Start decluttering - our fingers are tightly crossed that the Old Sarum Car Boot Sale can go ahead this month!
#salisbury #oldsarum #carbootsale

#OTD 1226 William Longespee's funeral procession made its way from #Salisbury Castle to the new @salisburycathedral.bsky.social which was still under construction. His tomb, originally in the newly consecrated east end, was moved to the nave in the C18th.
#OldSarum #medieval #history #archives

Aerial view: Old Sarum, Wiltshire. Iron Age hillfort reused by Romans, then crowned with a Norman castle and the first Salisbury Cathedral. 2,000 years of power, faith and defence in one perfect circle. #OldSarum #Salisbury #aerial #image #HillFort

Happening this evening and tomorrow at Old Sarum and Longhedge Community Centre, SP4 6GH.
#salisbury #oldsarum #communitycentre #fundraiser

Salisbury Cathedral once stood here at ‘Old Sarum’. Built 1075-1092 under Bishop Osmund, it was a Norman masterpiece within the hillfort walls. Extended by Bishop Roger in the 12th c & abandoned by 1220 when the new cathedral was begun in Salisbury below #OldSarum #aerial #image

Aerial view: ‘Old Sarum’- original site of Salisbury, first settled over 5,000 years ago. The Iron Age hillfort later became a Roman town, then a Norman castle & cathedral site. Abandoned in the 13th century when New Salisbury was founded below #OldSarum #aerial #image

Old Sarum aerial view - near Salisbury, one of Britain’s most extraordinary historic sites. Once an Iron Age hillfort, later a Norman castle & cathedral city, Abandoned when Salisbury Cathedral was built nearby in the 13th C #OldSarum #aerial #image #castle

GPR survey over the cathedral.

Students visiting the site

GPR survey.

Old Sarum and Salisbury.

For #hillfortwednesday some photos of our fieldwork this summer at #OldSarum @archsoton50.bsky.social an amazing site and landscape with a univallate hillfort adapted through time.

Old Sarum in the morning, looking eastwards. Visible is the outline of the old cathedral. #OldSarum

#salisbury #oldsarum #youthclub

#salisbury #oldsarum #carbootsale

Sunset at #OldSarum Camping and Caravan Club site near #Salisbury

Aerial view of Old Sarum with a photo of Harry photoshopped in the corner

#HarryTheRoamingRoman was overheard grumbling:
"This place has seen more banners raised than I’ve had bread rolls..."🏛️

Harry’s at #OldSarum an #IronAge hillfort later reused by #Romans & royals. At a key Roman road junction, it may have hosted a mansio or military post.

Views, roads, & history.

Greetings from Caersallog #runningpunks
#hillfort
#oldsarum
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#history #folklore #podcast #myths #legends #folktales #fairytales #folkcustoms #wiltshire #salisbury #warminster #devizes #oldsarum #stonehenge #avebury #ufosighting #ghost #fairies #ufocommunity #ghosts #salisburycathedral #longleat #kingarthur #newepisode #booksky #witchsky

This week, on the first of the 'Final Five' episodes in our second lap around England's 39 historic counties, we're digging into the sacred ritual landscape of #Wiltshire, and getting weird - including with @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social! 🖤
#history #folklore #podcast #oldsarum #stonehenge #avebury

Printed sepia postcard showing an illustration by J.G. Reynolds of the old cathedral at Old Sarum by Salisbury in Wiltshire, with details to the back. Publisher not stated, not numbered, c.1910. Postally unused. Good condition, with slight corner bumps.

The Cathedral, Old Sarum, Wiltshire, c.1910 - JG Reynolds Postcard

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#OldSarum #Salisbury #Postcards

Guilty as charged in my posts about Thursday's blaze at #OldSarum airfield which destroyed #FWW hangar.

People obstructing emergency workers at large fire in Salisbury Police said several people had obstructed emergency workers who are fighting the fire.

People obstructing emergency workers at large fire in Salisbury

#Wiltshire #LancasterRoad #OldSarum #Fire #GradeIILIstedWWIAirfield #BBC

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#OldSarum earlier this evening.

#WW1 #lostheritage #history #aviationhistory

Massive fire at #OldSarum has gutted a #WW1 hangar & looked to be spreading to airfield cafe. Firefighters had to go to Lysander Rd & The Portway to connect to hydrants. Go Skydive staff managed to rescue some of their kit. BDAC #museum appears ok.🤞
#listedbuilding #lostheritage #history

Listed #WW1 hangars at #OldSarum being destroyed by massive #fire
#heritage gone.

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Quick visit to #OldSarum to enjoy fab views on a gloriously sunny day. Plus Chemring at High Post testing flares & circuits being flown by Empire Test Pilots' School out of MOD Boscombe Down. And hats off to whoever transformed the #Jenga tower into #Stonehenge.

#Salisbury #SalisburyPlain

View from Devizes Road, Salisbury at sunrise looking down into the valley & low lying mist around the River Avon. Two large trees silhouetted by the rising sun with clouds & vapour trails tinged red and orange.

View from Devizes Road, Salisbury, looking down towards Stratford sub Castle & low lying mist, with Old Sarum (iron age earthworks) & trees on horizon silhouetted by rising sun & orange red tinged clouds.

A beautiful start to the day & my journey to work. A quick stop on the Devizes Road out of #Salisbury to capture the low lying mist, Old Sarum & a lovely #redskyinthemorning
#mist #OldSarum #StormHour

Old Sarum in the frost this morning

#frost #salisbury #oldsarum #wiltshire #dogwalk

Back in 2020 we were treated to the sight of both Comet Neowise ☄️ and the International Space Station above Old Sarum in Wiltshire.

#HillfortsWednesday #OldSarum #Comet #InternationalSpaceStation

Stunning Salisbury Cathedral, mostly built between 1220 & 1258. Cathedral originally located at Old Sarum, within the castle site, before tensions led to its move. As well as some very fine tombs, it also has tallest church spire in England #salisbury #salisburycathedral #cathedral #oldsarum

Walking back from #OldSarum ##SalisburyCathederal in the distance trough the Autumn mist, #campingandcaravan club site in near distance

After reading Sarum, it was a consensus that we should visit #OldSarum, the location of the original #Salisbury Cathedral in #England. As we wandered around the crumbling walls, threatening clouds lent a sombre atmosphere to the site of this Iron Age hill fort. #history #UK #photography

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is GAZE. The King returns to his ancestral realm, i.e. twenty first century Salisbury. #bookqw #yafantasy #salisbury #oldsarum www.benjeapes.com/index.php/th...

Or hear me read a longer extract at open.substack.com/pub/benjeape...