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This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.

A pair of stone circles positioned on the bank of the River Esk.

This 16th-century tower house has a little hidden secret and a connection to an Apollo astronaut.

The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

It may not be the final resting place of a literal giant, but the Giant’s Grave is still archaeologically important.

An impressive Neolithic henge with banks nearly 10 feet high.

Though this large circular site is now named for the legendary king, its history dates back to the Neolithic era.

A memorial overlooking a busy roadway is linked with the story of a 17th-century noblewoman’s legal battle for her inheritance.

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

The pyramid-shaped grave of one of the first mountain astronomers and a pyramid theorist.

The old Workhouse in Ripon was the last resort for the poor of the district from 1834 until the birth of the British welfare state in the mid 20th century. It is now a poignant museum reminding us of the harshness of the Victorian poor law regime.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

The last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England.

Hidden in the woods behind this English estate lies a Victorian pet cemetery.

The first building to be positively identified as Anglo-Saxon in origin.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?

Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster.