> > Built in 1067 by the Normans... enlarged and moated 
> 1200-1210... enlarged again in 1250-1270... besieged by 
> Cromwell in 1646, and then destroyed under his orders in 1652.
> >
> > The grounds and earthworks are vast; the place must have been huge.
> >
> > I love this stuff.
> >
> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8922539
> >
> > (K10D and DA 16-45)
> 
> I like this one - the muted light works well here.  Like the brief
> history you provided as well.  Thank God the French came to civilize
> England, eh?
> 
> <g,d&r>

They weren't French, they were Swedes on holiday in Normandy. The French
don't win wars.

Bob


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