Went for a drive around Norfolk the other week looking for churches and came across this.
St Mary was a round-towered church, and it was a big, fat handsome tower, constructed of carstone and flint. The tower arch appears Norman, but the carstone banding of the tower suggests that it was early, possibly even pre-Conquest. The ruins of the tiny church against it show that this part of the building was much more recent, probably by about 300 years, presumably replacing a Norman church.
2014-03-24 12.19.42 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.19.59 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.20.35 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.20.46 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.21.12 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.21.22 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.22.08 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.21.29 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.22.21 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.22.33 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
St Mary was a round-towered church, and it was a big, fat handsome tower, constructed of carstone and flint. The tower arch appears Norman, but the carstone banding of the tower suggests that it was early, possibly even pre-Conquest. The ruins of the tiny church against it show that this part of the building was much more recent, probably by about 300 years, presumably replacing a Norman church.
2014-03-24 12.19.42 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.19.59 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.20.35 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.20.46 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.21.12 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.21.22 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.22.08 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.21.29 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.22.21 by graemehutton64, on Flickr
2014-03-24 12.22.33 by graemehutton64, on Flickr