Wall c. 1215 (or quarter past twelve, if you prefer!)
By: shortfinals
Tags: Castles, Derbyshire, England, Haddon Hall, King John, lamprey
Category: Castles, Derbyshire, England
| Aperture: | f/2 |
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| Focal Length: | 7mm |
| ISO: | 320 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | MVC-CD500 |
Back to Haddon Hall for this one. I mentioned in a previous post that the earliest visible part of the Hall dated from 1215 – and this is it. Made from what appears to be local sandstone. As with all fortifications, this would have to have been sanctioned – directly – by the monarch (in this case King John, just a year before he died ‘from a surfeit of lampreys’). To reach this wall, you enter a short passageway from the chapel, and there it is, on your right. The oak support beams have obviously been there for a while, too.
1215 wall, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
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