June 2019
Lincoln Castle. The original dungeons are accessible via a ladder. I guess if you were to be a resident, the ladder would be removed once you were in.
Not much to do after that to pass the time, so some took to defacing the walls which have now become preserved pieces of art.
Bit like a medieval Banksy.
Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, died near to Lincoln.
Her body was carried all the way back to London and each place that the party rested en route was marked with an 'Eleanor' cross.
The final one being at Charring which is how Charring Cross gets the name.
George III was supposedly mad.
In Lincoln Castle grounds there is proof positive that he was, in fact, up the pole.
Literally.
The gigantic bust was placed on an even more gigantic column as a sort of land lighthouse. This could be seen for miles over the flat countryside and act as a guiding point for travellers.
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