Glenfinnan © David Gill
The Glenfinnan Monument, in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, marks the point where Prince Charles Edward Stewart landed in 1745. The column was erected in 1815
Glenfinnan © David Gill
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Category / heritage sites
Releasing the Story of Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo © David Gill
The National Trust has been awarded £1.8 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund to enhance the visitor experience at Sutton Hoo. One of the projects will be to create a 17 m high viewing tower to give some visitors views of the burial ground. Tranmer House, overlooking the cemetery, will be the home for a new interpretative exhibition.
Framlingham Castle: the towers
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
The gateway to Framlingham Castle enters through the base of Tower 1.
Framlingham Castle, Towers 1-6 (from right to left) © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
On the eastern side are Towers 4, 5, and 6.
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle, Towers 7-11 (from right to left) © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
The present descent from the wall walkway is through Tower 10.
Framlingham Castle, Towers 9-13 (from right to left) © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Access to the wall walkway is through Tower 11.
Framlingham Castle, Towers 1, 13 and 12 (from left to right) © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
Framlingham Castle: Tudor bridge
Framlingham Castle © David Gill
A 16th century bridge provided access from the inner court to the garden on the other side of the ditch in the outer bailey. The bridge was constructed from stone and brick.
Access was adjacent to Tower 7.
Framlingham Castle, Tudor bridge © David Gill
Melrose Abbey: Dorter
Melrose Abbey © David Gill
The dorter lay on the east side of the cloister, above the chapter house. The night stairs to it were in the north transept of the abbey church. The dorter was accessed through a round doorway.
Melrose Abbey, doorway to dorter © David Gill
Melrose Abbey, east range with doorway to night stairs © David Gill
The day stairs to the dorter lay in the north-east corner of the cloister, on the south side of the dorter. Note the roof line of the dorter on the exterior of the north transept of the church.
Melrose Abbey © David Gill
The reredorter lay on the east side of the dorter.
Melrose Abbey © David Gill
Brougham Castle: Latin Inscription
Latin inscription, Brougham Castle © David Gill
The 13th century keep of Brougham Castle, Cumbria incorporates reused masonry from the Roman fort (Brocavum). A Latin funerary inscription is built into the ceiling of the second floor (RIB 787). The person named is Tittus M[..] who died around the age of 32 (‘[pl]us minus’). The monument was set up by his brother.
The Antonine Wall: Legio XX
Cast of inscription from Hutcheson Hill, now in Chesters Museum © David Gill
In 1865 a Latin inscription (RIB 2198) was recovered at Hutcheson Hill in the western section of the Antonine Wall. Casts were made and the original was taken to the Chicago Museum where it was destroyed in the great fire of October 1871. [See also Canmore]
The inscription records a vexillatio of the 20th Legion Valeria Victrix that had constructed 3000 feet of the wall.
Another inscription, now in the Hunterian Museum, was found in 1969 near Hutcheson Hill and similarly records a vexillatio of the same legion that had constructed 3000 feet of the wall (AE 1971, no.225) [JSTOR].
A third inscription of the Twentieth Legion probably comes from near Duntocher (RIB 2199).
A vexillatio of the Sixth Legion Victrix Pia Fidelis was found at Duntocher (RIB 2200). This stretch was 3240 feet.
