Brougham Castle, Cumbria

I've found a huge bag stuffed full of photograph negatives from years back and have been itching to have a go at scanning them.

Most of the photos have been scanned before from the prints, but I've found that you can get far better quality from scanning the negatives on my PrimeFilm 35mm film scanner.

This is from 1997 and a visit to Brougham Castle, Eamont Bridge near Penrith in Cumbria. There are still traces of plaster clinging to the walls there and it has a classic castle view from the bridge over the river. Well worth a visit, there is a tiny chapel high up in the keep and the square of a Roman fort very close nearby. That's me getting excited about things that others dismiss as a "fold of the land" again...

I've added this and another couple of photos to my Curiosities collection at Flickr and there's a few more to add over the next couple of days!

The castle was one of several owned by Lady Anne Clifford, the Countess of Pembroke. She was a bit of an eccentric and loved the thought of the Medieval way of life. During the English Civil War she held her castles for the King and spent much time and money restoring them. Skipton, Brougham, Appelby, Brough - the legacy she left us is outstanding. She died at Brougham in 1676.