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Devil's Dyke, near Burwell, Cambridgeshire
A view along the dyke (on the left, with the ditch in the centre), looking south about a mile south of Reach. The dyke runs for about 12 kilometres from Reach in the north to Woodditton in the south, passing through the middle of Newmarket racecourse…
Dog checking the clay sculpture The Vision of Eof
I got a bit concerned as the claywork of the sculpture was finished and I thought my dog might take a bite out of the clay snout - he did things like that when he was younger! [A4A Art for Architecture, High McGowanston Studio, Ayrshire, Scotland]…
Edington Images
The Battle of Edington is believed to have taken place near Trowbridge, Wiltshire in 878. Alfred of Wessex successfully repelled a group of Danes, led by Guthrum the Old. This is a series of images of the present-day site of the battlefield.
Grave marker of Augustine
Marker showing the original position of the grave of St Augustine (d.605, 1st Archbishop of Canterbury). It would have been near the altar in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. The tomb was destroyed when the Normans…
Grave marker of Justus
Marker showing the original position of the grave of Justus (d.634, 1st Bishop of Rochester and 4th Archbishop of Canterbury), in the Porticus of St Gregory, the chapel along the north wall of the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey,…
Grave marker of King Eadbald
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of King Hlothhere
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of King Mul
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of King Wihtred
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of Laurence
Marker showing the original position of the grave of Laurence (d.619, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury), in the Porticus of St Gregory, the chapel along the north wall of the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.