Gateway to Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, Wales mb-code BK001214 Colossal statues inside the Temple

Colossal statues inside the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC) and dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

View taken from the South West

Priestley writes on one of these using a quill in his right hand

shown half-face to the left as viewed

Mustelus Spinax

Gateway to Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, Wales mb-code BK001214 Colossal statues inside the TempleGateway to Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, Wales, 1924 1926. Beaumaris was the last of Edward I's ring of castles built during his campaign to suppress the Welsh. The castle is regarded as the crowning achievement of Edward's castle architect, James of St George, and as the most architecturally perfect British castle. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924 1926.