Re: Simon Marsden

[rrosener <rrosener@xxxxxxxxxx>]

PeteScherm@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I think I'll let Andy Frazer write to Simon Marsden for me.  I have tried
> with a few other authors, but with little success.  For those who are
> interested, I have located precisely nearly all of his "In Ruins" sites (and
> as I mentioned, have visited some of them).  I have the full set of 80-plus
> 1:50K maps of the country (even showing all of the rural houses, sheds,
> driveways).  I have located nearly all of the sites and, if someone is
> interested, I could give them the precise  grid-coordinates for the places
> that interest them (together with which map it's on).  As a project, I might
> put all of the location information together into one list item for those who
> are interested could print-out.  But I might not get to it until after my
> annual September-long trip to Ireland.
>
> Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshires of western Massachusetts
> *
> ****
>

Is it  true that some of the Irish castles and ,manors Marsden photographed are
now no longer standing? Seems to me that I read he began photographing them in
the late '70s and that some are now gone. Perhaps I read that in the preface to
his book. Any confirmation would be appreciated.

Russ Rosener




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