On a small island off the coast of Norway sat the ruins of a 500-year-old castle. The castle’s history was well-known and most of the structure had been extensively studied, but the courtyard hid a ...
HAMPSHIRE. CASTLES ARE BY DEFINITION STURDY THINGS, SOLID AND BUILT TO RESIST OUTSIDE FORCES. BUT NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. WE ARE AT THE RUINS OF MADAME SHERRI’S CASTLE IN MADAME SHERRY FOREST IN ...
Some 500 years ago, construction workers in the midst of building Ćmielów Castle in Poland carved a simple game board into a slab of the sandstone floor as a diversion for their leisure time. At least ...