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As Real As In My Dreams

Sepia shot of Lowther Castle Ruins.

 

A beautifully atmospheric place with a fascinating history. Having survived abandonment and use as a test facility for a secret tank weapon, it is now being sympathetically stabilised and restored to a degree where the public may visit, but the atmospheric, mysterious feel is not eroded.

 

Link to English Heritage page:

risk.english-heritage.org.uk/2010.aspx?id=806&rt=1&am...

 

Link to details of secret tank weapon testing:

home.tiscali.nl/hgmkuip/blerick/cdl_story_lowther.html

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Uploaded on July 13, 2011
Taken on July 9, 2011