HBM from Dinton, Wiltshire.
Dinton Park.
HFF Everyone.
Minehead Harbour
Minehead Promenade & Harbour.
Dunster Castle
HBM. Dunster Castle Gardens.
The Yarn Market ~ Dunster
Dunster Church & Cottage.
Rock Star!
HFF Everyone
Seatown, Dorset.
West Bay Station
HBM from Minehead.
River Wey Estuary at Seatown.
Autumn Hydrangeas
HFF from Portchester.
Portchester Castle.
Portchester Fort Bailey
HBM
St Mary's Church ~ Porchester Castle
Fuchsias
Hartland Quay ~ Devon.
Philipps House ~ Dinton
HFF Everyone.
Dinton Village Church ~ Wiltshire
Before They Go!
Weymouth Quay ~ Coxwain's Cottage.
HBM
Sandsfoot Gardens ~ Weymouth
HFF Everyone.
Castle Cove ~ Weymouth
Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire.
HBM
Begonia
Fireplace!!
HFF Everyone
Archway to Fonthill Bishop.
Fonthill Bishop Church
Sold Out!
HBM ~ Inside The Pudding House
HFF Everyone.
The Orangery ~ Montacute House
Montacute House
Cosmos
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Sandsfoot Gardens & Castle
Sandsfoot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion and defended the Weymouth Bay anchorage. The stone castle was completed by 1542. Earthwork defences were built around the landward side of the castle, probably in 1623. Sandsfoot saw service during the English Civil War. The fortress was withdrawn from military use in 1665. By the early 18th century it was in ruins, its stonework taken for use in local building projects. The clay cliffs on which the castle had been built had always been unstable and subject to erosion. The castle's gun platform began to collapse into the sea and, by the 1950s, had been entirely destroyed. The ruins were closed to visitors on safety grounds, although civic gardens were planted alongside it in 1951. Repairs were undertaken between 2009 and 2012 enabling it to be reopened to the public.
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The images you took from it are very telling and well chosen.
Thank you Rosalyn.
Wish you an happy new week.
Take care and have a good new week.
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