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Ancaster Church awaiting Spire repair, summer 2007.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The parish church of St Martin in Ancaster, Lincolnshire
©Gary Brothwell
Dist:0.2km<br/>The nave of St Martin's parish church in Ancaster
©Gary Brothwell
Dist:0.2km<br/>Stained glass window in the parish church of St Martin in Ancaster
©Gary Brothwell
Dist:0.2km<br/>The chancel window in the parish church of St Martin in Ancaster, Lincolnshire
©Gary Brothwell
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©Glyn Drury
Dist:0.3km<br/>As seen from the road alongside the church.
©roger geach
Dist:0.3km<br/>Ancaster Church spire from Sudbrook Heath.
©colin ironmonger
Dist:0.3km<br/>Drum shaped Norman font with intersecting arches in St.Martin's church, Ancaster
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.3km<br/>Monument in the porch of St.Martin's church
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking east showing the Norman north arcade of c1160-70 and the Early English south arcade and chancel arch
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.3km<br/>Set in a niche in the wall of St.Martin's church is this curious replica of the three mother goddesses Roman sculpture discovered in 1831 whilst digging a new grave, the original resides in Grantham Museum. The sculpture is 1ft 7ins long and 1ft 4ins high showing three seated figures depicting the Romano-Celtic Mother Goddess in triple form representing the three aspects of the one divinity, similar to the holy trinity. The three goddesses are seated on a long couch with upright sides and back, all appear to be pregnant and wear long dresses gathered up under the bust. Looking at the sculpture, the figure on the right holds a loaf of bread and a corn measure, the central figure holds a shallow basket of fruit and the left-hand figure holds a dish with piglet and a 'patera' (bowl) in her right hand. The Roman station of Causennae was established here as early as 43AD although the date of the sculpture is unknown it is undoubtedly Roman.
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.3km<br/>Ancaster was the Roman station of Causennae and St.Martin's church stands by Ermine Street. Externally Decorated and Perpendicular, but inside there are Norman and early English arcades and a splendid Norman drum font.
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.5km<br/>This little corner of south-west Lincolnshire is low-lying, and always damp - but by the end of February 2009 it was under water. The meadows here are managed as a nature reserve by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, under the name of Willoughby Moor Closes. In early spring there are swathes of celandine, followed later in the season by orchids in abundance. The trees seen here, growing along the Beck, are alders. The reserve also has some particularly fine old pollard willows. Willoughby Moor lies in what is known as the Ancaster Gap. The story is that the forerunner of the present-day Trent once flowed east through here to the North Sea, rather than flowing north, to join the Humber.
©Stefan Czapski
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking north from the A153. In the background is the southern edge of the Moor Closes nature reserve, managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
©Simon Mortimer

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