The sheep at the Farm! http://lwfarm.org.uk/ I got to explore more of the wonderful City of Bristol this week!!
Kate Iles took me out to Lawrence Weston Community Farm to see the animals and woodland. The farm was originally started by local residents in 1986 on - I couldn’t believe it - the site of a former Bristol City Council rubbish tip! Well it definitely doesn't look like a rubbish tip anymore!!
Kate Iles took me out to Lawrence Weston Community Farm to see the animals and woodland. The farm was originally started by local residents in 1986 on - I couldn’t believe it - the site of a former Bristol City Council rubbish tip! Well it definitely doesn't look like a rubbish tip anymore!!
© Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives I also got a tour around Blaise Castle House Museum and King’s Weston Roman Villa. The social history collections are kept at Blaise Castle House Museum which was built 1796 and 1798 by John Harford who was a wealthy Bristol merchant and banker. Thankfully some of the beautiful original ornamental decorations are still in the house. There are several casts of Classical and Neo-Classical sculptures and reliefs -including a set cast from the Parthenon marbles!
Not too far from Blaise Castle House Museum is Kings Weston Roman Villa – the only surviving Roman Villa in Bristol. The Villa was used for about 100 years before being abandoned as the Western Roman Empire started to crumble.
Not too far from Blaise Castle House Museum is Kings Weston Roman Villa – the only surviving Roman Villa in Bristol. The Villa was used for about 100 years before being abandoned as the Western Roman Empire started to crumble.
At the end of the week I was able to explore Brandon Hill Park and Cabot Tower as the Friends of Brandon Hill were organising a Community Archaeology Event and invited me to come along. They were doing a Geophysical Survey of the potential Civil War defences in the park just below Cabot Tower. Peter Insole came along and did a walking tour of the area! I learnt a lot about the English Civil War and how Bristol was affected by it.
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