Carlisle Castle restores 15th-century carvings thought to be by prison guards

Carvings can be seen more clearly thanks to painstaking removal of sediment and water damageThere are carvings of dolphins, horses, boar, salmon, mermaids, a magnificently endowed leopard, George and the dragon, and a fox preaching to some chickens – a 500-year-old warning not to trust people in authority.The carvings, about 300 of them, atCarlisle Castle are the subject of a restoration project to save them from the elements and allow them to be seen more clearly than they have been for generations.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 30, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Mark Brown North of England correspondent Tags: Heritage Carlisle Culture North of England Art Art and design Archaeology Science UK news Source Type: news