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Castle Rising Castle

Castle Rising Castle

Castle Rising main stairs

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Description

While on holiday at the lighthouse Me, Sarah & Ben took a day trip to Castle Rising castle.Β IΒ gave Ben my big Nikon as Sarah &Β IΒ were doing an audio described tour provided by the ticket office for Β£1. It was a fun tour as the audio description was dramatised!Β IΒ still got to get my compact camera out and shoot the shots above! πŸ˜€

Castle Rising CastleΒ is a ruinedΒ castleΒ situated in the village ofΒ Castle RisingΒ in theΒ EnglishΒ county ofΒ Norfolk. It was built in about 1138 byΒ William d’Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who also ownedΒ Arundel Castle. Much of its square keep, surrounded by a defensive mount, is intact. It is currently owned byΒ Lord Howard of Rising, a descendant of William d’Aubigny.

Castle RisingΒ is aΒ villageΒ andΒ civil parishΒ in theΒ EnglishΒ countyΒ ofΒ Norfolk. It is best known as the location ofΒ Castle Rising Castle, which dominates the village. The village is situated some 8 kilometres (5.0Β mi) north-east of the town ofΒ King’s LynnΒ and 60 kilometres (37Β mi) west of the city ofΒ Norwich.TheΒ River BabingleyΒ skirts the north of the village separating Castle Rising from the site of the lost village ofΒ Babingley.[1]

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Camera usedSamsung WB550

Norfolk Lavender

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Description

Photo taken during a beautiful sunny walk around Norfolk Lavender, Heacham

Norfolk Lavender Ltd was founded in 1932. Linn Chilvers supplied the plants and the labour. Francis Dusgate of Fring Hall provided the land. The firstΒ lavenderΒ field was planted on Dusgate’s land at Fring and in 1936 Dusgate acquired Caley Mill on theΒ River HeachamΒ and the ground around it, not for the building but for the land. Lavender has been grown there ever since. A kiosk was erected from which bunches of lavender were sold to passingΒ pre-warΒ traffic…..Read More on Wiki….

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Camera usedSamsung WB550

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