The Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906)

Cranborne Manor dates back to the start of the Thirteenth Century, but was rebuilt in the 1600s. It belongs to the Marquess of Salisbury, and is traditionaly occupied by the heir, who is given the tit [...]

Keywords: halls, manors, stately homes, mansions, entrances, steps, gothic archtecture, greyscale

Places shown: Cranborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2021-02-08

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Restormel Castle, Cornwall The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Restormel castle (also spelt Restormil or Raistormel) was started in about AD 1100.

There are several other pictures of Restormel Castle.

Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, clouds, people, windows, colour

Places shown: Lostwithiel; Cornwall; England

Added: 1999-11-06

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The map of Cornwall The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Old map of Cornwall, 18th Century.

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2002-09-30

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Farley Castle Youth’s Instruction (1830)

“The venerable remains of Farley Castle, the renowned baronial residence of the Hungerfords, is situated about six miles south-east from bath, in the county of Somerset. It is supposed to derive its n [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, entrances, walls, animals, trees, ruins, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Farley; Somerset; England

Added: 2006-07-16

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67. Brympton D’Evercy, Somerset. The Growth of the English House (1909)

Bay Windows (late 15th century).I couldn’t find anything much about the stately home and priest house that I suspect is pictured here. If you want to visit, there is a localplace to stay.

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, entrances, colour

Places shown: Brympton D’Evercy; Somerset; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Fowey: Entrance to the harbour. Round The Coast (1895)

“FOWEY.—This has been described as a miniature Dartmouth, and is a small seaport with a picturesque harbour at the mouth of the Fowey. This little place is 280 miles from London. In the old days it sh [...]

Keywords: water, boats, ships, views, towns, townscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Fowey; Cornwall; England

Added: 2007-03-27

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King Arthur’s Castle, Off Tintagel Head, Cornwall In Unfamiliar England (1910)

“After we reached the hotel, the long twilight still gave time to contemplate the weird beauty of the surroundings and to explore the ruins of the castle so famed in song and story. We scrambled down [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, hills, water, colour

Places shown: Tintagel; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-06-12

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Clovelly, From the Hobby Walk Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

The viewer is looking down a steeply-descending path through a seaside village towards the sea. There are slate rooves and some laundry over a fence.I tried to follow Hobby Drive down the hill using [...]

Keywords: views, villages, water, hills, water, roofs, rooftops, boats, chimneys, roads, greyscale

Places shown: Clovelly; Devon; England

Added: 2021-07-09

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105. Montacute House, Somerset (1580) The Growth of the English House (1909)

The two-storey screen between the wings is of earlier date (circa1520) and was brought from Clifton Maybank.This appears not to be the same as the nearby Montacute Castle, of which only earthworks rem [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Montacute; Somerset; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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