Porchester Castle by Fred255
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Today was a lovely day we had some "Spring" weather, so after the morning doing a paid photo shoot, I drove down to Portchester Castle.
Portchester Castle's commanding location has made it a major factor in the Solent's defences for hundreds of years.
The most impressive and best- preserved of the Roman 'Saxon Shore' forts, Portchester Castle was originally built in the late 3rd century. Covering an area of nearly ten acres, it is the only Roman stronghold in northern Europe whose walls still mainly stand to their full 6 metre height, complete with most of their originally twenty towers. Subsequently housing a Saxon settlement, the huge waterside fortress became a Norman castle in the 12th century, when a formidable tower-keep was built in one corner.
Portchester Castle was in the front line throughout the Hundred Years War, serving as a staging-post for expeditions to France and repelling cross- Channel raids. Richard II transformed part of the castle into a palace in 1396, and Henry V used it as an embarkation point for the Agincourt campaign in 1415. Thereafter it saw little action, but was used to house troops in the Civil War, and prisoners of war during the Dutch and Napoleonic Wars and the Anglo-American War of 1812-14.
Info from English Heritage website.
Thank you for looking, as always any comments or suggestions welcome 8~)
Thank you for the comments on my last upload
Comments (17)
bmac62
Wonderful. So, you even had some old American blokes in there, huh? :) Well, why not? They had to be housed somewhere. Gave them plenty to eat and plenty of heat? David, I'm just babbling on here having fun. This is a most interesting place to me...going in my favorites.
mnmpm
Excellent,is always good to know History from everywhere in the World!! good shot nice detail,feels like am in there!!
Blitzz-Licht
...good use of lines here....very fine eyeleeding
RocksLady
So Alte sachen sind schon die schönsten Dinge der Welt :-)
babuci
Another great angle to show the full potential of this place to admire.
danob
Rather lovely David almost like an Old Abbey for a castle to have such fine a finish to those windows etc
PD154
Great shot, a place steeped in history, nice postwork to this.
CavalierLady
Lovely trio of images, David, 3rd century, my word! I really like the processing here, looks very natural and a lovely composition!
MrsLubner
A walk in history. Great shot with solid background information.
durleybeachbum
Gosh! that takes me back years! I last went there when I first started teaching in the last century. super pic.
nikolais
great pov, David!
rainbows
Wonderful light and shadows, glad to see ou are out and about with your camera. Hugs. Spider. xx
Staticon
It's been a few years since I was last there. I'll have to dig out my photos of the day. :-) Nice shot.
Superastro
The use of the shadows is great here. Nice postwork too.
lucindawind
fascinating place! excellent shot
ejn
Nice perspctive. Did many a wedding shoot in there after the couples got married at the old church in the castle.....this brought back a lot of memories
ontar1
Beautiful view!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!