Coastal Collection (page 84)

Storerooms in Masada, 1st century BC
Storerooms in the Jewish fort of Masada, scene of a siege and mass-suicide during the first Jewish revolt against the Romans, 1st century BC

Charles Fort, 17th century. Artist: Sir William Robinson
Charles Fort, a star fort near Kinsale Harbour, built to withstand attack by cannon, 17th century

Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, 5th century
Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, the best preserved Punic town in Africa, discovered in 1952, 5th century

The town of Naoussa seen from the fort in the harbour
The town of Naoussa on the Isle of Paros seen from the fort in the harbour

Noussa harbour in the evening
Noussa harbour on the Isle of Paros in the evening

The town of Oia on Santorini above the volcanic cliffs, and the volcanic path to the anchorage

Volcanic sea-cliffs in Madeira
Volcanic sea-cliffs at Ponto Do San Lourenco on the south-east coast of Madeira

Aberystwyth seafront, with the university buildings on the right

Fossil forest in Dorset
Fossil forest in Lulworth, Dorset

Black guillemot
A black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)

Cormorant
A cormorant (Phalaerocorax carbo)

Greater black back gull (Larus Marinus)

Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Razorbill (Alca torda)

Roman fort of the Saxon shore, 3rd century
Roman fort of the Saxon shore at Portus Adurni, 3rd century

Sri Lankan boat. Artist: CM Dixon
A Sri Lankan boat on the beach in Hikkaduwa

Storm at the Sea, 1740s. Artist: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Storm at the Sea, 1740s. Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-1789). Found in the collection of the Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kiev

Coastal Harbour. Calm, c1763. Artist: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Coastal Harbour. Calm, c1763. Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-1789). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Seashore, end of the 1860s early 1870s. Artist: Charles Francois Daubigny
The Seashore, end of the 1860s early 1870s. Daubigny, Charles-Francois (1817-1878). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Aphrodites rock on Cyprus, the legendary birthplace of Aphrodite

View of the Spanish fort Borj el Kebir, 13th century
View of the Spanish fort Borj el Kebir, built in 1289 and with later additions by arabs, 13th centruy

Copper Age temple at Mnajdra in Malta with the island of Fifla in the background

Canal near the promontory fort at Ruadha A Dunain near Glenbrittle. It was built so that boats could travel from the sea to the small inland loch

Ruadha A Dunain, a promontory fort on the Isle of Skye
Promontory fort at Ruadha A Dunain, on the Isle of Skye. Occupied from the Viking period through to the Dark Ages

Dun Gruigaig, a promontory fort on the Isle of Skye
Dun Gruigaig, a promontory fort on the Straithard peninsula on the Isle of Skye. The fort is both Celtic and Viking

Old Viking-style Icelandic turf farm
Old Icelandic turf farm west of Akureiri: the sort of farm which the Vikings would have built

Entrance of the promontory fort Dun Gruieag on the Strathaird Peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Phyllakopi on Milos, an ancient centre of the obsidian trade, 31st century BC
Pre-historic site at Phyllakopi on Milos, which was the centre of the obsidian trade, 31st century BC

Roman wall-painting of a harbour scene from Stabiae near Pompeii

An Amsterdam Lighter and a Wieringer, 17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
An Amsterdam Lighter and a Wieringer, 17th century

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