Showing posts with label beeston regis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beeston regis. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Beeston Bleakness: Cold Cliffs
Just a few shots taken on my iPhone from the Beeston Bump. This was a cold, blowy, mist-shrouded November afternoon, on which it felt like night was falling at about 2pm. From the top of the hill you could see the mist creeping slowly over Sheringham like a malevolent spectre. It was a good afternoon to be indoors, in the warmth, beneath a blanket or two.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Overlooking the Ocean: The Beeston Bump
An early-morning visit to Beeston Hill, Beeston Regis, just outside of Sheringham. More commonly known as the Beeston Bump, it certainly doesn't look much from these pictures, yet this cliff-top hill is possibly my favourite place in Norfolk, offering beautiful views down the length of the coast. Peering down onto the mish-mash of rooftops of Sheringham gives the little coastal town a model railway feel.
Atop the Bump are the concrete remains of a Second World War Y-Station. These stations collected material and information to be passed along to the code-crackers of Bletchley Park. Beside these remains stands a small triangulation pillar (orw trig point) - erected by Ordnance Survey in the mid-1930s, thousands of these were erected during the Retriangulation of Great Britain. The project more accurately measured and mapped the land, forming the basis of the British national grid reference system.
Massive projects that can shape the course not only of a region but of a nation. Little sense of it today, especially at a quiet 6am with the sun rising over the sea and the gulls cawing across the cliffs. Like I said, it's probably my favourite place, up there.
Atop the Bump are the concrete remains of a Second World War Y-Station. These stations collected material and information to be passed along to the code-crackers of Bletchley Park. Beside these remains stands a small triangulation pillar (orw trig point) - erected by Ordnance Survey in the mid-1930s, thousands of these were erected during the Retriangulation of Great Britain. The project more accurately measured and mapped the land, forming the basis of the British national grid reference system.
Massive projects that can shape the course not only of a region but of a nation. Little sense of it today, especially at a quiet 6am with the sun rising over the sea and the gulls cawing across the cliffs. Like I said, it's probably my favourite place, up there.
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Beeston Regis Priory
The ruins of the Augustinian St Mary's Priory, Beeston Regis. Founded in 1216 and in use until 1538, when it fell victim to Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monastries process.
At least two local legends are connected to the site: the first claims there exists a lost tunnel connecting the priory to a local inn, the second involving a farmer's experiences with a ghost haunting the grounds. Both are mentioned on Beeston Regis' Wiki entry.
These pictures were taken around a year ago, on my older camera.
At least two local legends are connected to the site: the first claims there exists a lost tunnel connecting the priory to a local inn, the second involving a farmer's experiences with a ghost haunting the grounds. Both are mentioned on Beeston Regis' Wiki entry.
These pictures were taken around a year ago, on my older camera.
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