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Old Sarum (Cathedral foundation ruins)
Salisbury, England
14th Century Poultry Cross
royal archPrehistoric Salisbury
The neighborhood of Salisbury is rich in antiquities. The famous megalithic remains of Stonehenge are not far. Many prehistoric relics have been brought to the fine Blackmore Museum in the city. But the site most intimately associated with Salisbury is that of Old Sarum, the history of which forms the preface to that of the modern city. This is a desolate place, lying a short distance north of Salisbury, with a huge mound. It's a hollowed out like a crater, its rim surmounted by a rampart so deeply cut away that its inner side rises like a sheer wall of chalk 100 ft. high. I was drawn to this area because of the its ancient mystical history.
