Mont Orgueil Castle

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The king from Robin Hood, King John ordered the construction of Mont Orgueil Castle (Mount Pride) castle in 1212 on Jersey’s eastern edge.
Since then, its stone walls have staged centuries of stories from the clash of armoured knights to the carefree contests of children’s play.
250 years later in 1461, the French facing monument was taken from the English for a brief 7 years. After which a terrific English-Jerseyman force took it back.
Standing tall, Mont Orgueil was Jersey’s main stronghold for for hundreds of years, upgraded and upkept until the 1600s where cannon fire was an increasing concern. This led to the creation of Queen Elisabeth castle.
Thankfully the Governor of Jersey rejected the plan to demolish the castle saying "'twere pity to cast it down".
The site has been upkept by the Jersey Heritage Trust since 1994, allowing the site to be open to the public and protecting the castle not from invaders, but from weather and time.
On Jersey’s foggiest day of the year, we looked at the wind direction and saw that all of the fog was blowing towards Gorey Castle. We got our equipment and darted across the island. This was our best image, with the sun streaking through the clouds and spotlighting the green hillside, leaving the mysterious castle in the shade with a long cascading shadow. We loved that the fog added to the moody feeling of Gorey Castle.
This beautiful capstone to Jersey’s dark ages can now be visited year-round and found on Jersey’s currency.
Artist: Liam Burgess

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The king from Robin Hood, King John ordered the construction of Mont Orgueil Castle (Mount Pride) castle in 1212 on Jersey’s eastern edge.
Since then, its stone walls have staged centuries of stories from the clash of armoured knights to the carefree contests of children’s play.
250 years later in 1461, the French facing monument was taken from the English for a brief 7 years. After which a terrific English-Jerseyman force took it back.
Standing tall, Mont Orgueil was Jersey’s main stronghold for for hundreds of years, upgraded and upkept until the 1600s where cannon fire was an increasing concern. This led to the creation of Queen Elisabeth castle.
Thankfully the Governor of Jersey rejected the plan to demolish the castle saying "'twere pity to cast it down".
The site has been upkept by the Jersey Heritage Trust since 1994, allowing the site to be open to the public and protecting the castle not from invaders, but from weather and time.
On Jersey’s foggiest day of the year, we looked at the wind direction and saw that all of the fog was blowing towards Gorey Castle. We got our equipment and darted across the island. This was our best image, with the sun streaking through the clouds and spotlighting the green hillside, leaving the mysterious castle in the shade with a long cascading shadow. We loved that the fog added to the moody feeling of Gorey Castle.
This beautiful capstone to Jersey’s dark ages can now be visited year-round and found on Jersey’s currency.
Artist: Liam Burgess


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