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Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England. The 1,200-acre (490 ha) park…

The Nine Stones

The Nine Stones

Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones…

Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

A ‘cemetery’ of 44 Bronze Age…

Auckland Deer House

Auckland Deer House

A charming Gothic Revival ‘eyecatcher’ built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and…

Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle (grid reference NZ04911641) is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham.…

Bowes Castle

Bowes Castle

Bowes Castle is in the village of Bowes in County Durham,…

Derwentcote Steel Furnace

Derwentcote Steel Furnace

Derwentcote Steel Furnace (grid reference NZ131566), Rowlands Gill, near Newcastle, England, built in 1720, is…

Egglestone Abbey

Egglestone Abbey

Egglestone Abbey is an abandoned Premonstratensian Abbey on the eastern bank of the River Tees, 1½ miles (2.5km) south-east of Barnard Castle in County Durham, England,…

Finchale Priory

Finchale Priory

Finchale Priory (pronounced finkle) was a 13th century Benedictine priory, the remains are sited by the River…

Aydon Castle

Aydon Castle

Aydon Castle is a fortified manor house and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. The manor house was built by Robert de Reymes, a wealthy Suffolk merchant, starting in 1296, adjacent to the steep valley of the Cor Burn. At this time the house consisted of a two-storeyed home with a solar, dining hall and kitchen on the upper floor. In 1305 he obtained a licence to crenellate his property and added battlements and curtain walls. In the middle of the 16th century it was renovated and in the middle of 17th century it was converted into a farm. The building remained in use as a…