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Ballowall is a strange and possibly unique example of a prehistoric funerary cairn which incorporates multiple phases of use and funerary practice spanning the Neolithic and Middle Bronze Age periods. Sited on Ballowall Common overlooking the rugged ...
Stoney Littleton Long Barrow is one of the finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with its multiple burial chambers open to view....
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road....
Three Bronze Age burial mounds, including the largest and finest 'disc barrow' in Hampshire, once part of a larger 'barrow cemetery'....
Nympsfield Long Barrow is a large Neolithic burial mound with spectacular vistas over the Severn Valley. Nympsfield Long Barrow internal burial chambers are uncovered for viewing....
Dating from about 3000BC, this 55 metre (180 ft) Neolithic chambered burial mound is unusual in that its mound is still intact....
Belas Knap Long Barrow is a good example of a Neolithic long barrow, with the mound still intact and surrounded by a stone wall. Belas Knap Long Barrow chamber tombs where the remains of 31 Stone Age people were found, have been opened up so that vi...
The classic Neolithic 'causewayed enclosure', with three concentric but intermittent ditches. Large quantities of animal bones found here indicate feasting, animal trading or rituals here, or perhaps all three....
Notgrove Long Barrow is a grassed-over Neolithic long barrow containing stone-lined burial chambers, on the crest of a high Cotswold ridge....
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set amid high moorland. Within an earthen bank and ditch, a circle of some 50 white limestone slabs, all now fallen, surrounds a central stone 'cove...
The great crested grebe was hunted almost to extinction in the UK for its ornate head plumes. At Hodbarrow Nature Reserve in the spring you can see their amazing courtship dance. You can also watch three species of tern in astonishing close-up....
Gait Barrows NNR is a rich mosaic of limestone habitats including unique limestone pavement, yew woodland, fen and reedbed. The reserve contains the most notable pavement flora in Britain, and is important for its rich invertebrate communities. Aroun...
John Barrow was born at Dragley Beck, Ulverston on 19th of June 1764, the son of a yeoman farmer. He was educated at Town Bank Grammar School. Before the age of 20, he experienced a variety of important jobs including tutor, surveyor's assistant and...
Hurlers Stone Circles in Liskeard, Cornwall has three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England. Probably the best examples of ceremonial circles in the south west, they are traditionally t...
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea....
A Bronze Age stone circle, the focus of many legends, set in dramatic moorland on Stapeley Hill. It once consisted of some 30 stones, 15 of which are still visible.
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Nine Ladies Stone Circle is a small but apparently complete early Bronze Age stone circle of nine stones, part of a complex of prehistoric circles and standing stones on Stanton Moor....
Castlerigg is perhaps the most atmospheric and dramatically sited of all British stone circles, with panoramic views and the mountains of Helvellyn and High Seat as a backdrop. It is also among the earliest British circles, raised in about 3000 BC du...
Cullerlie Stone Circle is a circle of eight stones enclosing an area consecrated by fires on which eight small cairns were later built. The Cullerlie Stone Circle is about 4000 years old....
Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle is a recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old....
The Loanhead Stone Circle is best known of a group of recumbent stone circles, enclosing a ring cairn. Beside the Loanhead Stone Circle is a small burial enclosure....
Kilmartin Glen: Temple Wood Stone Circles is a circle of upright stones, and the remains of an earlier circle. Dating to about 3000 BC and in use for at least 1000 years....
Torhouse Stone Circle is a Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 19 boulders. This type of stone circle is most commonly found in north east Scotland and is therefore unusual for this area....
The Steinacleit Cairn and Stone Circle are the remains of an enigmatic structure of early prehistoric date....
The Ring Of Brodgar Stone Circle And Henge, which is part of The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, is a spectacular stone. The ring is surrounded by a large circular ditch or henge. It was one of the first sites to be scheduled in the Br...
Auchagallon Stone Circle is An Ancient Burial Place This ancient burial place dates to about 4,000 years ago. Fifteen upright sandstone slabs lie at the edge of a large stone cairn. Antiquarians digging here in the 19th century found a burial ...
Housed in an early church schoolhouse, the collection includes a number of important pre-Conquest early Christian memorials....
Ancient ceremonial landscape of great archaeological and wildlife interest. The Trust owns 850 hectares (2,100 acres) of downland surrounding the famous monument, including The Avenue, King Barrows Ridge, Normanton Down Barrows and the Cursus, the la...
Pitstone Windmill is an example of the earliest form of windmill. Enjoy the remarkable experience of visiting one of the oldest surviving windmills in Pitstone Windmill in Britain. Pitstone windmill ground flour for the village for almost three...
Half-timbered yeoman's house. Dating from the late 15th century, the house features a great hall and crownpost and is surrounded by a harmonious garden, orchard and meadows....
Moorland nature reserve. The Bridestones and Crosscliff Estate covers an area of 488ha (1,205 acres) and is a during the Jurassic period -- is a SSSI and nature reserve with typical moorland vegetation, including three species of heather....
