Castles, Portchester Castle, Hampshire.
Visited August 2025.
I have visited Portchester Castle before but never on such a long burnt summer evening of late August. It was boiling and golden.
‘Portchester is one of the best preserved of the Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ forts and was built in the 3rd century. Covering ten acres, it is the only Roman stronghold in northern Europe whose walls still stand mainly to their original height and with many of its original towers.
Portchester was in the front line in the Hundred Years War, was transformed into a palace by Richard II and was later used as a prison.’
I also saw somebody had lost their pants in a tree and a 1700’s fire insurance mark. Very exciting.
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