October 25, 2020

Eynsford Catle

 Eynsford Castle

Date: 22-10-2020 
Location: Eynsford 
Current: English Heritage 


History :  https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eynsford-castle/history/ 
Eynsford Castle is a rare survival of an early Norman ‘enclosure castle’, which remained unaltered by later building work. Begun by William de Eynsford I in the late 1080s , the castle was later the subject of a hotly disputed inheritance, which reached a climax in 1312 when one of the claimants broke in and vandalised it. Soon afterwards the castle was abandoned,



















October 22, 2020

Sutton Valence Castle

 Sutton Valence Castle 

Date: 22.10.2020
Location: Maidstone
Current : English Heritage 

History :  https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/sutton-valence-castle/ 
The Norman count of Aumale, Baldwin de Bethune, probably built the castle in the middle of the 12th century. It was used as a residence for over 150 years by a succession of important lords and earls.











October 15, 2020

1066 battle of hastings abbey and battlefield

 1066 Battle of Hastings Abbey & Battlefield 


Date: 14-10-2020
Location: Battle
Current : English Heritage site 

History:  
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/1066-battle-of-hastings-abbey-and-battlefield/
 In the year 1066, the armies of King Harold and William the Conqueror clashed here at the Battle of Hastings





















October 12, 2020

Brown Folly Mines - AK FDQ

 Brown Folly Mines


Date: 11-10-2020
location: Bradford-on-Avon
Current:   Unknown .


history : https://www.higgypop.com/urbex/browns-folly/
Browns Folly Mine is an average sized Bath Stone quarry which was originally part of Monkton Farleigh Monkton however when the War Department converted part of the quarry in to an ammunitions store they separated part of the quarry which is the area now known as Browns Folly


Visit One can be found here: https://khurbanx.blogspot.com/2020/09/brown-folly-mines-aka-fdq.html























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