Michael Jones

Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire Dales (England) A 12th-century Augustinian monastery founded in 1154 by Lady Alice de Rumilly, set along the River Wharfe. #BoltonAbbey #HistoryRebuilt

Going underground. In the crypt at Hexham Abbey, a survival of St Wilfrid's 7th Century abbey church.

Dryburgh Abbey, Borders (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Abbey burnt by invading English forces in 1322, 1385 & 1544 during the Wars of Rough Wooing, leading to Ancrum Moor where English Commander, Sir Ralph Evers was skinned for desecrating the Border Abbeys.

The swallows arrived home this morning! Best news of all and always brings a tear to my eye. They’re busy checking out their nests in the porch.

So much mysteries about this mysterious church! Late Saxon wall painting is believed to be the earliest representation of the Trinity in this form. Used pigments include cinnabar, most expensive one in a tiny church used by Saxons 🤔 St. Mary’s Norfolk

I have stepped into a fairy tale 🤍 Blossoming blackthorn holloways feel like pathways through the briars surrounding Sleeping Beauty🤍 I saw marsh harriers & adders and heard a bittern booming.

Bare winter trees at Glasserton. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! A tiny horse figurine carved from mammoth ivory about 40,000 years ago! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #Archaeology

Duart Castle, Isle of Mull (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of earlier layout of Keep, Barmkin with castle-town village. A MacLean family stronghold. #DuartCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles

Lochwood Castle my old watercolour reconstruction and grokified. A Johnstone family stronghold. In 1547, English forces climbed over Barmkin at night holding servants captive in outbuildings & waited for a maid to open tower door in the morning taking Castle without firing a shot

Ardtornish Castle reconstruction mock-up. Where the Treaty of Westminster and Ardtornish was signed where rebel Scots Lords planned to over throw King James III of Scots with undeclared English military support & divide the Scottish Kingdom with England in 1462.

Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assynt (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. There was also a low set Close/Barmkin wall with outbuildings not shown in mock-up. #ArdvreckCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries & Galloway (Scotland). Reconstruction mock-up over @yesjimstheman image. A Maxwell family stronghold besieged by King Edward I of England in 1300. #CaerlaverockCastle #HistoryRebuilt

“The forest is for me a temple, a cathedral of tree canopies and dancing light.” —Dr. Jane Goodall

Did you know that many of the historic sites in our care are free to enter and quite possibly on your doorstep? From mysterious prehistoric monuments and Roman ruins to mighty medieval castles and spiritual sites, there’s plenty of Wales’ past to explore. cadw.gov.wales

Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire (Scotland) 'Craig Sturgeon' image & reconstruction. A Bruce family stronghold slighted by King Robert The Bruce to stop its use as an Auld enemy base. #TurnberryCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Lochindorb Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Comyn family build seized by King Edward I of England in 1303. Castle was used as a base in 1390 by Alexander Stewart the Wolf of Badenoch to raid Elgin. #LochindorbCastle

The rare Scottish wildcat prowls Highland forests as one of Britain's rarest mammals. #ScottishWildcat #EndangeredSpecies via Beauty Of Scotland #Caturday

Extraordinary story of the lost church! Rediscovered by accident as an ivy clad roofless ruin in 1992 and was hiding one of the most important, sophisticated sets of early medieval wall painting in the country. St. Mary’s in the lost village of Houghton-on-the-Hill, Norfolk