Caption

Corfe Castle is located in a natural defensive site on a hill between chalk ridges and for a thousand years has guarded the entry into the Isle of Purbeck. The ruined state of the castle date from the English Civil War when it was twice held siege in the 1640s and subsequently largely demolished

Date

May 02, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Ian Murray

Reference

BRK26I43_314

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.6Mb (16.5Mb) / 17.0in x 11.3in / 5100 x 3400 (300dpi)

Keywords

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