Blakeney Chapel is a ruined building on the Norfolk coast of England. Despite its name, it is in the parish of Cley next the Sea, not the adjoining village of Blakeney, and was probably not a chapel. The building stood on a mound or "eye" (pictured) on the seaward end of the coastal marshes, less than 200 m (220 yd) from the sea and just north of the current channel of the River Glaven where it turns to run parallel to the shoreline. It consisted of two rectangular rooms of unequal size, and appears to be intact in a 1586 map. Only the foundations and part of a wall still remain. A small hearth, probably used for smelting iron, is the only evidence of a specific activity. Much of the structural material was reused in nearby buildings long ago. The ruins are protected as a scheduled monument and Grade II listed building due to their historical importance, but are not actively managed. A realignment of the Glaven's course through the marshes accelerated the ruins' likely loss to the sea.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, arrived at Jalalabad as the sole European survivor of a massacre of more than 14,000 people retreating from Kabul. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brydon
1915:
About 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Province of L'Aquila in Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Avezzano_earthquake
1972:
Bernice Gera won a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, allowing her to become the first female professional baseball umpire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernice_Gera
2012:
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef and capsized (wreck pictured) off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia
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walk-on girl: (darts) A woman who escorts a player to the stage at a darts event. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walk-on_girl
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I learned have, not to despise, Whatever thing seemes small in common eyes. --Edmund Spenser https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edmund_Spenser