Ruin Collection (#39)

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St Catherines Chapel, Guildford Date: 1930s

St. Brides Chapel
The ruins of St. Brides (or St. Bridget s) Chapel, near Callender, Perthshire, Scotland, with Ben Ledi in the background. Date: 1950s

KIRBY HALL
The ruins of Kirby Hall, near Gratton, Northamptonshire, England. The hall was formerly a residence of the Earl of Winchelsea and was built 1570s to 1590s. Date: 16th century

World War Two Bomb Damage
A couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942

Portuguese soldiers near La Couture, France, WW1
Portuguese infantry reinforcing a position near La Couture, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Shetland Islands - Scalloway from the East
Shetland Islands - Scalloway harbour, castle and town from the East. The town has (in 20 years) grown considerably - in comparison to picture 10546891. Date: circa 1930s

Australian band playing in square, Bapaume, France, WW1
An Australian band playing in the town square at Bapaume, northern France, during the First World War, with ruined buildings in the background and debris on the ground. Date: circa 1917

Arch of Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia, WW1
The Arch of Ctesiphon (Taq-i Kisra), near the River Tigris in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. The Battle of Ctesiphon (22-24 November 1915)

After the fire at Madame Tussauds, 1925
After the fire at Madame Tussauds (or holocaust of waxwork celebrities as the Illustrated London News has it), a general view of the ruins in the old Hall of Kings

Arabs in a street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
Arabs in a street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Bombed House - Occupants refuse to leave
The two elderly female occupants of a heavily-damaged house in Northern France during the First World War, who resolutely refused to leave their battered home. Date: 1919

Ruined windmill - Madingley, Cambridge
Lovely photograph of a ruined windmill at Madingley, Cambridge Date: circa 1910s

London bomb damage
Residents from the bomb damaged street, peer through a huge whole in their house, viewing the utter destruction caused by Goerings men, and salvaging clothes and blankets from the ruins

Beaufort - Luxembourg - Castle ruins. The oldest part of the castle dates from the early 11th Century. It was a small square-shaped fortress on a massive rock

Fire at Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels
The Exposition Universelle et Internationale - a worlds fair held in Brussels, Belgium in 1910 from April 2rd3 to November 1st 1910

General Gouraud with wrecked gun, Sedd el Bahr, Turkey
General Henri Gouraud (1867-1946) of the French Army Corps, standing at the side of a wrecked gun in the ruined Old Fort at Sedd el Bahr on the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey

Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb - showing damage
Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb, Omduran - showing damage. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self-declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in

Ned Kelly- Ann Joness The Glenrowan Inn
The hotel in Glenrowan after the siege. Ned Kelly and his gang attempted to derail a train carrying a number of police officers

General Rawlinson and others, Peronne, France, WW1
General Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925), British army officer, seen here with other officers and an army chaplain in recaptured French territory in Peronne, northern France

General Gouraud and General Bailloud, Turkey
General Henri Gouraud (1867-1946) (right) of the French Army Corps and General Maurice Camille Bailloud (1847-1921) (left) of the French Army 2nd Division

Royal Engineers working party in trucks, Arras, France, WW1
A Royal Engineers working party travelling in trucks on a light railway, passing through a ruined building at Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: March 1918

British artillerymen advancing, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen advancing through a town, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. They are passing buildings which have been badly damaged during the fighting. Date: 1914-1918

British artillerymen outside a dugout, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen outside a dugout, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. They are surrounded by debris from damaged buildings. Date: 1914-1918

Ruin in Greece
View of a ruined temple in Greece. circa 1890s

Edward, Prince of Wales, inspecting ruined bridge, Peronne
Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII), with his father, King George V, and others, inspecting a ruined bridge in Peronne, France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Israel - Ruins of Capernaum, a fishing village in biblical Palestine, located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of Saint Peter

Rewley Abbey, Oxfordshire
The remains of Rewley Abbey, near Oxford Date: circa 1825

Capri, Italy - Castello Barbarossa Date: circa 1910s

Athens, Greece - The Philopappos Monument
The Philopappos Monument, at the Mouseion Hill (southwest of the Acropolis). It is the tomb of Caius Julius Antiochos Philopappos, a member of the royal family of Commagene

Blitz - St Marks - Church Choir sing
St. Marks Church, one of the first London churches to be hit by German bombing during World War Two. Left a rofless ruin on the night of 21st September 1940

Roman Forum 18th Century
The Roman FORUM seen in the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Rome / Arch Janus / C1760
18th century ruins of the ARCH OF JANUS built in the 4th century AD. it is sometimes mistaken for the Temple of Peace and War. Date: Circa 1760

Artists Accident
While seeking a suitable point from which to sketch a ruin, Dr Syntax slips... Date: 1815

Melrose Abbey 1907
Melrose Abbey Date: 1907

Francis Grose on Site
FRANCIS GROSE antiquary, depicted investigating an old ruin Date: 1731 - 1791

Couple Drinking
VIV NT LES PARISIENS ! Two Parisians living it up - but is the young lady with the crucifix hesitating to take the first sip which could be the first step to ruin ? Date: circa 1860

Entrance to Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire
A woman and a gardener at the arched entrance to Raglan Castle in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. The castle was ruined during the English Civil War

First ever terrorist attack in L. A
The Ruins of the LA Times Building in Los Angeles after the first known terrorist attack, a body is being taken out of the rubble

Murallas panama life
Murallas Panama life

Ruins of Tintern Abbey, near Chepstow, Gwent, Wales
View of the ruins of Tintern Abbey, near Chepstow, Gwent (formerly Monmouthshire), Wales. It was a Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
General view of Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, from across a stretch of water. The castle dates from the 13th century

Man with early car, Crickhowell Castle, Powys, Mid Wales
An elderly country gentleman with a very early motor car (roof folded back) in front of the ruins of Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Ruins of Crickhowell Castle, Powys, Mid Wales
View of the ruins of Crickhowell Castle, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The castle dates back to the 12th century

Tennis court, Bishops Palace, St Davids, South Wales
A tennis court, with people playing, inside the ruins of the medieval Bishops Palace, St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Ruined defences near a fishpond, St Davids, South Wales
Some partially ruined medieval defences near a fishpond in St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Ruins of Bishops Palace, St Davids, South Wales
Part of the ruins of the medieval Bishops Palace, St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, with stream and bridge alongside

Bell Tower, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View from below of the partially ruined Bell Tower in The Pebbles, St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The Bell Tower has been restored since this photograph was taken

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