Dunster Castle Stables B W
by Joan-Violet Stretch
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Dunster Castle Stables B W
Artist
Joan-Violet Stretch
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Photograph - Photography/black And White
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The stables at Dunster Castle in Dunster, Somerset are some of the best examples of early 17th century stall stabling. The turned pillars are particularly beautiful and had been painted yellow. The hay manger sits behind the rails and the mangers can be seen running along the wall. The floor is flat local stone laid into large cobbles. There is a drain gully that can be seen on the right of the picture. The stalls would have been divided by wooden poles suspended on chains. These are some of the best preserved early stables in the country. I didn't go round the castle as I had no time to, but I wished I squeezed it in somehow, the stables were beyond the castle grounds and free to enter, the national-trust shop was in part of it, the stables themselves were quite eerie and felt haunted, I guess they were..they take great dark shadowy, pictures, I do have the front of the castle and other parts of Dunster Village to download yet, it was a wonderful sunny day there the best day I had in my Devon/Somerset trip, this version is taken from the other side of the stables looking towards the exit, Henry VIII stayed in the castle often in Tudor times and would have used these stables.
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September 11th, 2015
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