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Isle of Wyre, Orkneys Scotland OSGB – HY44179 26296. Canmore ID – 2665.   Castle. Chapel. Norse Estate. This site, known as the oldest stone castle in Scotland, and sits...

Worksop Nottinghamshire OSGB – SK 58280 78829 Scheduled Monument. Motte and bailey. Ditch cut across promontory. The location of this site is important - on a promontory overlooking the Ryton...

Foel Drygarn Photoscan by derekphillips on Sketchfab How to use the above link -  Click on the link. Enlarge it. Hold the left hand side of the mouse or touch...

Arbory Hill hillfort, South Lanarkshire by hfenton on Sketchfab How to use the above link -  Click on the link. Enlarge it. Hold the left hand side of the mouse...

Horsford, Norfolk. OSGB – TG 20539 15674 Scheduled Monument. Medieval motte and bailey. Possible ringwork. Located within the Medieval manor of Horsford, Norfolk, the site includes a deer park which...

Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales. OSGB – ST 46120 92540. NPRN – 301559. Iron Age promontory hillfort. Llanmelin is situated on a promontory overlooking the Caldicot levels and the Bristol Channel. It...

  Abingdon Oxfordshire OSGB – SU 5005 9716 Scheduled Monument Monument Numbers – 237919, 1311784   Abingdon Abbey is a Medieval Abbey, church and Benedictine Monastery, with a fortified gatehouse....

It is not the majesty of a building that dictates its history, but the people, events and daily moments that produce its legends, myths and folklore. Unfortunately most are being...

  St. Patrick’s Isle, Isle of Man. OSGB – SC 24100 84500. Ancient Monument.   Mesolithic; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Viking; Ealy Monsatic; Cathedral; Castle. St. Patrick’s Isle is also...

  Tongue, Sutherland. OSGB – NC 58081 56753. Scheduled Monument. Monument Number – 1896.   Secular Tower; Pele Tower. The site overlooks the Kyle of Tongue near its head on...

Lincolnshire. OSGB – SK 86484 65676 Scheduled Monument. Monument Number – 1008316.   Moated Knights Templar Hospital: Knights Hospitaller Site. This site is one of the only two Templar hospitals...

  Carmarthenshire, Wales. OSGB – SN 396237. Coflein Monument Number – 303724. Norman Ringwork Castle. The site dates from between c.1066-1540 and has not yet had any serious archaeological investigation....

  Garrison Hill, St.Mary’s Scilly Isles. OSGB – SV 89883 10592. Scheduled Monument. Monument Number 15486. Grade I Listed Building.   Artillery Fort. Fortress. Star Castle was built under the...

Shingay-cum-Wendy, Cambridgeshire. OSGB – TL 31033 47324. Scheduled Ancient Monument.   Moated site. Knights Hospitaller Preceptory. The Shingay Hospitallers Preceptory was an early Preceptory site and one of the first...

  Powys, Wales. OSGB – SO213980. Scheduled Monument.   Medieval timber motte and bailey castle. This site is the most systematically excavated timber castle site in Europe. Owing to it...

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. OSGB – SN 41650 20330. Scheduled Monument.   Roman Auxiliary Fort. It is generally known that the name translates to Sea Fort, or Fort by The Sea. This...

Glossop, Derbyshire. OSGB – SK 00910 95050. Scheduled Monument. Scheduled Monument Number – 1004595.   Roman Fort. Possible Roman Marching Camp. Melandra is situated on a promontory and overlooks the...

Reculver, Kent. OSGB – TR 22778 69284. Scheduled Monument Monument Number – 1018784.   Roman fort. Saxon Shore Fort. Saxon Minster. The fort covered around 3.2 hectares. The walls measured...

Middlewich, Cheshire. OSGB – SJ 70221 66954. Scheduled Monument. Monument Number 12615.   Roman Auxiliary Fort. Occupied mid first to late second centuries AD. Situated just north of Middlewich, the...