King Doniert's Stone in Liskeard, Cornwall has two richly carved pieces of a 9th-century 'Celtic' cross, with an inscription commemorating Dumgarth, British King of Dumnonia, who drowned c. AD 875....
The great and ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world. What visitors see today are the substantial remnants of the last in a sequence of such monuments erected between circa 3000BC and 1600BC. Each monument was a circula...
A small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones constructed approx. 4,000 years ago, in a wooded glade. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby....
Lullingstone Roman Villa is among the most outstanding Roman villa survivals in Britain, Lullingstone provides a unique all weather family day out. Set in the attractive surroundings of the Darent Valley in Kent, the villa was begun in about AD 100, ...
The ruins of the small Anglo-Saxon and medieval chapel of Stone-next-Faversham - the only Christian building in England to incorporate within its fabric the remains of a 4th century Romano-British pagan mausoleum. It lay close to the probable site...
An atmospheric Neolithic 'dolmen' burial chamber made of great stone slabs, in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley....
The Rollright Stones consist of three groups of stones; the King's Men, the Whispering Knights and the King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
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The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle. Remains include much of the 13th-century church and a range of living quarters, with traces of their in...
Completed in 1620, Gladstone's Land is a typical example of an Edinburgh Old Town tenement. From the windows, successive occupants have witnessed the procession of Scottish history along the Kingis Hie Street: Charles I en route to his coronation at ...
Enjoy a canal boat trip into the heart of the fantastic limestone caverns under Dudley town centre. The 45 minute boat trip tells the history of Dudley and its mining and canal heritage....
The Picts and their symbols on Brandsbutt Symbol Stone The Picts were descendants of Iron-Age tribes who occupied the lands north of the Forth and Clyde estuaries in the first millennium AD. We know very little about them, but lasting reminder...
Dyce Symbol Stones are two Pictish stones, one with the older type of incised symbols and the other with symbols accompanied by a cross and decoration....
Knocknagael Boar Stone is a rough slab incised with the Pictish symbols of a mirror-case and a wild boar....
The Maiden Stone is a Pictish cross slab that stands about 3 meters tall and probably dates to the 9th century AD. Its front is carved with a cross that has a human figure gripped by fish monsters at its top and its back has a range of Pictish symbol...
Picardy Symbol Stone is one of the oldest, simplest, Pictish symbol stones, possibly of 7th-century date.
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Sueno's Stone is the most remarkable sculptured monument in Britain, probably a cenotaph, standing over 20 feet high and dating to the end of the first millennium AD. Sueno's Stone is covered by a protective glass enclosure....
The Aberlemno Sculptured Stones are a Magnificent range of Pictish sculptured stones - depicting a hunting scene, battle scene between an army of men with long hair and an army of men wearing helmets. Aberlemno Southern Roadside Stone This ...
An exceptionally well-preserved Pictish cross-slab with ornate decoration including human figures, Pictish symbols, zoomorphic designs and interlace.
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Eassie Sculptured Stone is an elaborately sculptured Pictish cross-slab with an intricate cross, angels, animals, warrior, Pictish symbols and three hooded figures....
A tall cross-slab with Pictish symbols, figural scenes and ornate decoration. The original is now in the village church; a replica stands in the square.
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Meigle Museum has an impressive collection of Pictish carved sculpture, including cross slabs, recumbent gravestones, a hogback stone and rare architectural fragments. These demonstrate both the artistic vigour of Pictish society and the skill of its...
St Orland's Stone is accessed via a stile approximately 2 miles down a farm track to the north of Glamis. The track is not signposted and is unsuitable for cars. There is no pedestrian access from the adjacent agricultural fields....
It is hard to believe that this sleepy Angus village of St Vigeans was once the centre of a royal estate and of huge religious importance, bustling with prayerful pilgrims and monks. Admittedly, this was more than 1,000 years ago, so visitors could b...
Kilberry Sculptured Stones is a collection of late-medieval sculptured stones gathered from the Kilberry estate....
At Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured Stones there are over two dozen carved West Highland grave slabs, now housed in a former mausoleum and the graveyard. Parish church contains early medieval and medieval crosses....
A group of West Highland carved grave slabs exhibited in a burial aisle within Kilmodan churchyard. Surrounding woodlands support many ferns and mosses. Bats, red squirrels, otters and golden eagles can be spottted in the area....
Dogton Stone was once a splendid free-standing cross probably of 9th-century date. All that now remains of Dogton Stone is a much weathered fragment, best appreciated when appropriate lighting conditions highlight the surviving decoration....
Drumtroddan Standing Stones are an alignment of three stones, one of which has fallen. Together with Drumtroddan Cup and Ring Marked Rocks, they are part of an important prehistoric landscape....
Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones are three of the earliest Christian memorial stones in Britain, dating from the 5th or early 6th century, displayed in the porch of a former chapel....
Two stones carved with early Christian crosses. Difficult access signposted through Forestry Commission land on the Southern Upland Way.
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Imagine an open-air museum inside a massive modern building a network of streets with shops, a village green and even a pub... dating from Victorian times and the 1930s it's fun... a surprise around every corner!...
