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Read MoreBrograve Level Drainage Mill, Norfolk
Brograve drainage mill at Waxham is 1 mile north of Horsey Mere and is now a Grade II listed building, having been originally built by Sir Berny Brograve in 1771. It ceased working in 1930. It is often used by cormorants as a lookout point and to dry their wings.
St Nonna's Church, Cornwall
This 15th Century church is in Altarnun (altar of St Non or Nonna), North Cornwall takes its present name from the 6th century church of St Nonna. The Normans built a church here in the early 12th century but only a few pieces of which are still to be found (for example the font). The tower is 109 feet high and took more than a generation to complete. It is known as the Cathedral of the Moors.
The Rook
Leith Hill is a wooded hill some 7 km to the south west of Dorking, Surrey, England. The tower was built in 1765 by Richard Hull of Leith Hill Place as 'a place for people to enjoy the glory of the English countryside'.
It can be seen from the surrounding countryside and the top is the highest point in South-East England at 1029ft (329m).
From the top you can see sweeping views and on a clear day you can see the English Channel to the south and the clock face of Big Ben in Westminster to the north.Búðakirkja Church, Búðir, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland - Study II
The church at Búðir was built in 1703 but was later demolished. In 1816 the parish at Búðir was abolished but Steinunn Sveinsdóttir, one of the ladies of the parish, fought strongly for a new church but the national church rejected her request. Eventually Steinunn received royal permission to build a new, which stood ready in 1848. Between 1984 and 1986 the church was reconstructed and reconsecrated in 1987.
Above Gullfoss - Study II
Gullfoss has its origin in a glacier lake about 40km north of Gullfoss in Lángjökull glacier.
Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of Tómas Tómasson who owned the waterfall in the first half of the 20th century lived at a farm nearby and loved Gullfoss, so much so that she protested very strongly against foreign investors who wanted to build a hydroelectric powerplant and which would have changed and destroyed Gullfoss forever. She was the one that protested so intensely against these plans, even going as far as to threaten to throw herself into Gullfoss and kill herself. As a result powerplant at Gullfoss was never built.
It's, therefore, thanks to her that Gullfoss remains the beautiful, uplifting and impressive experience it remains today.
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