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Earthworks (réédition) - English follow
La plupart des gens croient que l’art se trouve seulement dans les galeries, sous la forme d’objets que chacun peut se procurer et apporter à la maison…
Ici, sur le haut plateau du super volcan de Yellowstone (É.-U.), l’art n’est pas accroché au mur et il ne peut être apporté avec soi… Cet art est celui de la Terre elle-même… Sa galerie est la plus belle qui soit. Et nous n’en sommes pas seulement les visiteurs, mais les habitants!
Patrice
Photo originale : source d’eau chaude provenant des profondeurs du volcan de Yellowstone, entourée de dépôts de silice colorés par des bactéries et des minéraux dissous dans l’eau - Parc national de Yellowstone (É.-U.)
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Earthworks - Redux
Most of the people believe that art is found only in galleries, in the form of objects that everyone can buy and take home. . .
Here, on the high plateau of Yellowstone super volcano (US), art is not hanging on the wall and cannot be brought home. . . This art is that of Earth itself. . . its Gallery is the most beautiful of all. And we are not only visitors but inhabitants of this world of wonders.
Patrice
Original photo: hot spring water from the depth of Yellowstone volcano, surrounded by deposits of colorful silica due to bacteria and minerals dissolved in the water - Yellowstone National Park (US)
Another view of the earthworks, left by the demolition of a parade of shops with flats above them. As seen on a walk.
A look inside the derelict Fuller's Earthworks factory, in Redhill, Surrey. Now torn down for housing I believe, this site was famous for being on every urbexer in the South-East's "have visited" list.
Shot with my Nikon D40 and a Sigma 10-20mm EX DC HSM lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
The derelict Fuller's Earthworks factory, in Redhill, Surrey. Now torn down for housing I believe, this site was famous for being on every urbexer in the South-East's "have visited" list.
Shot with my Nikon D40 and a Sigma 10-20mm EX DC HSM lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
Family of fishermen performing the important function of repairing fishing gear in the fishing port of Marbella.
These two photographs today were taken in the mist beside the Tamar River. The early morning light produced beautiful soft pastel colours, and just enough to illuminate the textures in the foreground scrub. If you enlarge this shot you will be able to see emerging from the mist the primary source of my title and composition.
Knowlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Woodlands, Dorset, England. It is about 6 miles north of town Wimborne Minster, and about 1 mile south of the village of Wimborne St Giles. Its most recognizable features are a ruined Norman church built within a neolithic henge monument.
The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is only one of three henges (known as Knowlton Circles) and associated earthworks. However, Church Henge is the best preserved, and is maintained by English Heritage. Nearby is Great Barrow, the largest round barrow in Dorset. Aerial photographs reveal a large number of ploughed-out barrows in the immediate vicinity.
Knowlton Church is a ruined building of unknown dedication standing near the centre of Church Henge. The earliest parts of the building are the 12th-century chancel and nave and there are 15th and 18th century additions and alterations.[ The church was in use in 1550, however lack of use led to calls to demolish it in 1659. But it saw a revival after this time, and a north aisle was built in 1730. Later in the 18th century the roof fell in and the church was abandoned. The church is a Grade II* listed building. The nearby Victorian-built Church of the Ascension at Woodlands has a 12th-century circular stone font originally from Knowlton Church.
Early Christian activity at Knowlton is indicated by a mid-to-late Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery which was discovered to the east of Church Henge in 1958. Excavations located sixteen burials within chalk-cut graves, some aligned east-west.
Knowlton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086–87 as Chenoltone. Winfrith Newburgh, East or West Lulworth, "Wintreborne" and Knowlton were held by King William; they were previously held by King Edward. The Domesday Book also records two hides of the land of the Count of Mortain in Knowlton, named as Chenoltune in the book, held by Ansgar, which was held by Æthelmær in the time of King Edward. This land paid geld, was enough for one plough with one slave and one bordar, a mill paying 12s6d, and was worth 25s.
