Ammonites at Dinton Castle
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Ammonites at Dinton Castle
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 24 Sep 2006
One of the more remarkable features of the C18th folly of Dinton Castle is the inclusion in the masonry of numerous very large ammonites. In this photograph a particularly large (over a foot diameter) specimen is to the left near the brickwork, while there are (at least) three more smaller ones in a vertical row to the right. These ammonites are dotted about all over the structure as rather bizarre ornamentation. Dinton Castle is EH Grade II* listed http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1118308&searchtype=mapsearch
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Image Location
Latitude
51.796926
Longitude
-0.892093