Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Inside roosts
The upper inside walls of the pidgeon coop contained these roosts. Commonly used in small numbers in many barns this was a colossal community effort at mass egg production. This building has 1000 roosts. The key is that wood pidgeons and doves lay two eggs at a time. If you remove just one they will keep laying - and you can keep replenishing your egg supply. With 1000 roosts that's a lot of eggs - mmmmmmmmm..................goat cheese omlets!
Basically a big stone pidgeon/dove coop
Built by the local community in the 15th century the idea was to provide the entire community with a source of protein - pidgeon eggs. Cattle were kept on the ground floor to provide heat and entice the pidgeons in through the small windows during the winter months. See the next photo for the interior of this building.
Ahhhhh....that's better.
Really unusual tombs behind the altar in a tiny church in the Cotswolds. From the mid 13th century, no idea why they are positioned like this. Maybe because there was only a small amount of room for the coffin in the wall behind this. In immaculate condition considering they are almost 800 years old.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
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