Corfe Castle [Dorset]

I think that's what this castle is called anyway- hehe, if i wrote for one of those tourist book dealies, I would be fired very soon. Anyway, this castle was built around 1066 A.D. by King John. He was insane about power and materialisticness so he had a really posh castle with cathedrals and all of that. But they were taken over and through some twisty political mess the courts ordered it to be destroyed. Obviously they weren't very talented in the art of dynamite. At any rate, it's old and there isn't much left of it. You can still see the murder holes (where they would drop rocks and boiling water down on people), the moat, the grooves where the gates would go down, the places where they shot arrows from, the windows and stairs and bridges..all that stuff. It's not like the rock will fall off if you touch it-it's still really really solid. Sorry, but I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. It was really beautiful though; breathtaking view.

[Scientist]