Every once in a while I get together for a fun outing with my photo buddies (and good friends), Becky and Zeudi! This time round Becky had arranged us access into the former prison for Bermuda, Casemates. Anyone growing up in Bermuda past the age of 20 will remember the walking around dockyard and seeing the inmates shouting and flapping their arms out of the window, high up in what seemed like an ominous dungeon. After exploring it this last weekend I can see it must have been as grizzly as I imagined, one thing for sure was that they had a hell of a view perched at the highest point in Dockyard!
Ironically built by inmates in 1830′s as barrack’s it was then converted to Bermuda’s official prison in 1951. The stonework and architecture is phenomenal. Walls as think as 3 feet and stunningly detailed stonework, beautifully carved stone staircases with almost every doorway perfectly arched.
The Casemate Barracks is now part of the National Museum of Bermuda
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