- Heritage

Longthorpe Tower

Longthorpe Tower is a fourteenth century, three-storey tower in the care of English Heritage, situated in the village of Longthorpe, now a district of Peterborough in the United Kingdom, about two miles (3 km) to the west of the city centre…

Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ537593), perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet (110 m) above the Cheshire Plain. It was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, (1170 – 1232), on his return from the Crusades. In 1237, Henry III took over the ownership of Beeston, and it was kept in good repair until the 16th century, when it was considered to be of no further military use, although it was pressed into service again in 1643, during the English Civil War. The castle was slighted (partly demolished) in 1646, in accordance with Cromwell’s destruction order, to prevent its further use as a stronghold. During the 18th century the site was used as a quarry…

Chester Castle

Chester Castle is in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is sited at the southwest extremity of the area bounded by the city walls. The castle stands on an eminence overlooking the River Dee. In the castle complex are the remaining parts of the medieval castle together with the neoclassical buildings designed by Thomas Harrison which were built between 1788 and 1813. Parts of the neoclassical buildings are used today as Crown Courts and as a military museum. The museum and the medieval remains are a tourist attraction…

Chester Amphitheatre

Chester Amphitheatre is a Roman amphitheatre in Chester, Cheshire. The site is managed by English Heritage; it is a Grade I listed building[1] and a scheduled monument. The ruins currently exposed are those of a large stone amphitheatre, similar to those found in Continental Europe, although a smaller wooden amphitheatre may have existed on the site beforehand. Today, only the northern half of the structure is exposed; the southern half is covered by buildings, some of which are themselves listed…

Sandbach Crosses

The Sandbach Crosses are two Anglo-Saxon stone crosses now erected in the market place in the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ759608). They are recognised as a Grade I listed building[2] and a scheduled monument…

Ballowall Barrow

Ballowall Barrow is a Bronze Age chambered tomb, or cairn, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK. Excavated in 1878 by William Borlase, the barrow is 72 feet (22 m) in diameter. The construction of the site is unique with a combination of Neolithic and Bronze age funerary rituals…

Carn Euny Ancient Village

Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period. There is evidence that shows that the first timber huts in this site were built around 200 BC, but by the first century before Christ, these timber huts had been replaced by stone huts. The remains of these stone huts are still visible today…

Chysauster Ancient Village

Chysauster Ancient Village is Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which is currently in the care of English Heritage. To the south east is the remains of a fogou, an underground structure of uncertain function…

Dupath Well

Dupath Well is a nearly intact wellhouse, constructed of local granite, built over a spring. It is located at OS Grid Ref SX374693 just outside the town of Callington in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. The wellhouse is said to have been built in 1510 by the monks of St Germans…

Halliggye Fogou

Halliggye Fogou is one of many fogous in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Located in Trelowarren estate, near Helston, it consists of a long narrow tunnel leading to three sectioned chambers, and a window-like entrance which was dug in Victorian times by supposed treasure hunters (this has recently been filled in). It is one of the finest examples of a fogou in the UK. It was described by Sir Richard Vyvyan in his "Account of the ‘fogou’ or cave at Halligey, Trelowarren", in the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall (1885, viii. 256-58) and was excavated in 1982 after routine ploughing of the field, when the blade of the plough breached the roof of the main chamber: this hole has since been turned into an entrance stairway for visitors…