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Whilst wandering around
Mottram Church last month, just below the burial ground, I came upon this wall dated 1769.
As far as I could tell the door doesn't seem to lead anywhere in particular. I imagine there was once an enclosure of some sort here but now there is just this wall.
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13 comments:
I imagine the door being an escape route, for someone wanting to take a peaceful walk in that yonder forest.....Great photo! Love the textures!
I love this picture. Just an old free standing wall with a door. Very evocative.
a standalone wall.... metaphysically lovely
Just as you were commenting on the 'legs' I was about to comment on this photo. Such a beautiful wall and it appears to be drystone - perhaps not? I always amazed how they hold together. I suppose it would have had to have had some restoration if it was built in 1769.
Absolutely beautiful.
I can't help to feel some respect for those things that stand in time.
Treasures like these are so exciting to find.
It's beautiful and fun to imagine it being so old and what it must have been used for. The stones are so interesting the way they fit together and have held up for so long!
such a timeless photo and so hard to believe the voices and life that passed by this wall. Thanks for your comments on my site about the photos from my photography tour to Vermillion Cliffs and Slot Canyons. I have many more coming up and the slot canyon photos are truly amazing. It was quite a trip. And yes, I like to see photographers in action too. We sometimes forget these images are interesting too.
This brings to mind something like "a passage in time"!
God bless you!
Cezar
Wonderful post and wall and I just love that gate Gerald.
The enclosure is actually a replica (a monument to) of a pub which was orginially cut into the wall adjacent to that photo.
The wine glass on the stone plaque signifies that.
Maybe it is in some way related to the blocked up window that you can see to the right of the door.
That was the entrance to the Black Bull Inn
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