The site of the ancient village of Knowlton (as opposed to the present day hamlet) is located 500 metres west of Knowlton Church along Lumber Lane at the banks of the River Allen. There is little to be seen on the ground, but aerial photos do show the village layout.
Text courtesy of Wikipedia.
Dunseverick Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near the small village of Dunseverick and the Giant's Causeway. Dunseverick Castle and earthworks are Scheduled Historic Monuments.
Dunseverick Castle and the peninsula on which it stands were given to the National Trust in 1962 by local farmer Jack McCurdy. The Causeway Cliff Path also runs past on its way to Dunseverick Harbour to the east and to the Giant's Causeway to the west.
Saint Patrick is recorded as having visited Dunseverick castle in the 5th century AD, where he baptized Olcán, a local man who later became a Bishop of Ireland.[2] The original stone fort that occupied the position was attacked by Viking raiders in 870 AD.
In the later part of the 6th century AD, this was the seat of Fergus Mor MacEirc (Fergus the Great). Fergus was King of Dalriada and great-uncle of the High King of Ireland, Muirceartaigh (Murtagh) MacEirc. It is the 500 AD departure point from Ireland of the Lia Fail or coronation stone. Murtagh loaned it to Fergus for the latter's coronation in western Scotland part of which Fergus had settled as his sea-kingdom expanded.
The O'Cahan family held it from circa 1000 AD to circa 1320 AD, then regained it in the mid 16th century. Last one to have the castle was Giolla Dubh Ó Catháin, who left it in 1657 to settle in the Craig/Lisbellanagroagh area. Post 1660 they use the anglicised name McCain/O'Kane.
The castle was captured and destroyed by General Robert Munro in 1642 and his Cromwellian troops in the 1650s, and today only the ruins of the gatelodge remain. A small residential tower survived until 1978 when it eventually surrendered to the sea below.
It was a 'key' ancient site in Ireland. One of the five great royal highways, or slighe of ancient Ireland, Slige Midluachra, had its terminal point at Dunseverick castle, running from here to Emain Macha and further to Tara and the fording point on the Liffey at what is now Dublin.
Decided to process this in mono.
It was a frosty morning on this visit.
Avebury is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 5.5 miles west of Marlborough and 8 miles northeast of Devizes. Much of the village is encircled by the prehistoric monument complex also known as Avebury
Park Pale is an earthwork in Park Wood, Ruislip.
It was dug by hand about a thousand years ago and consisted of a four meter ditch and a meter high bank enclosing an area where the aristocracy could hunt deer.
Only parts of it are visible today, and parts have been worn down by erosion, due to a path along the top.
We have a lot of earth works going on at our property, and I am finding so many fascinating elements to document. This is an attachment for the excavator and a big pile of clay material we’re holding onto so that we can hopefully have enough to line a small dam!!
This Norman church, which was built in the 12th century, is situated at the centre of a Neolithic ritual henge earthwork. The unusual pairing of the henge and the church symbolises the transition from pagan to Christian worship.
Knowlton Church is built of stone and flint, and the line of the roof remains clearly visible on its eastern face. This English Heritage site is near Wimborne, Dorset.
"Earthworks" florists at Uppingham, with a lovely double bow window shop front. Photo could have done with some direct light on the building but it's a nice looking shop front so worth a share regardless.
Voigtlander Brilliant S (focussing)
Heliar 75mm f/3.5 lens
Ilford Delta 100 film
Lab develop & scan
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Castle Rising builf in 1140 in Norfolk. Taken atop the inner of two defensive earthworks. The central Norman keep is little changed and is one of England's finest.
Llansteffan Castle is a castle overlooking the River Tywi as it enters Carmarthen Bay near the village of Llansteffan in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
The castle sits on a much older Iron Age promontory fort, proving Llansteffan has been inhabited for several millennia.[1] The hill's summit can only be reached from one side, and the hill where the castle/fort stands commands the entrance to the River Towy (unlike today, the hill would have been stripped of trees to make foot soldiers vulnerable to attack by archers). The original earthworks can still be seen and were used as part of the modern castle's defence system—the castle proper rests within the earthwork rings.
