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Scientific name: Gavia immer.
Redesmere, Cheshire.
The largest of the UK's divers, it has a bigger, heavier head and bill than its commoner relatives. Info: Nature Spot.
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A Great Northern Diver at Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire. The largest of the UK's divers, it has a bigger, heavier head and bill than its commoner relatives. It is largely a winter visitor to our shores although some non-breeding birds stay off northern coasts in the summer.
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FD & Commoner: Slater Magazines
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We were making our way home through the Forest yesterday when we saw a commoner and his sheep dog herding a flock of sheep. It was blocking the road we were on, so I was able to get a few shots of the action. Two more photos in comments below
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[Commoner] The Murphy Collection / Potted Cactus
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I passed the paper crown to Huck in a fun ceremony and I feel curious about what he will do with it :)
Thanks to Deborah, Mich and Kate for the month wearing it. My humble and barefoot soul feels great being again a commoner ;)
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Like much of England, the site of the New Forest was once deciduous woodland, recolonised by birch and eventually beech and oak after the withdrawal of the ice sheets starting around 12,000 years ago. Some areas were cleared for cultivation from the Bronze Age onwards; the poor quality of the soil in the New Forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste", which may have been used even then as grazing land for horses.
There was still a significant amount of woodland in this part of Britain, but this was gradually reduced, particularly towards the end of the Middle Iron Age around 250–100 BC, and most importantly the 12th and 13th centuries, and of this essentially all that remains today is the New Forest.
There are around 250 round barrows within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. One such barrow in particular may represent the only known inhumation burial of the Early Iron Age and the only known Hallstatt culture burial in Britain; however, the acidity of the soil means that bone very rarely survives.
Following Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, according to Florence of Worcester (d. 1118), the area became the site of the Jutish kingdom of Ytene; this name was the genitive plural of Yt meaning "Jute", i.e. "of the Jutes". The Jutes were one of the early Anglo-Saxon tribal groups who colonised this area of southern Hampshire. The word ytene (or ettin) is also found locally as a synonym for giant, and features heavily in local folklore.
Following the Norman Conquest, the New Forest was proclaimed a royal forest, in about 1079, by William the Conqueror. It was used for royal hunts, mainly of deer. It was created at the expense of more than 20 small hamlets and isolated farmsteads; hence it was then 'new' as a single compact area.
The New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king's thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail. Twelfth-century chroniclers alleged that William had created the forest by evicting the inhabitants of 36 parishes, reducing a flourishing district to a wasteland; however, this account is thought dubious by most historians, as the poor soil in much of the area is believed to have been incapable of supporting large-scale agriculture, and significant areas appear to have always been uninhabited.
Two of William's sons died in the forest: Prince Richard sometime between 1069 and 1075, and King William II (William Rufus) in 1100. Local folklore asserted that this was punishment for the crimes committed by William when he created his New Forest; 17th-century writer Richard Blome provides exquisite detail:
In this County [Hantshire] is New-Forest, formerly called Ytene, being about 30 miles in compass; in which said tract William the Conqueror (for the making of the said Forest a harbour for Wild-beasts for his Game) caused 36 Parish Churches, with all the Houses thereto belonging, to be pulled down, and the poor Inhabitants left succourless of house or home. But this wicked act did not long go unpunished, for his Sons felt the smart thereof; Richard being blasted with a pestilent Air; Rufus shot through with an Arrow; and Henry his Grand-child, by Robert his eldest son, as he pursued his Game, was hanged among the boughs, and so dyed. This Forest at present affordeth great variety of Game, where his Majesty oft-times withdraws himself for his divertisement.
The reputed spot of Rufus's death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. John White, Bishop of Winchester, said of the forest:
From God and Saint King Rufus did Churches take, From Citizens town-court, and mercate place, From Farmer lands: New Forrest for to make, In Beaulew tract, where whiles the King in chase Pursues the hart, just vengeance comes apace, And King pursues. Tirrell him seing not, Unwares him flew with dint of arrow shot.
The common rights were confirmed by statute in 1698. The New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were created in the 18th century for this purpose. In the Great Storm of 1703, about 4000 oak trees were lost.
The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under the New Forest Act 1877, which confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and entrenched that the total of enclosures was henceforth not to exceed 65 km2 (25 sq mi) at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
As of 2005, roughly 90% of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923 and most of the Crown lands now fall inside the new National Park.
Felling of broadleaved trees, and their replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. Further encroachments were made during the Second World War. This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaved woodland. Rhododendron remains a problem.
