Anglo Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest

Anglo Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon way of life was dramatically changed by the appearance of the Normans in the later eleventh century. The ability of the Normans exceeded the Anglo-Saxons' in architecture and farming at the time of the conquest. But yet there was no time for home life, domesticated design, and decoration until the Normans had overcome the whole region. Anglo Saxon Gardens Time Norman Conquest 9700070615234568139.jpg

Anglo Saxon Gardens Time Norman Conquest 9700070615234568139.jpg

Castles were more standard designs and often built on blustery hills, where their people devoted both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were large stone buildings, commonly positioned in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Gardening, a placid occupation, was impracticable in these fruitless fortifications. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is exemplified in Berkeley Castle, which is conceivably the most untouched illustration we have. The keep is reported to have been invented during the time of William the Conqueror. An enormous terrace encompasses the building, serving as an obstacle to attackers wanting to dig under the castle walls. On one of these terraces sits a charming bowling green: it's coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is formed into the shape of rough ramparts.

Water Transport Solutions in Ancient Rome

Water Transport Solutions in Ancient Rome Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct founded in Rome, started off delivering the people living in the hills with water in 273 BC, although they had relied on natural springs up until then. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the lone technological innovations readily available at the time to supply water to areas of higher elevation. In the early sixteenth century, the city began to make use of the water that ran underground through Acqua Vergine to provide water to Pincian Hill. During the length of the aqueduct’s passage were pozzi, or manholes, that gave access. Whilst these manholes were manufactured to make it simpler and easier to preserve the aqueduct, it was also possible to use buckets to pull water from the channel, which was practiced by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi from the time he bought the property in 1543 to his passing in 1552. Reportedly, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t sufficient to meet his needs. By using an orifice to the aqueduct that flowed below his property, he was set to suit his water demands.