Trying to identify the location of this mid-Victorian photograph, inscribed on the reverse:
“A very old amateur plate taken before old Latham destroyed ancient earthworks. A valuable picture found by chance amongst some old plates”

Trying to identify the location of this mid-Victorian photograph, inscribed on the reverse:
“A very old amateur plate taken before old Latham destroyed ancient earthworks. A valuable picture found by chance amongst some old plates”

Almost certainly Lathom House in Lancashire, possibly earthworks related to the Civil War siege, more details here:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1014392