Rogue Cast: Episode 41 - The Stag and Oak.

Pondering the material. A walk around Wollaton Park, Nottingham in which I encounter a posse of stags and an ancient oak tree.
Who built all our stately palaces, castles and associated architecture? From where the materials sourced? Who were the master craftsmen and stone masons? How many were there and how many builders were working on the sites? How were the materials transported if the roads were unmade and the builders only had horses and carts to rely on? How could they create such exquisite architecture without power tools?
As ever, there are more questions than answers but all narratives are there to be challenged and in this Rogue Cast I ponder the narrative about ‘Bess of Hardwick’ which is pushed by the National Trust guides.

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