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Ornate arbours and a Moorish-style pavilion provided seats sheltered from the wind and a floral hall hosted shows and concerts.
The thatched arbour has recently been restored.
They wear late 15th-century armour and strike the two bells on the quarter hour.
Bovington is the home of the popular tank museum, where a great many tanks and armoured military vehicles can be seen.
Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps.
This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.
This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.
In full armour, knights rode down the lists, trying to unhorse one another with lances.
A 25-pounder gun and a Saladin armoured car are preserved on the site.
The alabaster effigies of the armour-clad John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his wife Margaret lie recumbent on their elaborate 15th-century tomb in the presbytery.
'Gentlemen are our best customers.
During the Second World War, there was an encampment of the Black Watch Regiment here: they kept their armoured vehicles on the green, and had their canteen in the village hall.
Eglinton was the scene of the famous tournament of 1839, when knights in armour once again showed their skill at arms.
It fired a heavy, hard-hitting bolt that could penetrate armour at ranges up to 250 yds.
HMS 'Belleisle' was a coast defence central battery armoured ship.
When built they were rated as first-class cruisers; however, they were under-gunned, mounting only 8 x 4-inch, 8 x 3-pdrs and 2 x 14-inch torpedo tubes, and their deck armour was only two inches thick
Classical statues are placed at each end of the building, and stone knights in armour stand in protective pose near the main entrance.
Another effigy portrays a knight who probably fought in the Wars of the Roses, for the links of the chain attached to his armour are joined by the roses of York.
Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.
Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.
