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31Jan04. Brogham Castle, closed for the winter.
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31Jan04. Brogham Castle
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31Jan04. Shap Abbey. From the English Heritage sign: "This abbey,
dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, was founded in the late 12th century.
The monks here were of the Premonstratensian Order, known as "White
Canons" because of the simple white habits they wore.
The abbey was endowed by a Westmoreland baron, Thomas, son of Gospatric.
It was not a large establishment; the abbot governed a community
of only about 12 canons. However, the abbey held lands throughout
the old county of Westmoreland, including the parishes of Shap,
Warcop and Bampton.
After the closure of the abbey by King Henry VII in 1540, the abbot
and his canons were sent away, but each received a pension. The
abbot's pention was £40 a year, which would have been a large sum
of money then. The abbey lands were sold, part of the buildings
converted into a farm, and the remainder unroofed and allowed to
decay.
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31Jan04. Floorplan of Shap Abbey
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31Jan04. Shap Abbey pano in the rain.
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31Jan04. Shap Abbey, still raining.
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31 Jan 04. Mayburgh Henge. It wasn't actually foggy, my lens fogged
up. I like the effect though.
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Penrith Castle. This one's right within the city limits, so it is
in pretty poor shape.
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31Jan04. Long Meg and a couple of her closer sisters. The legend
goes that these were witches celebrating their sabbath, and were
so involved that the didn't notice the wizard who snuck up and turned
them all to stone. Many other legends abound about this particular
circle.
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31Jan04. Panorama of Long Meg and her Sisters.
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31Jan04. Long Meg herself.
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31Jan04. The trees around this circle were very old and quite impressive.
Many of them had talismans of some sort hanging from the branches.
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One of the old trees. Barely visible are the talismans hanging from
the low branches on the right side of both trees.
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31Jan04. Little Meg, beyond the cattle. The field was too muddy
to attempt, with the cows.
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31Jan04. Castlerigg Stone Circle. One thing I like about this circle,
is the view is never the same twice.
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31Jan04. The Sanctuary, Castlerigg Stone Circle. It was so dark,
I needed to up the ISO on the camera, which is why many of these
pictures are quite grainy.
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