Royal Arsenal
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The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, proofing
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse (Beresford Gate) in 2007
The octagonal tower of Tower Place alongside the Royal Military Academy
Shot stacked up outside the Royal Laboratory gates and rows of guns arrayed in the background (James Cockburn, 1795).
One of a pair of 17th-century pavilions, the earliest buildings on the site, undergoing restoration (2015)
Warren (burrow)
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A warren is a network of interconnected burrows dug by rabbits. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishments of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The t
Royal Arsenal
…proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces. It was originally known as the Woolwich Warren, having begun on land previously used as a domestic warren in the grounds of a mid-16th century Tudor house, Tower Place. Much of the initial history of the site is linked with that of the Office of Ordnance…
A modern view of a medieval pillow mound at Stoke Poges, England