This is Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire England. The original Salisbury Cathedral was completed at Old Sarum in 1092 under Osmund, the first Bishop of Salisbury. In 1220 the foundations were laid for the Cathedral at the site it is today. The major construction work was completed in 1258 i.e. it took 38 years to build,
Apologies but this was NOT shot with the lens shown. I used a Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L Mark II lens which is a Tilt & Shift lens. Cannot work out how to change the Zeiss entry.<br />
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Oblique lighting through the stained glass windows casts an array of colurs on the wall of the Cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England.
This is the ornate Screen that separates the Choir and High Altar from the congregation in the Nave. Many Cathedrals in England started out as Monasteries and it was common practice to seperate the Monks from the general congregation. It is worth remembering that seating in the Nave is a relatively recent addition to churches and cathedrals, In early medieval times and before that the congregation stood for the whole service. This is Bristol Cathedral, Avon & Somerset.
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This is the hill top Iron Age Fort known as Oliver's Castle as shot from Roundway Down, Nr. Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The fort would have consisted of a wooden pallisade with fighting platforms around the inside. Evidence of a moat can still be seen. Sharpened wooden spikes would have been driven into the ground outside to slow the progress of invaders.
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