The French leg didn't include any battlefields this time, but it did strike me that I number amongst my friends and wargames colleagues a number of people who game World War 2 in north west Europe, and some who scratch build their own wargames terrain. So with that in mind I went for a wander and snapped a range of shots of Norman buildings with the thought of creating a small reference tool for wargamers/modellers, something that they could use to create terrain suitable for games set in Normandy. I've added short captions for some of the photos to help interpret the structures. These are not modern facsimiles of Norman buildings: they are the authentic/original thing, the structures themselves are often 300+ years old.
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| The Fresville 'church hall'. |
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| Close up of the buttressing of the walls of the church hall. |
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| The Fresville church |
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| Housing |
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| Detail of the entry to a courtyard area behind housing. |
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| Classic Norman house profile. |
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| Another classic Norman house profile. |
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| Entry gate details |
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| Village 'communal well' .. a nice detail that could be included with any wargames terrain building. |
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| Yes, some Norman buildings have dormer windows |
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| Often seen, external brackets indicating the presence of structural reinforcing within. |
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| Outbuildings ... |
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| Another classic farmhouse profile |
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| Outbuilding to farm house.. this one was originally the bakery for the farm workers |
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