Elephant and Castle House


	Elephant and Castle House

mickfinn

3-16-2008 1:17 PM

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unusual carving

mickfinn says:

Peckforton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the Crewe and Nantwich district of Cheshire, England. The total population of the civil parish is somewhat over 100.

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3-16-2008 3:14 PM

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The elephant and the castle are each carved from a single piece of stone.

My god.

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