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A U3A trip to Arundel Castle and Town on 1st Sept 2022. A hot humid day
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 Main Gate to the Castle Grounds owned by the Duke of Norfolk |
 Lunch under the Indian Bean Tree |
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 A Redoubt? |
 Closed Castle Gate |
 The Keep |
 Caterpillar? |
 Fitzalan Chapel mortal remains portrayed below |
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 The Altar |
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 Under a choir seat |
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 Box Lid |
 A gate to the Private Area |
 The Gardens Gate |
 Way out of the Gardens |
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 Plenty of water pressure, everything was carved from oak |
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 Fruiting Date Palm |
 The Catholic Cathedral beyond the castle wall |
 More Oak
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 A Grotto (oak) |
 Rotating Crown |
 Oaken Arch |
 The head gardener explains that Echium is Monocarpic which Helen knew |
 A Fountain |
 The Wild flower Meadow |
 An old gate in the wall, note the flint construction |
 Gate to the Keep etc includes a Bridge over the dry moat and the Portcullis |
 Built from sandstone and flints |
 The main visitor entrance. They didn't tear your ticket, they just unexpectedly popped out later to check. |
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 Duke of Norfolk coachman's uniform |
 "No, they were farm animals!" |
 Up to the Keep |
 Just below the top, covered steps down to the dungeon. |
 The way down from the battlements |
 Looking back from the Keep |
 The newer wing |
 This enlarges |
 Two small cavaliers |
 Fireplace |
 An old bed |
 Walter Tyrrel/William Rufus story tapestry and a
diorama of the siege |
 The Portcullis winch |
 Narrow passage |
 The heredity Earl Marshal's Uniform |
 A cast iron chest |
 The Castle Chapel |
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 The Grand hall |
 Squashed Lion |
 Victorian Cradle |
 Ivory Bishop's Crook |
 A decorated Sledge |
 A long gallery |
 The Dining Room |
 The "Canaletto Room" |
 The Lounge |
 The "Victoria Bedroom" |
 We met him when he commanded a Brigade in BAOR |
 The Young Pretender? |
 The Library, said to contain a Shakespearean first folio |
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 Library snug |
 The Castle Restaurant sold good food |
 In the Castle Shop |
 Ruins of the Dominican Friary outside the castle wall |
 Bridge over the River Arun |
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 Pseudo Tudor |
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 The High Street |
 Some Tudor brickwork |
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 Maltravers Street |
 Tarrant Street |
 Tattoo parlour |
 Fanny Adams' |
 Parsons Hill |
 St Wilfred's Priory |
 The Swan |
 St Philips Catholic Cathedral |
 First named after St Philip Neri it was changed to St Philip Howard |
 St Philip Howard an English Catholic Martyr |
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 The Cathedral's West Door |
 Thin cast iron bollards marked "Arundel Corporation" on Brewery Hill |
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 King Street |
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 A tea room for Tea and Cake |
 The cake was very sweet! |
 ...and so to the coach for a 3 hour journey home |
 Arundel street plan |
 Our walk tracked |
