[Scroll down for earlier posts about the rest of the end-of-term trip, including York]. From York, it was about 7 hours by bus back to Herstmonceux. To break up the trip, we stopped at Castle Acre and the Iceni Iron Age Village. First up was Castle Acre Castle, the most dilapidated English Heritage-managed site I’ve ever seen but interesting and with great views to the surrounding area. A short walk away was Castle Acre Priory, another religious house ruined by, of course, King Henry VIII.
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| the castle |
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| view from the castle |
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| in the village centre |
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| the priory |
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| the priory |
From Castle Acre, we drove about 30 minutes to Iceni Iron Age Village. This was a very strange site, and none of us could quite decide what to make of it. It’s privately owned and feels very abandoned/isolated; it’s mostly just a small ring of reconstructed Iceni (a native British tribe, famous for one of its leaders, Boudicca) buildings, with very unnerving mannequins lurking in the shadows!
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| fake enemy heads impaled on spikes over the village bridge |
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| the Iron Age village |
I'm writing this post from London! For current posts about what my mom and I are up to in London, click here:
http://www.thistleshamrockrose2011.blogspot.co.uk/. Meanwhile, I'll be doing double posts for the next few days on this blog (Hanna at Herstmonceux) until I'm caught up.
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