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A talk by Wayne Perkins BA (Hons) ACIfA (Associate Member, Charted Institute for Archaeologists) will be talking about:
3 Castles in Kent: Fortified Against Maleficium!
Tonbridge, Deal & Upnor -three very different castles located in Kent – what do they have in common?
Tonbridge Castle was built by Richard FitzGilbert not long after the Conquest of 1066. Its original foundation in the form of a motte-and-bailey was subsumed into the later medieval fortifications. Deal Castle was built on the orders of Henry VIII as one of a string of coastal defences with embrasures to hold 66 cannons. Finally, Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan-era castle, built to defend the dockyard of the Royal Navy on the River Medway.
All three castles are exemplary examples of the art of war - harnessing not only the most up to date firing power but also utilising the latest military architecture to ensure the best chance of being able to defend against their attackers.
Yet beyond the military fortifications it would seem that the soldiers who lived and worked there also feared a less physical foe – all three castles possess apotropaic markings, ritual protection marks and other signs that their inhabitants had guarded against supernatural threats, be it evil spirits, ghosts or the machinations of witches and their familiars!
Website:
www.ritualprotectionmarks.com
His new book, ‘A Consensus of Symbols: Patterns in Ritual Building Protection’ has just been published by Aeon Books.
https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/consensus-of-symbols/95394
Talk will be in Room 14, First Floor of Hurst Community Centre.
Access into building on the left hand side. There are a few steps up to the first floor. Facilities are also located not far from our allocated room.
Large carpark
Please arrive at 8pm to get settled for commencement of talk at 8.15pm.
BAG members free
Non members £5 on the evening (cash only)
Second hand books will be on sale to help raise funds for BAG - so bring any shrapnel.
For further information, please email [email protected]
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Hurst Community Centre, Hurst Road, Sidcup, DA5 3LH, Chris Walsh Counselling, Penfold Lane, Bexley, DA5 3AQ, United Kingdom
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