(November 12, 2024 at 12:46 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: That sounds interesting. Do you have any links?
Unfortunately, mainly just maps I've printed out to remember where they are; "Round Church Towers of Anglia" will give you an idea of the buildings, with St. Mary the Virgin in Cranwich being one of the first that got me interested. Noticed these maps also happen to correlate to one of the theories of where King Arthur (or an inspiration to the story) was a Roman military leader-turned warlord sometime after the collapse of Roman Britain and could realistically fall into the time period King A was suppose to exist.
The towers on many of these churches are often constructed in a pre-Norman styles while being attached to Norman-era churches; for the longest time it was assumed they were built at the same time, despite often being made of different types of stones and again contrasting in architectural style; for whatever reason, East Anglia was fairly unique in having these structures.
My more realistic theory is that this region of England did manage to stay Roman for a longer period of time than further north and thus a lot of the civilized individuals ended up here; with them came Roman stone-working and the round tower tradition and it merely persevered longer.
Less exciting than King Arthur's long lost empire though
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