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[poliphilo]

This is St. Leonard's Tower, near West Malling, Kent. It was built between 1077 and 1108- most probably by Gundulph, Bishop of Rochester. No-one's quite sure what it's for. It's too small to be a castle, too big to be a bell tower and not fancy enough to be bishop's palace. It was probably some sort of administrative centre.

No matter, it's Romanesque and I love it.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

It's lovely. Seeing a tower like that rise out of the countryside seemingly in the middle of nowhere is awesome for me...always. Could there have been more to it that was lost?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Apparently there are also some earthworks, but it seems the tower was always the only substantial structure on the site.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

How interesting!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

A little known monument. I used to live in the area, but only found out about it this year.