Atmospheric, Eerie and Beautiful: An old Medieval Castle

in #photography7 years ago

Something a bit different now. I thought I would share my visit to a castle not far from me. It was a lovely day, quite eerie and beautiful as you can see below. I sort of imagined myself playing a game like Skyrim that I love, and wondering what might be inside this particular stronghold.

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On the approach you can get a sense of how dramatic and interesting it is, even for a smaller castle. There is something I absolutely love about the medieval period. All the ideas of knights and dragons.

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Here you can see more of my approach to the castle, and the drawbridge.

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Here, I'm actually just about on the drawbridge. No water around the outside any more, but a fair drop.

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Inside it was eerie and atmospheric. The person I was with kept wondered if perhaps 'witches' were inside. Not likely, but I could imagine that it would make a good film set, or something like that.

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This picture is from the storage cellar. There was an old fireplace, but I forgot to take a photograph of that.

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An old stone staircase.

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And looking out at the view that an archer would have as the enemy approached.

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Finally, looking out from the top when I reached it at a glorious day. A real sense of history, and a feeling of being happy to be alive. Thanks for checking this out.

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