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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 7h

A door beneath a window below a table of grotesques. Some of the many fascinating features which make St Michael’s, Stanton Harcourt, so worthy of a visit. #AdoorableThursday

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 19h

Strapping workmanship!

John Vigar @johnevigar.bsky.social · 20h

This door at Eastwood church in Essex dates from about 1150, which is extremely rare. The hinge has an inscription which (more or less) says ‘blessings on those who come and go’.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 1d

A view towards The Bongs, from Crosfield Bridge above Lymm Dam, Cheshire. Bongs is thought to be a corruption of the Middle English “bonks” (slopes or hill/valley sides; possibly wooded), a word which appears in a number of northern Middle English texts including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Trees in narrow river valley viewed from a bridge.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s lesson: talk to people. An NHS carer was chatting to me today and spotted one of my Middle English texts on the settee. Turns out he was an admirer of Eric Ravilious and a collector of rare books. The world is a richer place when we see, talk and listen. Nothing is what it might seem.

Eric Ravilious painting of Long man of Wilmington

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 4d

Damaged but still delightful in all its well-cut detail; the face of Sir Philip Thornbury (d.1456) at Little Munden, Herts. You can almost feel the curling locks of his hair and see the jewels of his circlet, sparkling in the autumn light. Wonderful!

Face of a knight on a medieval tomb chest

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 5d

Calming cowscape after a night of crashing storms.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 5d

Perfection!

Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 5d

Reminds me of an abandoned house at the back of us when I was a boy: rusting large 1950s car in the garage, billiard table with balls, stick telephone and a pianola with reels of music. It was like the family had just upped and left. Converted to a new house in the 1980s.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 6d

This is lovely; I particularly like the castle’s slight resemblance to Bodiam. We need peace right now and an end to barbarism.

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 6d

2 Oct 1518: the Treaty of Universal Peace, designed by Cardinal Wolsey, aka the Treaty of #London is signed in #London #otd - comprehending most of the European powers (A dove, c. 1225 - c. 1250 Rijksmuseum)

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Slow then? Clearly took several ages to get there.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 7d

Different ages and a door down in Herefordshire. A Norman doorway at St Peter’s at Bromyard with what seems to be a tympanum cut away in later years. The figure of St Peter above the door may pre-date the arch itself. #AdoorableThursday

Norman doorway showing round arch and St Peter figure above archway

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 7d

A tour through the land of Logres in the footsteps of Sir Gawain!

Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 8d

Editors can submit 2 pieces of "creative nonfiction" to #BestOfTheNet.

Forgotten Ground Regained's 1st nomination in the category:
@mythicalbritain.bsky.social's "The Modern Landscape of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight".

alliteration.net/info/the-landscape-of-sggk/ #BOTN #Gawain #GreenKnight

The Landscape of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

A tour through the Englisha and Welsh countryside that forms the backdrop to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 7d

Love these old images!

Chris H @chris-bh.bsky.social · 8d

A little #HillfortsWednesday quiz for you?

Can you name each of the hillforts depicted in these antiquarian illustrations?
Some far easier than others
Bonus points if you can name the artist or book.
Thousands of (non-redeemable) internet points to be won!!
Clue: they are all in #Dorset

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 8d

Castles in the landscape

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 8d

After 1485, Sandal Castle fell into disrepair. Surveys in 1538, 1545, 1564, and 1565–66 documented its increasing decay, By the 17th century, most of the stonework was in ruins. Briefly re-fortified during the Civil Wars, the castle was surrendered OTD 1 October 1645. A

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 8d

Cracking prize - well done!

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 8d

At the check-out, medieval style!

Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 9d

You've got to admire an expert knapped-flint wall - St Mary's Priory Church, 😮 Bungay, #Suffolk

📷 Yesterday

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 8d

Castles in the landscape

Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 8d

#ArtDD2025
Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin, Argyll & Bute.

Built for John Carswell, Bishop of the Isles, in the later C16th, the castle was ruined in the later C17th.

@saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social

Watercolour of steep grassy slope at the top of which is a simple grey stone tower, with a few black windows. Trees to right and left of the tower.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 9d

The Green Chapel in the woods, or is it a forest form of Bryn Celli Ddu giving an entrance to the underworld? Either way, it’s a haunting place for #TombTuesday!

Hut made in the woods from trees and branches

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 9d

Do it!

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 9d

New Mythical Britain blog post - the symbolism of the colour green in the medieval Middle English masterpiece, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Enjoy the journey into the Gawain-poet's world of menace and malevolent meschaunce! www.mythicalbritain.co.uk/post/overal-...

Overal enker-grene – the symbolism of the colour green in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The symbolism of the colour green in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has often been attributed to the supernatural. But is there a simpler reason behind the poet's choice, one based on narrative techn...

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 10d

Lion in wait for the start of the week! Delightful sixteenth century big cat, alert to his duties at the feet of Sir William Sandys at St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Cumbria. Quite a cutie!

Stone lion at feet of a knight on a tomb.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 11d

This is super! A wonderful walk around a magnificent font.

Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 12d

Popped into Morville Church, Shropshire on the way back from Bridgnorth for a dose of some early Norman architecture and to see the fab font with its ‘green man’ style heads. I did a quick #lidar scan with the phone so you can give it a twirl & have a look… skfb.ly/pBBoP

Morville Church Font - Download Free 3D model by Mark Walters (@markwalters)

Early Norman period baptismal font circa 1118 inside Morville Church, Shropshire. Carved from limestone probably derived from Wenlock Edge 📍 Bridgnorth, England - Morville Church Font - Download Free...

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 12d

The German Ocean yields its wealth from former folk-trod fields.

Luc Amkreutz @prehistoryrmo.bsky.social · 12d

#FlintFriday! Stunning 🤩 Mesolithic scraper from submerged #Doggerland 🌊 found on the beach by Maurits a couple of weeks ago.

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 12d

Go on, name that castle! A linocut print of mine from a few years back.

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