Cumbria, England
Sunkenkirk
One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.
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Cumbria, England
One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.
Milnathort, Scotland
A ruined Scottish tower house with a laird-turned-fugitive's legend
Louth, Ireland
A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.
Aberfeldy, Scotland
This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.
Pitlochry, Scotland
A rare example of traditional ‘common’ Highlands housing from the 18th century, with minimal changes and a potential murder scene
Abernethy, Scotland
One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
North Berwick, Scotland
The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.
Thornhill, Scotland
An unusual style of hall-house standing in a beautiful location over an artificial loch
Wigtown, Scotland
A circle made up of 19 boulders has stood in Scotland's Bladnoch Valley for some 4,000 years.
Sorbie, Scotland
This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.
Durness, Scotland
A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past
Achmelvich, Scotland
Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.
Shandwick, Scotland
A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.
Crawford, Scotland
These crumbling ruins are all that's left of the ancestral home of Clan Crawford.
Knaresborough, England
A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.
Barnsley, England
The ruins of a significant 16th-century building once appeared in a 1969 film.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Turvey, England
A 19th century grave house with a unique message formed by the stone supports to the railing around the walls.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Hemel Hempstead, England
The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.
Glasgow, Scotland
Three large boulders covered in mysterious carvings and graffiti.
Dunmore, Scotland
Built in the 16th century, the tower is now in ruins.
Portpatrick, Scotland
The ruins of a 12th-century seaside castle on the southwest coast of Scotland.