Gatehouse detail Kirkham Priory
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Gatehouse detail Kirkham Priory
Image: © Colin Grice Taken: 5 Jun 2011
There are various interesting heraldic symbols and figures as tableaux surrounding the main entrance Gateway - designed to impress visitors. It's likely they would have been brightly painted in the past. This may be St.George and the dragon? There is a beast of some kind about to be slain.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.08297
Longitude
-0.87798