Great to see the restoration of the folly at Radford nearing completion. The owner and skilled tradesmen deserve a huge thank you for their dedication. The folly, probably built in the 1840s, sits between Hooe Lake and Radford Lake - once part of the ancient Radford Estate.

I K Brunel's Grade I listed Royal Albert Bridge opened #OnThisDay 1859 over the Tamar, Saltash. IK Brunel's chief assistant Robert Pearson Brereton. supervised much of the construction and represented Brunel at the opening due to his ill health.

On this day in 1859, the Royal Albert Bridge, a railway bridge spanning the Tamar River at Saltash, was officially opened by Prince Albert. 🌉

At 667 metres long, it was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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it's #WorldTunaDay and once again we've delved into Cuvier's Le Règne Animal to find illustrations of tuna species (and one bonito) to celebrate these wonderful oceanic wanderers.

Thursday. My day to open the church. On a dull damp day like today the Leonard Walker window glows with life across the church.

Devonshire Dialect Dictionary For more details and DDD words see devonassoc.org.uk/ddd-the-dictio……………………………………………………………

irrits = annoyance

The Devonshire Association annual conferences are held in a different town/place in Devon each year. Our Sections produce reports on the town which collectively provide a useful introduction to the place. In 2019 we headed over the border: Launceston, History -. See devonassoc.org.uk/devoninfo/laun…

Daily Devon Beetle from the List of Devon Beetles. See devonassoc.org.uk/list-of-devon-…………………………………………………………… for full searchable list

Haliplus confinis Stephens, 1828

Preview of new issue of Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture
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There are still some small errors to be fixed & it will be some time before the main page is updated peregrinations.kenyon.edu

A small glass flask from the Commanding Officer’s House (Praetorium) at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Dating from the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD, the flask was found in a latrine drain. On display in the fort museum. #RomanFortThursday 📸 My own.

Terracotta plaque from Italy depicting life on the Nile. Dating from the 1st century AD, the plaque is part of the collections British Museum #ReliefWednesday #Rome 📸 My own.

Steve There seem to be two basic types, which you've illustrated here. The one on the left, where he kneels before Christ the Man of Sorrows, the tomb standing for the altar, and the simpler and perhaps more common second one where the Risen Christ stands on the altar. I think there's…

Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere #Cumbria visited in 2021. Fire Dog (detail) wrought iron and enamel, c.1900. #IronworkThursday

The St Gregory Mass in a wall painting at Slapton in Northants and an alabaster carving at Stoke Charity, Hants.

#HillfortsWednesday
Castle Canyke, #Cornwall .
The hillfort survives as an oval enclosure measuring approximately 180m long by 135m wide defined by a single rampart bank of steep profile and up to 3m high.
#Archaeology #History

Popular perceptions of what Tudor buildings looked like are shaped by the mainly monochrome colours of what remains today. But the reality – of highly decorated, and often colourful, interiors – is very different. Dr 𝔇𝔯 𝔈𝔪𝔪𝔞 𝔍. 𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔰 explores in Issue 12.

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We have recently been given this wonderful early photo of Smith Hill Cottage in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, which was later rebuilt and opened as the Wayside Cafe.

The May Queen c1900 #GeorgeParlby designer #ThomasCowell painter Stained Glass Museum BSMGP
#MayDay #May1 #Beltane

#WindowsOnWednesday
Great west window, #MedievalGlass fragments, some faces and St John with his eagle
Winchester cathedral, #Hampshire

Venetian drawing room. #CarltonTowers , #Yorkshire . #EdwardWelbyPugin . 1871-74.

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#awnpugin #pugin #augustuspugin #gothicrevival #gothicrevival art #design #gothicrevival fireplace #heraldry #edwardpugin #pugin design #pugin carltontowers