Tamworth Castle Aethelflaed Quest PoetryWalk (by sarah)
Poem composed as tweets during our visit to Tamworth Castle during our quest to find out about Queen Aethelflaed and all things Anglo-Saxon - the castle contained much history from many time periods - here are the embedded tweets.
Tamworth Castle - a little Russian doll of a castle with different ages and life styles hidden and recorded within, layers of history nestled in the eves along with an errant pigeon, I met a lady with a sword #poetrywalk #history pic.twitter.com/mvaHg3kK8a
— Sarah Snell-Pym (@Saffy) April 12, 2018
A Mercian Queen who built a burg, wood and mud upon a hill, which was turned to stone and built upon within and without, until bricks closed the chinks and ages had passed, it sits with its stories waiting to tell #poetrywalk #history @TamworthCastle pic.twitter.com/Z8sEs19Nlc
— Sarah Snell-Pym (@Saffy) April 12, 2018
Doors and windows slit and narrow, once designed for a rain of arrows, a view that stretches across the land, here to defend and make a stand, now the armour lays for the curious child so they can play and be a knight for a while #poetrywalk #history @TamworthCastle pic.twitter.com/ipqnERkVlB
— Sarah Snell-Pym (@Saffy) April 12, 2018
Aethelflaed and All things Anglo-Saxon, Archeology, Events and Outings, Poems | sarah | 
Sat 21st Apr 2018 7:49 am
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By John Cowan, Sat 21st Apr 2018 @ 3:34 pm
It's hard to think of Tamworth, which before the post-WW2 territorial expansion boasted only 13,000 souls, as the capital of a country, but it was: Mercia, or "the Mark" (borderland) in plain English.
By sarah, Wed 2nd May 2018 @ 8:29 am
It's funny how populations move about but with the anglo-salon stuff it's also surprise how much we haven't shifted about. We still basically live in the same places and the history is beneath our feet!