Cliffords Tower

The mound (motte) and the tower on it are the most prominent remains of York's castle. For almost 1000 years a castle has stood on this site, and it has an interesting history.

The right hand side of this image, above the vans, has yet another of York's various archaeological digs. The purpose here is to check on the stability of the mound, and to look at the remains of a wall (covered by the lower part of the mound since the mid 1930's) of what was part of York Prison.

This shot was taken from what was once the debtor's prison, and now forms part of the Castle Museum.

Ian

[gloria jones]

Great capture and great history...you certainly captured all that's going on

[Jo Jackson]

Shots like this make me miss York - I grew up there and spent most of my life in the city. Great shot with a lot of action in it!

[Julia]

So interesting to see! Castles with 1000 years of history!

[Graham Thresher]

Fabulous shot.

[Camille Bisson]

rich, full shot. thank you for sharing this.

[Molly]

An imposing building. Shame it's so hard to capture these sights without some kind of traffic in the image.

[Tony]

Impressive capture and such a depth of history.

[Fisher Family]

@seattlite @jojackson @juliac @thresheg @catsmeowb @dolphin @tonydebont

Thank you all for your kind comments and favs. We seem to be developing an archaeological theme here!

Ian

[bkb in the city]

Wonderful shot if a huge part if history