The purple door
Corfe Castle is a ruined castle, village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The castle dates back to the 11th century, and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. Even to this day, all road traffic to and from the Swanage area must pass below the battlements of the castle.
The picturesque village of Corfe Castle lies in the gap below the castle, and is some eight kilometres (five miles) south-east of Wareham, and the same distance west of Swanage. Both the current main A351 road to Swanage, and the Swanage Railway, thread their way through the gap and the village.
The civil parish of Corfe Castle stretches across the width of the Isle of Purbeck, with coasts facing both the English Channel and Poole Harbour. It therefore includes sections of both the low lying sandy heathland that lies to the north of the castle, and the rugged Jurassic Coast upland to the south.
The name “Corfe” is derived from the Saxon word for gap.
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Joanne Bradley
I love this! Such a great perspective that draws the eye down the road. And the purple door is fabulous!
blamo
the long and winding road looks perfect
Jo Fedora
The purple door transforms the image…brilliant concept..
Colin Hollywood
Gorgeous image Anne
Colin Hollywood
Thanks too for the excellent description :-)
PaulHealey
Excellent subject for sc, Anne. Love this
jlynn
Great perspective,, I love the purple door,, purple is my fav color:) Excellent work
Laurie McClave
nice selective color Anne Like the shot and the perspective too!
JoanIreland1970
awesome
Ulrikeart
Great work; love that purple door, love that street.
H M Bascom
Outstanding shot. Love that purple door!
George Link
Love the effect!
Anne Staub
Thank you for all the above comments, pleased you like the perspective and selective colouring :)
nigelnash
excelent !
Anne Staub replied
Thanks Nigel :)
Zolton
This is really great (as you know by all the comments). : )
Anne Staub replied
Thank you Zolton :)
RichardV
Excellent use of SC Anne.
Also, it captures the quaintness of Corfe, and a great narrative as well.
It was a tough decision, but the narrative done it.
thanks for joining
Anne Staub replied
Thanks for inviting me to your new group :)
Mike Paget
Great picture – I love the countryside around Corfe Castle too
Anne Staub
kathy s gillen...
great perspective and I love the purple door
Anne Staub replied
Thank you Kathy :)
Midori Moon
Very beautiful, great SC!
Sanne Thijs
Congrats on the homepage 11-10-2009
CapturedByKylie
Congratulations on having your work featured on the purple & black-themed Red Bubble Home Page.
October 11th 2009.
Steven Sandner
Very artistic, lovely work!
pillipala
love it :)
this is the coolest picture of a purple door i have ever seen :)
RedHillDigital
Woohoo! Corfe Castle on the home page. Well done Anne!
Roddy Atkinson
Great use of sc, nice work!
KazM
Purple Passion
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taiche
Congratulations on your feature on the Home Page …the Colour Purple!
Matt Roberts
Such an powerful colour only intensified by the black and white.
Geri Bragg
cool shot !
rheeaa
simply perfect ..:)
Anne Staub
Thank you very much for all the above comments and features!! :)
Tenee Attoh
This is very pretty , well done and congrats with homepage