During the Second World War, an area of the forest, Ashley Range, was used as a bombing range. During 1941-1945, the Beaulieu, Hampshire Estate of Lord Montagu in the New Forest was the site of group B finishing schools for agents[18] operated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) between 1941 and 1945. (One of the trainers was Kim Philby who was later found to be part of a spy ring passing information to the Soviets.) In 2005, a special exhibition was mounted at the Estate, with a video showing photographs from that era as well as voice recordings of former SOE trainers and agents.
Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the New Forest Heritage Area in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999, and it became a National Park in 2005.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest and www.thenewforest.co.uk/
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She could barely contain her excitement as she felt the magic flow from her fingers and lifted the parchments and quill into the air. She had finally done it ! Her very first spell, a minor Levitate object. She wasn't sure if she dared to open her eyes. She had to be careful least the ruling sorcerers would feel the weave being manipulated though.
Medium-sized gull with a long, slender bill. Breeding adult has a clean white head and dark red bill, and frequently shows a strong rosy-pink flush to the underparts. Non-breeding adult similar, but may show slight smudge on the head. Immature has orange bill with small brown patches on the wings, most readily seen in flight. Compare with Black-headed Gull; note Slender-billed's longer bill, sloping forehead, and "snouty" profile. Breeds in colonies in inland and coastal wetlands, but restricted to coastal wetlands when not breeding. Away from main range, found singly or in pairs, at times in association with much commoner Black-headed Gull.
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I was out walking locally yesterday afternoon and watched a Barn Owl hunting in broad daylight. I took a series of shots but I liked this one framed by the hole in the wall. I live in the Yorkshire Pennines and this was above 800 feet above sea level. I mentioned the altitude because Barn Owls are typically a lowland owl as they are not good at surviving where there is prolonged snow-cover, like the uplands. So Barn Owls usually only appear on the high ground after a run of mild winters Historically Barn Owls could survive snow by feeding on rats and mice inside barns. But rodenticides and grain silos mean the food isn't as plentiful so their chance of survival in a snowy winter is less. I looked at the populations of the British owls on the BTO website www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/find-a-species and it surprised me. Tawny is the commonest with 50,000 pairs with Barn Owl second at 9000 pairs. Perhaps the next commonest will surprise many as it is Long-eared Owl with 3900 with Little Owl close on its heels with 3600 pairs. Little Owl also surprised me as I expected it to be commoner than Barn Owl as it certainly is near me. Finally comes Short-eared Owl with a quoted population of 1410 pairs. But Short-eared is almost totally dependent on Short-tailed Voles as prey, which have population cycles. So in boom vole years Short-eared Owls can be common while after bust years they are rare.
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Some things you can’t go back to, some things need left alone
Don’t mess with a memories of a life passed on
Oh the tumbling reservations at the heart of my mistakes
Oh some things you can’t go back to cause you let them slip away
I don’t wanna be a witness to a path that’s overgrown
I don’t wanna see this house not be a home
‘Cause time has taken toll on what we couldn’t see
No I don’t wanna be a witness to the end of you and me
How am I gonna make each moment better than the last
How am I gonna make it better if I can’t go back
Oh the tumbling reservations at the heart of my mistakes
Oh some things you can’t go back to cause you let them slip away
Oh some things you can’t go back to
Kintaikyou bridge as seen from the Samurai area toward the merchant/commoner area on the opposite side of the Nishikigawa.
It is a rare wooden arch bridge with five spans. Its total length is 193 m.
The first bridge was built in 1673, which was washed away the next year. The second bridge was built in 1674 by improving the design, which lasted 276 years until 1950 when a typhoon-caused flooding washed away a stone pier.
The current bridge is a reconstruction in 1953. There was a plan to build a modern bridge, but the people in Iwakuni wanted to reconstruct a wooden bridge employing a traditional bridge construction method.
Forbidden City, Beijing.
The walls surrounding the Forbidden City are 7.9 metres (26 ft) high. They are 8.62 metres (28.3 ft) wide at the base, tapering to 6.66 metres (21.9 ft) at the top. These walls served defensive walls and also retaining walls for the palace.
At the four corners of the wall are towers with intricate roofs. These towers are the most visible parts of the palace to commoners outside the walls, and much folklore is attached to them. According to one legend, artisans could not put a corner tower back together after it was dismantled for renovations in the early Qing dynasty, and it was only rebuilt after the intervention of a carpenter-legend Lu Ban.
