Bidston Hill
A few shots of the old windmill and observatory that sit on top of Bidston Hill – Wirral’s highest point:
© Mark Simms Photography (2021)
A few shots of the old windmill and observatory that sit on top of Bidston Hill – Wirral’s highest point:
© Mark Simms Photography (2021)
Next door to the City Palace is the Jaipur Observatory, built between 1728 and 1734. Its Hindu name is the Jantar Mantar and it contains a series of monumental instruments for “….measuring the harmony of the heavens.” The scale of this place is astonishing, with each instrument serving a particular function and still delivering accurate readings after nearly three hundred years:
© Mark Simms Photography (2015)