These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

This mysterious eye has a debated purpose.

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

Some of the most enduring novels in English literature were written within the walls of this Georgian-era building.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world, this structure was built more than 800 years ago.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.