This earthwork winds for 35 miles/56km, but little is known about its history. In places the bank is 4m high and the ditch 2.5m deep, which suggests it was defensive. But elsewhere, what remains looks more like a boundary marker. It is not known exactly when it was built, so there are different theories. It might have been for the Romans to protect against rebellion by the Britons, the Britons to guard against invasion by the Anglo-Saxons or for the Anglo-Saxons of Wessex to defend against attack from those of Mercia. It is thought unlikely that a defensive stucture would have been made in the middle of a large wood where there would be little visibility to give warning of an approaching army, so an idea is that this would once have been farmland. Whatever the orign, it is a testament to the passing of time, now a mere curiosity encroached upon by the bluebells that are so abundant here.
Experimenting with atmosphere. No paying much attention to technical perfection... trying out different ways of 'telling a story'.
The Warennes and the Early Castle
By 1066 there was already a settlement at Acre, together with a church[1] and the principal house of a substantial landowner called Toki, possibly on the site of the castle.[2] As with most of his class, Toki was soon dispossessed by the new Norman regime. His lands were briefly held by a Flemish family ennobled by William the Conqueror,[3] and their Norfolk property descended to an heiress, Gundrada.[4] It was through her that William I de Warenne, her husband, gained control of Castle Acre in about 1070.[5]
Warenne’s family are known of in Normandy from the 1030s,[6] but William had been vastly enriched after the Conquest with territories in Yorkshire and Sussex, and was later raised to the earldom of Surrey.[7] He chose Acre as his Norfolk base, thanks to its central position within his East Anglian landholdings, and built a castle there to provide a secure residence, an administrative centre and a powerful and permanent reminder of his authority.
The castle consisted of three main earthwork enclosures, one of them containing a stone-built house. It was probably habitable by 1085, as Gundrada died at Castle Acre on 27 May.[8] Between 1081 and 1085 Warenne brought to the castle a small community of Cluniac monks from his own foundation at Lewes (Sussex).[9]
Stonehenge a Scheduled Ancient prehistoric monument located 2 miles west of Amesbury in Wiltshire.
One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3,000 BC to 2,000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3,100 BC. Radiocarbon dating in 2008 suggested that the first bluestones were raised between 2,400 and 2,200 BC. Another theory suggests the bluestones may have been raised at the site as early as 3,000 BC.
The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury Henge. It is a national legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.
Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. The dating of cremated remains indicate that deposits contain human bone from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug. Such deposits continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years.
Newark Earthworks
The Newark Earthworks were the largest set of geometric earthen enclosures in the world. Built by prehistoric Hopewell people between 100 BC and AD 500, this architectural wonder of ancient America was part cathedral, part cemetery, and part astronomical observatory.
Image of a section of the 1 1/2 mile circular earthen ceremonial fort in Highland County Ohio. The fort is made of dirt and rock and reaches 37' in height in sections. The fort was abandoned in the 5th century A.D. with the demise of the Hopewell Culture. Eleven miles of hiking trails run through the 1495 acre Fort Hill Earthworks and Nature Preserve.
Castle Rising castle, in the village of the same name, Norfolk. This is one of the best preserved castles in the country, the keep was built in 1140AD and it’s such an impressive sight today, surrounded by huge defensive earthworks. More photos to follow…
Happy Monochrome Thursday!
This 12th century Norman church was built in the centre of Neolithic ritual henge earthworks. This unusual pairing of the henge and the church symbolises the transition from pagan to Christian worship. Building materials include parts of broken-up Neolithic standing stones. It has a reputation as "Dorset's most haunted building". I'm pleased to say that I enjoyed a ghost free night!
300 x 20 second exposures processed in StarStax.
The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is only one of three henges (known as Knowlton Circles) and associated earthworks. However, Church Henge is the best preserved, and is maintained by English Heritage. Nearby is Great Barrow, the largest round barrow in Dorset. Aerial photographs reveal a large number of ploughed-out barrows in the immediate vicinity.
