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What ancient Celtic wonders did the Romans encounter beyond the estuary of the Severn….?

Feb 26, 2024

buildings, religion

Arthur, Celtic myths, Christianity, Cotswolds, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, J.R.R. Tolkein, King Lear, Lludd Llaw Ereint, Lydney, Lydney Park, Mary Stewart, Merlin, Nennius, Nodens, novels, Nuada, R.E.M. Wheeler, Roman Britain, Severn bore, Severn Estuary, Shakespeare, temples, Wales

Before I go any further, let me say that the above image is more or less the first view I had back in the 1970s of the Romano-British temple of Nodens, at Lydney Park near the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire. The temple is on a hillfort site on a bluff where the River Severn…
The contrasting fates of two properties associated with Sir Francis Drake….

Jan 27, 2019

anniversaries, buildings

Crowndale Park, Devon, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, Lydney, Naval warfare, Shipbuilding, Sir Francis Drake, Tavistock

The recent concern https://www.metro.news/sir-francis-drakes-birthplace-at-risk-of-being-lost-forever/1243118/ gradual disintegration of Sir Francis Drake’s birthplace, the Grade II listed Crowndale Farm, in Tavistock, Devon, where he came into the world in 1540. It is unbelievable that such neglect has been allowed to take place. What is the point of listing a property, and then not providing the owner…