Portals to the Underworld VII

A couple of months back I went wandering around one of the lesser stately homes near where I live. This one had a lot of links with William Wilberforce who was so influential in the abolition of slavery but that is incidental to this account.

 

I noticed a very strange feature of the huge and dilapidated walled kitchen garden…

 

In one corner there was a large bricked floor that was peppered with rusting metal grills each with unique shapes and covered with iron bars and metal netting. Beneath the grills were chasms of echoing blackness. They were like portals to the catacombs of the netherworld.

 

And then, on a lower level of the property, I discovered a pond. And what was strange was that on the far side of the pond, quite inaccessible to me, there appeared to be a window into a half-underwater room. It seemed that the catacombs had been flooded. How curious!

 

Visual subterfuge and verbal misdirection are, of course, a joyous pastime, but I am duty-bound to remind you that today is Sunday and that means Sliders. The link to the original image is in the first comment… ;)

 

Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image series. Happy Sliders Sunday :)

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