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New Photo Stock Images of RRS Discovery

BSPAdmin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:52:42 +0000

RRS Discovery. A new set of stock photos by Michaela Perryman The RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition. She is now the centrepiece of visitor attraction in her home, Dundee in Scotland. View more stock photography from Michaela Perryman here.

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New Photo Stock Images of Carloway Broche – Scotla

BSPAdmin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:24:50 +0000

Carloway Broche – Scotland. A new set of stock photos by Michaela Perryman Dun Carloway is on the Isle of Lewis off the west coast of Scotland. Built around the 1st Century BC, the ruin commands outstanding views out across the crofting land. Last occupied around 1300 BC. The outer wall in one place still stands at 9 metres in height and is 14-15 metres in diameter at the base. It was a dry stone build, that is without mortar. View more stock photography from Michaela Perryman here.

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New Photo Stock Images of Hundatora Medieval Villa

BSPAdmin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:23:18 +0000

Hundatora Medieval Village – Devon England. A new set of stock photos by Michaela Perryman Hundatora, a deserted medieval village, which was excavated between 1961 and 1975. It has four Dartmoor longhouses, many with a central drainage channel, and several smaller houses and barns. The three grain storage barns appear to have been adapted to include corn dryers, indicative of the deteriorating climate which led to the abandonment of the settlement by 1350. Outlines of medieval fields can still…

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New Photo Stock Images of RRS Discovery

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New Photo Stock Images of Carloway Broche – Scotla

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New Photo Stock Images of Hundatora Medieval Villa

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RRS Discovery

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A New Post From Michaela Perryman

The RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition. She is now the centrepiece of visitor attraction in her home, Dundee, Scotland

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Carloway Broche Scotland

BSPAdmin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:10 +0000

A New Post From Michaela Perryman

Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic D�n Charlabhaigh) is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch – on the east side parts of the old wall still reaches to 9 metres tall. In places there are also more modern repairs to the east wall. Dun Carloway was probably built some time in the 1st century BC, and radiocarbon dating evidence from remains found in the broch show that it was last occupied around 1300…

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Hundatora Village, Devon England

BSPAdmin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:16 +0000

A New Post From Michaela Perryman

Hundatora is a deserted medieval village, which was excavated between 1961 and 1975. It has four Dartmoor longhouses, many with a central drainage channel, and several smaller houses and barns. The three grain storage barns appear to have been adapted to include corn dryers, indicative of the deteriorating climate which led to the abandonment of the settlement by 1350. Outlines of medieval fields can still be seen, especially from vantage points on top of the tor. The fields are bounded by…

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Blackhouses of Isle of Lewis, Scotland

BSPAdmin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:09 +0000

A New Post From Michaela Perryman

Here are images of both ruins and restored Blackhouses to be found on the Hebridean Island of Isle of Lewis off the west coast of Scotland.

As one of the most primitive forms of the North Atlantic longhouse tradition it is very probable that the roots of the blackhouse, in which cattle and humans shared the same roof, is well over 1000 years old. The Lewis examples have clearly been modified to survive in the tough environment of the Outer Hebrides. Low rounded roofs, elaborately roped were…