Dane John Gardens, Canterbury City Kent UK Postcard in Winter Vaughan Photography

Описание: Dane John Gardens is Canterbury's largest and most popular public park.
William the Conqueror established castles at Canterbury, Dover, and Rochester. These were simple wooden structures atop a high mound, or motte. The high castle mound, known locally as Dane John's Mound, gives its name to the garden. However, the mound itself was in existence well before the Norman Conquest; it dates to at least the 1st century AD. This conical hill is thought to have begun as a Roman cemetery, created sometime during the Roman occupation of the area, between the first and fourth centuries AD. When William the Conqueror wanted to create a stronghold to exercise control over the city, he re-used the existing mound to create a typical Norman motte and bailey fortress, with a timber palisade atop the mound and an enclosure extending from the base of the mound. The castle remained in use for only a few decades and was abandoned when Canterbury Castle was begun in 1123. Visitors can climb to the top of the castle mound via a circular pathway that spirals gently towards the top. The old city walls run directly beside the castle mound and allow access to the top. At the base of the mound is a pair of ammunition storage tunnels created during WWII.

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The Invicta steam locomotive was built by George and Robert Stephenson for the World’s first steam locomotive passenger railway. The line ran from Whitstable to Canterbury and opened on the 3rd May 1830, four months before the Liverpool to Manchester line. Invicta was put on display and appeared at various events in the UK and abroad. She was restored in 1892, and in 1906, Invicta was presented to the city of Canterbury by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. For 70 years, Invicta was on static display in The Dane John Gardens, Canterbury. In 1977, a full cosmetic restoration of the locomotive was undertaken with help from the National Railway Museum. Presently, Invicta is owned by the Transport Trust. During November 2008, it was announced that a £41,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant had been made to Canterbury City Council to develop a new museum at Whitstable to house Invicta. The extension was completed in 2019, and Invicta was lifted in to its new home on 16 June 2019.

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