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One more of our two cousins watching the gate of their safely enclosed garden.
Dushara Cathal Caithlin & Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cats), 11.05.2023.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Spotted these lovely lambs when out on my walk. I was very conscious of the wired fence with tufts of wool that was keeping them in and keeping them safe.
The rain kept away for a change ..trudging over soggy moorland in search of a lone tree! Didn't find one but still good fun :-)
Dún Aonghasa (Unofficial anglicised version Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high (330 ft) cliff.
A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is an important archaeological site.
History
It is not known exactly when Dún Aonghasa was built, though it is now thought that most of the structures date from the Bronze Age and Iron Age. T. F. O'Rahilly surmised in what is known as O'Rahilly's historical model that it was built in the 2nd century BC by the Builg following the Laginian conquest of Connacht.Excavations at the site indicate that the first construction goes back to 1100 BC, when rubble was piled against large upright stones to form the first enclosure. Around 500 BC, the triple wall defenses were probably constructed along the fort's western side.
The 19th-century artist George Petrie called "Dún Aonghasa" "the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe". Its name, meaning "Fort of Aonghas", may refer to the pre-Christian god of the same name described in Irish mythology, or the mythical king, Aonghus mac Úmhór. It has thus traditionally been associated with the Fir Bolg.
Form and function
The fort consists of a series of four concentric walls of dry stone construction, built on a high cliff some one hundred metres above the sea. At the time of its construction sea levels were considerably lower and a recent Radio Telefis Eireann documentary estimates that originally it was 1000 metres from the sea. Surviving stonework is four metres wide at some points. The original shape was presumably oval or D-shaped but parts of the cliff and fort have since collapsed into the sea. Outside the third ring of walls lies a defensive system of stone slabs, known as a cheval de frise, planted in an upright position in the ground and still largely well-preserved. These ruins also feature a huge rectangular stone slab, the function of which is unknown. Impressively large among prehistoric ruins, the outermost wall of Dún Aonghasa encloses an area of approximately 6 hectares (14 acres).
Today
The walls of Dún Aonghasa have been rebuilt to a height of 6m and have wall walks, chambers, and flights of stairs. The restoration is easily distinguished from the original construction by the use of mortar.[citation needed]
There is a small museum illustrating the history of the fort and its possible functions. Also in the vicinity is a Neolithic tomb and a small heritage park featuring examples of a traditional thatched cottage and an illegal poteen distillery.
view of sheep grazing in an enclosure in the Romantic Park in Arkadia
Arkadia (Polish pronunciation: [arˈkadja]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nieborów, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 6 km east of Łowicz and 50 km north-east of the regional capital Łódź.
The village has an approximate population of 250. Arkadia is famous for its English Garden Park set up by Helena Radziwiłł in 1779 with the designers Szymon Bogumil Zug and Henryk Ittar.
In the 70s of the 18th century a new style in gardening called English style appeared in Poland. It originated at the beginning of the century in England and then was gradually spreading across the other European countries. The English style definitely opposed artificiality and regularity of baroque gardens. It promoted unrestricted and emotional compositions of sentimental or symbolic forms and architectural constructions referring to ancient and medieval works of arts as well as to the everyday life in the country, often also to the overseas exotic forms. The style had been transformed together with philosophic, ideological and esthetical changes of the epoch from sentimental forms to the vision of romantic garden.
This guy flew right up to the window in his enclosure and posed nicely for me.
I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D
There are two enclosures fenced with stones. The smaller one for the horses in the main roundup, and for the sheep found in the second and third roundups
Das Foto entstand in einem Wildgehege das ich eher aus Langeweile aufsuchte um eine Wartezeit zu überbrücken. Aber das war's wert, find ich.
The photo was taken in a game preserve that I visited rather out of boredom to bridge a waiting time. But it was worth it, I think.
For about a week now, Idaho has refused to come in when a meal is served. Either Sally or I (depending whose turn it is) have to go outside to carry him in from the outdoor enclosure. He purrs the whole time as I wrestle with relocking the pen with a cat on my shoulder, and doesn't seem to have anything wrong with him to explain this behavior.
I know you probably can’t read the small red sign on this fence, but it says Accent Fence. Just what is this fence accenting? It looks like some kind of enclosure for trash or maybe a place to secure equipment. It doesn’t look like the gate can even be closed anymore. If you ask me (no one did, but since it is my picture I’ll comment anyway), there is nothing at all attractive that an accent fence could show off. There isn’t even a rose bush or colorful wildflowers, just weeds and vines.
Some of you may think it is just the name of the fence company that installed this fence. If so, they should remove the plaque because this fence is not doing the fence company any good by way of advertising IMO.
HFF my friends.
This is one of the sheltered spots in Willow's enclosure. I love the butterfly tree, the secret to keep it flowering is clipping off the browned flower heads.
I was standing at the lynx enclosure at Tierpark Sababurg, straining my eyes to find them in the dense vegetation when all of sudden Lutz stepped out of the undergrowth and strolled down the trunk of a fallen tree. I found it very obliging of him to grace me with his presence and happily started snapping away. :o)
Not a Sunday Slide, the wacky colours are straight out of the camera. The LUT implementation in the S5ii makes it too easy to achieve garish results like this..
This is a walled field on the slopes of Skiddaw in the Northern Fells
The small Kirkjuvogskirkja (translates roughly to 'church on the bay') was completed in 1861, and it has been restored to include the original black tar finish on the wooden lathe siding. It is surrounded by an old graveyard with some cast iron enclosures, Hafnir, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland.
03/10/2020 www.allenfotowild.com
This photo, for me, tells the story of Muse and Guru's relationship. It was taken the day Guru figured out the cat flap, thereby entering the cat enclosure for the first time. When Muse didn't follow, I opened the bedroom window as much as it would allow so Muse could enter the enclosure that way (while avoiding the cat flap).
Guru set one foot in the enclosure, and he began exploring every inch at a dizzying speed. Muse is more of an "I'm gonna wait and see" kind of guy. He watched Guru from that spot for a long time before he ventured out. While more composed (one could say "judicious") himself, Muse is in awe of Guru's boldness.
After I had spent some time at Mogshade Pond, I headed down through Bolderwood to find some areas that might still be foggy.
Thankfully at Vinney Ridge, next to the A35, the area was still quite foggy and the sun hadn't yet risen above the trees.
Vinney Ridge Enclosure, The New Forest, Hampshire
Nikon D750 / Nikon 70-200@85mm / f/16 / 4 exposures merged in Lightroom CC
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