A cross-shaped setting of standing stones erected around 3000 BC. The visitor centre at Calanais is managed by the Urras nan Tursachan (The Standing Stones Trust)....
Stone rings The Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar are two of Britain’s best-preserved prehistoric monuments. They were built between 5,400 and 4,500 years ago. Our best guess as to their function is that they were involved in activi...
Duddo Standing Stones at Duddo are North Northumberland's equivalent of Stonehenge. The stones, which are at least 4,500 years old, are shrouded in mystery and exude a very special atmosphere. They are located two miles north of Etal, near to...
The RSPB Langstone Harbour Nature Reserve occupies one third of Langstone Harbour - a muddy estuary that attracts large numbers of birds all year round. Terns, gulls and wading birds descend to breed on the islands in spring and summer, while thou...
Tumbletopia is centred around the Tumbletopia cave. The floor of the cave is covered with polished gem stones which visitors can collect and take home with them....
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Experience Deepdale. This nationally accredited museum offers visitors an exciting and authentic underground experience with a guided tour lasting around 80 minutes.
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Family friendly museum with quizzes, puzzles, and even a lion hunt! Historic woodland and proximity to riverside walks along the Clyde towards Medieval Bothwell Castle. 20 acres of parkland with children's play area.
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Finlaystone Country Estate offers spectacular views across the Firth of Clyde, Finlaystone offers colourful gardens, imaginative woodland play areas and tumbling waterfalls. The estate combines history with adventure in a fun day out for the family, ...
Set in the Buckinghamshire countryside and is housed in the buildings of a 1831 farm, the Museum offers a fascinating and inexpensive day out for the family with many interesting displays and artefacts to see. The museum is run by volunteers from the...
Established in the 1970s, Beckstones Art Gallery has earned a reputation around the world for exhibiting high quality original paintings by a hand-picked selection of some of the finest contemporary artists in the United Kingdom. Our painstakingly ch...
The National Stone Centre is a place crammed with ancient tropical reefs, rocks and minerals, centuries of industrial history, and is full of wildlife treasures - a protected Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is set in the heart of the D...
The story of the Potteries, all wrapped up in one unique museum.
Stoke-on-Trent is world famous for its pottery and no visit to the city would be complete without experiencing this unique Museum.
Discover how bone china tableware was made in t...
Overlooking the beautiful Surrey countryside, Godstone Vineyards was established in 1985. An initial 6.5 acres were planted after consultations on the correct varieties to plant and methods of trellising that would suit our gently sloping, south-faci...
The exhibits consist of a large number of carved stone features, mostly humorous....
Within sight of the South Downs and close to the historic village of Ditchling, the 50 acres of Stoneywish offer a magical retreat from the rush of modern living. Here you will find a corner of Sussex countryside as it used to be, meadows, wetlands a...
Margam Abbey Church, founded in 1147 is the only Cistercian Foundation in Wales whose nave is still intact and used for Christian worship. Other remains of the Monastery include a twelve-sided Chapter House in early English style located within Marga...
Here at Ingatestone Hall in 1566, wrote Thomas Larke, surveyor to Sir William Petre, about Ingatestone Hall, the new house that Sir William had built twenty-five years earlier in the midst of his Essex estates. Since then, the house has passed throu...
Situated three miles from Canterbury, Druidstone Park is a twelve acre site that provides a great day out for all the family. The park is set in beautiful countryside, where visitors can explore the enchanted woodland, relax in the idyllic surrou...
Visitors to Goodnestone are always surprised to discover such a haven of beautiful tranquillity hidden away in south-east Kent. The gardens have many centuries of history behind them and have been created by generations of the FitzWalter family who h...
Lullingstone Castle is one of the oldest family Estates in the country and dates back to the Domesday. It has been in the Hart Dyke family for 20 generations. Tom Hart Dyke, heir to the Castle, has recently built the famous 'World Garden' within ...
Where else, away from the hustle and crowds of London, could you hope to find such a tranquil and exciting treasure as Chiddingstone Castle? A unique and unspoilt castle in Kent. Stunning Egyptian and Buddhist artefacts, magnificent Japanese arm...
Displaying more of Folkestone’s treasures than ever before, the History Resource Centre is now open! Get a glimpse of Folkestone’s extensive and diverse collection. From Roman wall plaster and woolly mammoth teeth, to mine detectors and earl...
Capstone Farm Country Park covers 114 hectares of former farmland set on the North Downs. There is a variety of habitats within the park, including ancient woodlands, old orchards, a freshwater lake, meadows and hedgerows. The park is typical of the ...
Maidstone Millennium River Park is situated along the banks of the River Medway between Teston and Allington. The park is unique in its rural character at both ends and its urban ambience as it passes through the Town Centre. This River Park is o...
Maidstone Museum was established in 1858 and now houses over 660,000 artefacts and specimens. It is housed in a charming Elizabethan Manor House, in the centre of Maidstone - Kent's County Town. Each gallery will fascinate and surprise; with a wealth...