A photo of Tokyo's Shitamachi taken from the Ryougoku-bashi bridge (両国橋). This photo shows the confluence where the Kandagawa river (神田川) flows into the Sumidagawa (隅田川).
The railway bridge in the right is the Soubu Line (総武線) of JR East leading to Chiba (千葉). Asakusa (浅草), the focal point of tourism in Shitamachi, is located beyond the bridge on the western (right) bank.
Skytree is seen in the far right.
The small bridge in the left over the Kandagawa is called Yanagibashi (柳橋).
Three photos were merged to get this image.
Edo Castle is located on a hill overlooking the Sumidagawa and Tokyo Bay. The area is called Yamanote (山手) that means the hillside.
It was protected by double moats. While Uchibori (内濠) or the Inner Moat protected the palaces and residences of the Tokugawa clan members, Sotobori (外濠) or the Outer Moat surrounded the residential areas of the Samurai ruling class and marked the boundary with the lowland commoners' area called Shitamachi (下町) or the downtown.
The area inside of Sotobori is regarded as the Edo citadel. It is similar to kasbah in North Africa, in that it is the fortified part of the city. The area surrounded by Uchibori or the inner moat is regarded the Edo castle.
The near-vertical concrete embankment on this section of the Sumidagawa has been critically called Kamisori Teibou (カミソリ堤防) which means "razor blade embankment." Although the government explains its necessity for flood prevention, it has ruined the historical contacts between the people and the river.
I think it has affected seriously the destiny of the area around the Yanagibashi bridge.
Another shot of this delightful, semi-wild miniature pony. I have photographed him many times over the years. He roams the New Forest freely and is often spotted grazing close to Exbury and Beaulieu.
All the ponies found in the forest are wild in the sense they can roam freely but in fact they are owned by New Forest Commoners.
An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze.
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Purple Heron / Purpurreiher (Ardea purpurea)
A Purple Heron splashing out of the water to take flight.
I always feel there's a level of mystery associated with a rarer species. When compared to the commoner Grey Heron, Purple Heron's are much scarcer. Having not seen one outside of the south of Spain in years, this shot celebrates a group or 3 in Germany on Monday and this one in France yesterday. What a season.
Back to the Sotobori street from a short diversion to Hama Rikyuu. Sukiyabashi (数寄屋橋) was a bridge over the Sotobori moat and is now the name of an area in Ginza after the moat was filled.
The road flyover in the photo is the former location of the Sotobori moat, which forms the boundary between the Samurai area within the moat and the commoner / merchant area. Today, it is the boundary between Chiyoda City (千代田区) and Chuuou City (中央区). The large buildings behind the flyover belong to Yuurakuchou (有楽町) in Chiyoda City.
Yuurakuchou is named after Oda Nagamasu (織田長益 1547 - 1622) whose alias was Uraku or Yuuraku (有楽 letters are the same). He was a renowned tea ceremony master and lived a life of Wabi Sabi in now bustling Yuurakuchou.
He was christened in 1581 and was given a christian name João. He later built a teahouse in Kyoto named Joan (如庵) (^_^;
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Even a "common" brown-tabby coat can be colourful and his green eyes and pink paw beans adds to it. Bastian is far from common, but quite special...
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Bastian (mixed breed), 26.01.2024.
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Like much of England, the site of the New Forest was once deciduous woodland, recolonised by birch and eventually beech and oak after the withdrawal of the ice sheets starting around 12,000 years ago. Some areas were cleared for cultivation from the Bronze Age onwards; the poor quality of the soil in the New Forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste", which may have been used even then as grazing land for horses.
There was still a significant amount of woodland in this part of Britain, but this was gradually reduced, particularly towards the end of the Middle Iron Age around 250–100 BC, and most importantly the 12th and 13th centuries, and of this essentially all that remains today is the New Forest.
There are around 250 round barrows within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. One such barrow in particular may represent the only known inhumation burial of the Early Iron Age and the only known Hallstatt culture burial in Britain; however, the acidity of the soil means that bone very rarely survives.
Following Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, according to Florence of Worcester (d. 1118), the area became the site of the Jutish kingdom of Ytene; this name was the genitive plural of Yt meaning "Jute", i.e. "of the Jutes". The Jutes were one of the early Anglo-Saxon tribal groups who colonised this area of southern Hampshire. The word ytene (or ettin) is also found locally as a synonym for giant, and features heavily in local folklore.
Following the Norman Conquest, the New Forest was proclaimed a royal forest, in about 1079, by William the Conqueror. It was used for royal hunts, mainly of deer. It was created at the expense of more than 20 small hamlets and isolated farmsteads; hence it was then 'new' as a single compact area.
