Old Sarum
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Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, t
Partial aerial view of Old Sarum. The motte is at centre, with remains of the castle, and the foundations of the cathedral are to the left in the bailey.
A reconstruction of Old Sarum as in the 12th century, housed at Salisbury Cathedral
An 1829 sketch of Old Sarum by John Constable, displaying the site of the abandoned hillfort
The exposed foundations of the cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral
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Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England. The cathedral is regarded as one of the leading examples of E
Old Sarum
…Salisbury at the cathedral finally led to the removal of the church into the nearby plain. As New Salisbury grew up around the construction site for the new cathedral in the early 13th century, buildings at Old Sarum were dismantled for their stone and the old town dwindled. Its long-neglected castle was abandoned…
Salisbury Cathedral from the north-east
Sculpture on the west front of the cathedral of Bishop Richard Poore who oversaw the early years of its construction, beginning in 1220; he is holding a model of the cathedral
Plan showing the double transepts with aisles and extended east end, but not the cloisters or chapter house
The west front.