Driving along the Windsor Road one day, my eye was caught by a collection of chairs, placed in an oblong, close to where the Runnymede memorial is located. Ah, I thought, that’s where King John sat with his Barons and signed Magna Carta. But no, dear reader, I was wrong. It is in fact an…
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Regal Ruin – Portchester Castle
Is Portchester Castle a Regal Ruin? Yes says my friend but I am torn for I have climbed its inner sanctum – the great Keep – and it appeared in remarkably good condition! It was here that the most important apartments would have been located although later, it housed prisoners during the Napoleonic wars. Of…
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