The New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king's thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail. Twelfth-century chroniclers alleged that William had created the forest by evicting the inhabitants of 36 parishes, reducing a flourishing district to a wasteland; however, this account is thought dubious by most historians, as the poor soil in much of the area is believed to have been incapable of supporting large-scale agriculture, and significant areas appear to have always been uninhabited.
Two of William's sons died in the forest: Prince Richard sometime between 1069 and 1075, and King William II (William Rufus) in 1100. Local folklore asserted that this was punishment for the crimes committed by William when he created his New Forest; 17th-century writer Richard Blome provides exquisite detail:
In this County [Hantshire] is New-Forest, formerly called Ytene, being about 30 miles in compass; in which said tract William the Conqueror (for the making of the said Forest a harbour for Wild-beasts for his Game) caused 36 Parish Churches, with all the Houses thereto belonging, to be pulled down, and the poor Inhabitants left succourless of house or home. But this wicked act did not long go unpunished, for his Sons felt the smart thereof; Richard being blasted with a pestilent Air; Rufus shot through with an Arrow; and Henry his Grand-child, by Robert his eldest son, as he pursued his Game, was hanged among the boughs, and so dyed. This Forest at present affordeth great variety of Game, where his Majesty oft-times withdraws himself for his divertisement.
The reputed spot of Rufus's death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. John White, Bishop of Winchester, said of the forest:
From God and Saint King Rufus did Churches take, From Citizens town-court, and mercate place, From Farmer lands: New Forrest for to make, In Beaulew tract, where whiles the King in chase Pursues the hart, just vengeance comes apace, And King pursues. Tirrell him seing not, Unwares him flew with dint of arrow shot.
The common rights were confirmed by statute in 1698. The New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were created in the 18th century for this purpose. In the Great Storm of 1703, about 4000 oak trees were lost.
The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under the New Forest Act 1877, which confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and entrenched that the total of enclosures was henceforth not to exceed 65 km2 (25 sq mi) at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
As of 2005, roughly 90% of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923 and most of the Crown lands now fall inside the new National Park.
Felling of broadleaved trees, and their replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. Further encroachments were made during the Second World War. This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaved woodland. Rhododendron remains a problem.
During the Second World War, an area of the forest, Ashley Range, was used as a bombing range. During 1941-1945, the Beaulieu, Hampshire Estate of Lord Montagu in the New Forest was the site of group B finishing schools for agents[18] operated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) between 1941 and 1945. (One of the trainers was Kim Philby who was later found to be part of a spy ring passing information to the Soviets.) In 2005, a special exhibition was mounted at the Estate, with a video showing photographs from that era as well as voice recordings of former SOE trainers and agents.
Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the New Forest Heritage Area in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999, and it became a National Park in 2005.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest and www.thenewforest.co.uk/
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This solitary New Forest Pony was munching a gorse bush just down from our holiday cottage.
The New Forest pony is one of the recognised mountain and moorland or native pony breeds of the British Isles. Height varies from around 12 to 14.2 hands (48 to 58 inches, 122 to 147 cm); ponies of all heights should be strong, workmanlike, and of a good riding type. They are valued for hardiness, strength, and sure-footedness.
The breed is indigenous to the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England, where equines have lived since before the last Ice Age; remains dating back to 500,000 BC have been found within 50 miles (80 km) of the heart of the modern New Forest. DNA studies have shown ancient shared ancestry with the Celtic-type Asturcón and Pottok ponies. Many breeds have contributed to the foundation bloodstock of the New Forest pony, but today only ponies whose parents are both registered as purebred in the approved section of the stud book may be registered as purebred. The New Forest pony can be ridden by children and adults, can be driven in harness, and competes successfully against larger horses in horse show competition.
