Cowdray castle/house

[historyman09]

Ill post a link about the ifo of this place as it will be easier

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowdray_House"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowdray_House[/ame]


ok on with the pictures

thanks for looking
hope you like

 

[astro23]

Really like it! Nice place, i esp like that little house on mushroom stilts!

 

[nelly]

Really like it! Nice place, i esp like that little house on mushroom stilts!

Do we know why it is on stilts??

Nice pictures btw

 

[RichardH]

Do we know why it is on stilts??

If it is fairly near a water source it could be a maltings, or malt-house. Grain would have been soaked and then spread out on the floor of a raised room to dry, sprout and ferment, before being turned into beer.

Humans are funny, but at least they invented beer.

 

[historyman09]

i managed to get a shot of inside of it ill show u

just researched online and its a grain store

 

[jibhead]

on 'mushrooms' to stop rats from getting in to the grain

 

[nelly]

If it is fairly near a water source it could be a maltings, or malt-house. Grain would have been soaked and then spread out on the floor of a raised room to dry, sprout and ferment, before being turned into beer.

Humans are funny, but at least they invented beer.

Thanks Richard, I never knew that

 

[oldscrote]

Really like it! Nice place, i esp like that little house on mushroom stilts!

Have a look here

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddle_stones"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddle_stones[/ame]