SUNNY APRIL DAY IN THE TOWN OF SWORDS REF-103378 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
SUNNY APRIL DAY IN THE TOWN OF SWORDS REF-103378 / infomatique
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | After ten years and more than 103,000 photographs I still keep finding something new to photograph. I did not know that there was a ‘round tower’ in Swords until today.The town's origins date back to 560 AD when it was founded by Saint Colmcille (521–567). Legend has it that the saint blessed a local well, giving the town its name, Sord, meaning "clear" or "pure". However, An Sord also means "the water source" and could indicate a large communal drinking well that existed in antiquity.St. Colmcille's Well is located on Well Road off Swords Main Street. Sord may also refer to a "sward", an 'expanse of grass'. The most ubiquitous landscape indicators of Early Christian Settlement are the ecclesiastical enclosures. In Swords case the street pattern has been influenced by the circular alignment of the settlement. The medieval town developed in a linear pattern along the Main Street in a north – south direction. Swords, has one of the best examples of this settlement pattern in the Dublin region. The round tower, 26m in height, is also an indicator of early Christian settlement. At the northern end of the street stands Swords Castle, 200m northeast of the ecclesiastical site, which was built in the early 13th century. A short distance north of the Castle is an elevation known as Spittal Hill, where a hospital once stood.In 1994, Swords became the county seat of the new county of Fingal after the breakup of the former County Dublin; in 2001, it also became the administrative centre for Fingal, upon the completion of Fingal's County Hall. |
| 撮影日 | 2015-04-09 13:27:00 |
| 撮影者 | infomatique , Dublin, Ireland |
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| カメラ | NEX-7 , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/800) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.6 |
| 焦点距離 | 32 mm |