Thanks Bob. Beautiful photos of a beautiful locale. Stan Sent from my iPad
> On Oct 27, 2025, at 4:03 PM, Bob W PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of > Boxgrove in West Sussex. > > https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg > > Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice > village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human > remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the > supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by > a certain Mark Roberts. > > It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century > Benedictine monastery. > > There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local > wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what > that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some. > > The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and > London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman > invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public > footpaths as seen in these photos. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
