It’s not a literal cage, it’s just named that way.
Lyme Park is a huge estate to the south-east of Manchester, near the village of Disley, Cheshire. It was recommended to me ages ago but it wasn’t until I got some time off work this June that I finally made a visit there.
I ended up with around 140 photographs, which for my outings is pretty average; but now I’m struggling with what to post on the blog. So I’m going to split them into groups, same as I did with my trip to Haworth. This post is dedicated to The Cage, a structure on a top of a hill. Climbing up there took effort, not gonna lie, but the result was worth it.
More pictures from Lyme Park will follow.
ETA: When I made this post, I was either too tired or too lazy to add more info about The Cage, so I’m adding it now.
The Cage was built by the warrior priest, Sir Piers V, in 1524, and was used either as a hunting lodge or a watchtower. In 17th century it was a holding prison for poachers awaiting trial, and this is where its name comes from. In the 1730s, Giacomo Leoni rebuilt it to make it more hospitable, so that it could be used as a banqueting room. Later it was a home for estate workers.
Some Photoblog 
What is/was the purpose of the cage?
It looks quite formidable.
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Normally I like to include info like that about places I post, I didn’t this time (tired/lazy) but I have now edited the blog entry to add these details. It was indeed used as a holding prison for poachers awaiting trial, hence the name The Cage, but originally it was a watchtower or a hunting lodge. Later it was rebuilt and was in use as a banqueting room and then as a home for estate workers.
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Multifaceted!
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