Ruins in the United Kingdom

Local legend says there's treasure hidden within its crowded graveyard.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.