Old Sarum Castle ~ William the Conqueror, Privies, and Moats in England

William the Conqueror Used This Privy

I mean, you can feel something here. The history and all that is palpable standing there among the ruins of what was once a very grand construction. You can easily imagine it as it once was. (Well, I could at any rate but then folks do say I'm not quite right in the head.)

Handicapped folks in wheelchairs might have a rough go at this one as there really aren't paths, per se, but grass and dirt and ummm a small dirt pseudo-path carved out by visiting tourists, such as myself.

There is a very small gift shop here, mainly filled with stuff for children. Toy swords and shields and what have you. Even a few choices of tabard, come to think of it. Mostly they have snacks, drinks, and books. I did cave in and buy one called Dark knights & Dingy Castles. It is a rather hilarious book about the history of the times by Terry Deary and ran me �7.99 (or $16us.) I'm glad I found it. Now I'll have to hunt down the rest of the Horrible Histories series.

There is a lot of other interesting history to this spot, and ol' BtC wasn't the first to see and use this hill for defense, but I gave ya the short edited Docorific version for the sake of what was intended to be a short review... ahem. For the complete history you can go see it yourself, can't you?

This place is about 4 stars out of 5 worth of cool for history buffs interested in Times Medieval, and about 2 stars worth of rocks for everyone else. So, I'm settling on ummmm... 4 stars cuz it is my review and I am indeed very interested in stuff like that. So there.