Title

Old Sarum, 1086, (c1990-2010)

Caption

Old Sarum, 1086, (c1990-2010). Distant aerial view reconstruction drawing of William the Conqueror receiving the barons in 1086. Old Sarum, the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England. An Iron Age hillfort was erected around 400 BC. The Saxons took the British fort in the 6th century. The Normans constructed a motte and bailey castle in 11th century. ln the early 13th century, the buildings of Old Sarum were dismantled for stone and the old town dwindled.

Date

1990

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B35_224

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,6Mb) / 17,3in x 11,2in / 5187 x 3368 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings England people crowd architecture arts country monarch art smoke British English castle color colour king royal defense fortification Wiltshire location circular century drawing monarchy Britain royalty concept Salisbury defensive 21st century concentric circles aerial view reconstruction bird's eye view Norman English Heritage 11th century 2000s earthwork motte motte and bailey Old Sarum sovereign TGN William the Conqueror King of England William Duke of Normandy landscape William I Eleventh Century King William I William of Normandy Peter Dunn Dunn Peter Dunn P His Majesty Searobyrg landscape