A World of Pipes, Murrderr and Romans

[English Bloke]

The museum houses many fascinating artifacts.


Shoes in various sizes. The nature of the mud they were found in has preserved these treasures in excellent condition. Hard to grasp they are 2000 years old.


Some of the Jewellery looks as though it was made yesterday. Some beautiful things on display too. The picture doesn't capture it fully.


Storage jars.


A grave stone.


This skull has been anylised and dated and it comes from a person with ethnic root in the southwest of Scotland. It was found near to one of the gates and is believed to have been mounted on a pole. A stark warning to locals not to mess with the Blokes inside.

There is also a reconstruction of a part of the wall and watchtower (milecastle) in both it's wooden and Stone forms. These were built and added to at various times.




Milecastle and wall (reconstructed)


Wooden watchtower (reconstruction of earlier fortifications)


The Kilt drew lots of admiring glances and a few good compliments.

[English Bloke]

Next we travelled to the Roman Army Museum at Carvoran.




Roman Cavalry mock-up.


Roman Centurian... I used to be a Centurian... of sorts.


Our 'Adrian.


As we drove around the area we stopped at Cawfields. A lovely recreation area close to the wall.


I also paused to get a snap of a village cricket match. Because we are in Englandshire I thought it might be appropriate. Just as I was peering over the hedge and taking the picture, the bowler clean bowled the facing batsman. I nearly got a picture of the wickets in the air. I do hope it wasn't because he was looking at me and not the ball. (oooops!)


A bit more wall.

[English Bloke]

Camera looking South. The North Yorkshire Dales are behind me.




We also stopped off at Lanercost Priory. It was founded in 1169 (or thereabouts) as an Augustinian monastery. Despite being "dissolved" by Henry VIII in 1536 (during the dissolution of the monastries) parts of the original foundation survive and are still in use.








The nave of the original priory church survives as the local parish church (Church of England) - services were allowed to continue after the dissolution as the building was used as a parish church. The church is dedicated to Mary Magdalene (a statue of her, given by Edward I, sits near the top of the west elevation of the church). The west range of the monastic buildings, known as the Dacre Hall also survived the dissolution and now serves as the local village hall.


Stained glass window. Loosly translated it says "Esteemed Doctor".


The final leg of the drive home seemed to take forever and I was pretty tired by the time we did get back to the house. Good fun trip though. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

[Ryan Ross]

Fantastic pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us!

I found the sling bullets in this pic to be particularly interesting, as I've been known to use a sling myself and always wanted to try it with a lead missile in place of a rock.