All ponies grazing on the New Forest are owned by New Forest commoners – people who have "rights of common of pasture" over the Forest lands. An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze. The population of ponies on the Forest has fluctuated in response to varying demand for young stock. Numbers fell to fewer than six hundred in 1945, but have since risen steadily, and thousands now run loose in semi-feral conditions. The welfare of ponies grazing on the Forest is monitored by five Agisters, employees of the Verderers of the New Forest. Each Agister takes responsibility for a different area of the Forest. The ponies are gathered annually in a series of drifts, to be checked for health, wormed, and they are tail-marked; each pony's tail is trimmed to the pattern of the Agister responsible for that pony. Purebred New Forest stallions approved by the Breed Society and by the New Forest Verderers run out on the Forest with the mares for a short period each year. Many of the foals bred on the Forest are sold through the Beaulieu Road pony sales, which are held several times each year.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest_pony and
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✦ Elm. Laurel's Kitchen Glassware #1 [Gold] LI:1
✦ Elm. Laurel's Kitchen Glassware #3 [Gold] LI:1
【Other Decor Used】
✧ .17 [ kunst ] - Wine holder shelving LI:3
✧ Apple Fall Lemon & Lime Water LI:1
✧ Apple Fall Whisky Decanter LI:1
✧ BLACK NEST / Aamu Board LI:1
✧ BLACK NEST / Siisti Potted Plant LI:1
✧ BLACK NEST / Siisti Striped Vase - Tall LI:1
✧ Loft & Aria - Aspen Side Table LI:1
✧ Loft & Aria - Eckard Artwork I LI:1
✧ Loft & Aria - Eckard Artwork II LI:1
✧ Loft & Aria - Hana Stone Lamp Slate LI:2
✧ MudHoney Kitchen Clutter Cannisters LI:2
✧ ~BAZAR~This must be the place - Neon sign LI:1
✧ VARONIS - Arizona House
Hetsunomiya shrine (辺津宮) is the main part of Enoshima Jinja. The shrine in front is dedicated to Taguitsuhime (多岐都比売命), a Shintou goddess. Another shrine in the left is for Benzaiten (弁財天) or Benten.
There are three shrines for three Shintou goddesses, but the original deity of Enoshima was Benzaiten (Saraswati) who is a multi-talented goddess of water, safe navigation, music, war and business prosperity etc. She was originally a goddess of a river in India. Enoshima used to be a religious site of Shintou - Buddhism - folk belief syncretism.
Pilgrimage to Enoshima became popular even among commoners under Tokugawa Shogunate (1603ｰ1867), which was actually an early form of tourism for pleasure.
Enoshima's religious prosperity was hampered by the Meiji Restoration that started in 1868. The new government demanded the purification of Shintoism by removing Buddhism and folk belief elements from Shinto shrines. Many precious architectures and statues regarded as Buddhist were demolished, and the main deity was changed from Benzaiten to the three Shintou goddesses.
Fortunately Benzaiten worship seems to have revived although its status as the main deity has not been restored.
Part of my series of tributes to indigenous peoples from around the world.
The eagle warriors, or eagle knights as they are sometimes known, were a group of elite infantrymen in the army of the Aztec Empire. Those who belonged in this warrior society were either members of the nobility or commoners who had distinguished themselves on the battlefield.
Mariachi El Bronx - Love Sick
The smallest of the commoner tits in the UK and the dullest. They are often very flitty and active and can be difficult to photograph
~Tableau Vivant~ Writer Hair - Braid - Rainbow
-Glam Affair - Skye II - Pearl 01 RARE
The Loft - Sugar Skull Mask Sunflower
(Yummy) Dianity Tiara Ring - Blue
Zaara [home] : 2 Colonial vanity table RARE
[Commoner] Pageant Sash / Fail (Homewrecker)
View from Iidabashi Station (飯田橋駅) toward southwest with the stone base of Ushigome-mitsuke checkpoint (牛込見附) and the Sotobori moat installed with the railway tracks of Chuuou Line.
Two photos were merged to get this image.
Despite intensive urban development, this area retains the original appearance of the citadel and Sotobori. The road in the photo leads to the Tayasu-mon gate of Kitanomaru compound where Budokan is located.
Mitsuke (見附) is a gate with a checkpoint often combined with a bridge over the moat. There were 8 gates in Edo, which were called -mitsuke. Similar checkpoints were often called -mon (門 gate) like Kita Hanebashi-mon and Hirakawa-mon.
Sotobori had been the physical boundary of the Samurai area during the Edo Period, which almost overlaps the present-day Chiyoda City except for the Kanda area that was part of Shitamachi, the downtown and commoners' area.
The left half of this photo belongs to Chiyoda City. Shinjuku City across the moat in the right and Bunkyou City outside of the frame are located outside of Sotobori. I don't know which City Iidabashi Station belongs to.
It was a silly conduct that the local governments of Bunkyou
and Shinjuku Cities decided to fill a short section of the outer moat in the opposite direction of this photo despite its historical, architectural and cultural importance of the neighbourhood.
The highly tangled-up intersection as uploaded previously is also located on the opposite side of Iidabashi Station.