Knowlton Church is a ruined building of unknown dedication standing near the centre of Church Henge. The earliest parts of the building are the 12th-century chancel and nave and there are 15th and 18th century additions and alterations. The church was in use in 1550, however lack of use led to calls to demolish it in 1659. But it saw a revival after this time, and a north aisle was built in 1730. Later in the 18th century the roof fell in and the church was abandoned. The church is a Grade II* listed building. The nearby Victorian-built Church of the Ascension at Woodlands has a 12th-century circular stone font originally from Knowlton Church.
Text curtesy of Wikipedia.
Chelsea's hot pink-themed clowncore look, for a (hobbyist) urbex photoshoot in the derelict Fuller's Earthworks factory, in Redhill, Surrey.
Taken with a Nikon D40 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G II lens. Lighting via an off-camera SB-600 flashgun fired via a Yongnuo radio trigger, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced in the Federal Register Dec. 14, 2010 that it is considering whether to forward any nominations from properties on the U.S. Tentative List to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre next year. The department will consider public comments received during a 30-day comment period in making a decision regarding which properties may advance for full nomination.
The list includes Serpent Mound as well as nine Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks: Fort Ancient, Mound City Group, Seip Earthworks, Hopeton Earthworks, Hopewell Mound Group, High Bank Works and the Newark Earthworks (Octagon Earthworks, Great Circle Earthworks, and Wright Earthworks).
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to list these Ohio sites alongside other cultural sites of outstanding universal value, including Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza and Cahokia Mounds. We need you to submit your comments to the National Park Service.
If you have the time and are so inclined, please send a letter (email) of support by January, 12.
More information at this link:
www.ohiohistory.org/sn/103107.html
Also, feel free to forward the information to anyone who might take an interest in this.
[the image: digital model of the Newark Octagon Earthworks]
A hawthorn tree in its autumn , berry-ripe, glory on the Wansdyke.
Nobody is quite sure when the Wansdyke was built, but the most commonly advanced theory is that it was built by the Romano-British after they were abandoned by the Imperial power to defend their stronghold in what is now Gloucestershire, Somerset, and northern Wiltshire, in the face of Saxon expansion spreading northwards from the English Channel. This would date it to around the end of the 5th Century. In any case, it seems the much later Anglo-Saxons had no information about its purpose when they named it Woden’s Dyke, after Odin, around the 9th Century.
The eastern section, in Wiltshire, has been much less disturbed over the centuries by agriculture and building, and this section, north of the village of Bishops Cannings is particularly bucolic as one looks east on a summer evening, with the low sun still far north of west in the perfect position. It is as much as 4 metres high in places. It is followed by a long-distance footpath for all of this stretch.
From here, the Wansdyke climbs within a mile or so to Tan Hill, at 294 metres above sea level the joint highest point in Wiltshire.
This is deep England. The countryside is not especially dramatic but rolls with a heart-healing, gentle, beauty. I walk here regularly, with various circuits of 12-18 miles (19-30 km) starting and finishing from my home in Devizes taking in stretches of it. When the light is like this, it makes my soul sing and fills me with gratitude for being alive.
St Aldhelm's Chapel is a Norman chapel on St Aldhelm's Head in the parish of Worth Matravers, Swanage, Dorset. It is a Grade I listed building.
The square stone chapel stands within a low circular earthwork, which may be the remains of a pre-Conquest Christian enclosure. The building has several architectural features which are unusual for a chapel; the square shape, the orientation of the corners of the building towards the cardinal points, and the division and restriction of the interior space by a large central column. The lack of evidence for an altar or a piscina suggests that the building may not have been built as a chapel. It may have originally been built as a watchtower for Corfe Castle, covering the sea approaches to the south.
Its identification as a purpose-built chapel rests on records of payments to a chaplain in the reign of King Henry III (1261–1272). The chapel appears to have gone out of use some time before 1625, and was in a ruinous condition by the end of the 18th century. Repairs were carried out by local landowners during the 19th century, and the chapel was reopened for church services in 1874.