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An obelisk on Whita Hill for John Malcolm, one of Lanhholm's most accomplished naval officers.

A boulder marking where Marion Lillie, also known as the Ringwoodie Witch, was executed in 1696.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

A tower constructed in 1897 to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in Dallowgill, North Yorkshire.

The remains of an Iron Age Hillfort sitting on a little spur of Clennell Hill near Alwinton.

Explore stunning water features, magical gardens a treehouse restaurant and the mysterious Poison Garden in Alnwick Garden.

A well head commissioned by Lady Waterford that was once fed by a natural spring and linked to the Battle Of Flodden.

Two boundary stones where the kings and queens of the Yetholm gypsies were crowned.

A cairn memorial to John Cobb who died attempting to set a world speed record on Loch Ness.

A spectacular sandstone rockface in Ridsdale used for bouldering and climbing, with breathtaking views across Northumberland from the top.

Four totem poles which are part of a flood defence scheme.

A magnificent stone structure resembling a royal crown to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

An iron age hillfort on top of Sinkside Hill in the north west of the Cheviots.

A monument to where a Richmond man's horse threw him over a cliff and his plan to stay alive.

An old 18th century windmill part of Birney Hill farm.

A little hidden den in the dunes near Amble made of driftwood and containing shells and fun messages.

A monument in Glenfinnan to remember the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

A bridge spanning the River Tees where Ray Hanna flew his Spitfire under.

A medieval house with Tudor and 18th-century additions in Kendal, Cumbria.

An old hillfort sitting on top of Green Humbleton in the borders.

A ladle train that would transfer hot metal within the Consett Steelworks.

A beacon on a hill just outside Richmond that was supposidly erected for Millennium celebrations.

A giant trowel next to the North Seaton Community Centre in Ashington.

A little stone circle sitting at the bottom of Dunmoor next to Cunyan Crags.

A 35m tall chimney that was part of the Gaunless Valley Lead Mill.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

A late 19th century secluded harbor and part of the South Gare Breakwater.

A secluded waterfall and plunge pool in the Harthope Valley next to The Cheviot.

A castle and country house in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland.

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

A ruined farm house on top of Yearning Law near the border ridge.

An octagonal bell tower in Berwick which was built in 1577 as a medieval lookout post and alarm system.

An abstract sculpture by Eilis O'Connell of a conical, polished stainless-steel sculpture.

The last remaining cone from the Lemington Glass Works Cone.

Artwork on a call of angel wings, balloons and an umbrella, set up ready for a selfie.

A small castellated house in Bedale that was used to house leeches which were sold to local doctors for bloodletting.

The remains of a 2,000 year old hillfort in Drem, East Lothian.

An 18th century battery protecting Dunbar Harbour from invasion and privateers.

A cairn up near Yeavering Bell at the northern end of the Cheviots which has roots in local folklore.

A weir in the River Coquet which powered a nearby water mill, but was also the scene of a wartime tragedy.

The Sunderland Codex sculpture outside the University of Sunderland vividly depicts the Codex Amiatinus, the world's oldest single-volume Latin Bible.

Explore 13th century Dally Castle ruins, one of Northumberland's earliest hall houses showcasing medieval architecture.

A 60m waterfall cascading into the sea next to a 90m basalt cliff resembling a kilt.

One of Scotland's strongest fortresses sitting in a prominent position overlooking the harbour of Dunbar.

A huge chunk of rock sitting on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill overlooking the Harthope Valley.

A ruined 17th-century bastle, or fortified farmhouse, situated on a south-east slope of moorland on the edge Ridsdale.

A number of shipwrecks visible in Amble harbour at low tide.

Three tall Neolithic standing stones sitting in a line in Boroughbridge near Knaresborough.

A monument to two shepherds who lost their lives in a snow storm and ultimately led to the formation of the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.

A dovecote or doocot as the Scots call it, next to Northfield house in East Lothian.

A 21 arch viaduct carrying the West Highland Line (and Hogwarts Express) over Loch Shiel.

An unfinished castle built by Sir John Seton situated a few miles north-east of Haddington in East Lothian.

A stunning double headed crag on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill.

A neo-gothic 1800s castle with lovely lakeside grounds for a wander.

A stone circle showing all the different kinds of stone that are quarried in the area.

A monument to Robert Loraine, who was brutally murdered by Border Reivers in Kirkhale.

A stunning house and landscaped grounds which is the seat of the Earls of Wemyss.

A family of four concrete hippos on a housing estate in Killingworth.

The ruins of a crossing used to allow Roman soldiers and goods across the Vallum.

A large rock in next to Simonside in Rothbury that resembles a small church and may have been a meeting place for persecuted religious groups.

An old school hall in Ford Village that was decorated with biblical murals by Lady Waterford over 21 years.

An 18th century market cross that would have been used for proclamations.

Visit the ruins of a once-thriving Carmelite monastery in Aberlady, East Lothian.

A 200 year old water tower in Aberlady that was used to provide water to Luffness hall.

A 3m tall standing stone in a field in East Lothian dated back to the Bronze Age.

A dovecote or doocot located in East Linton near Markle.

A tree trail around Rothbury town centre and riverside showing you all the different types of trees and their history.

An unusual gravestone marking the final resting of a burglar trying to rob Lee Hall.

The filming location for Hagrid's Hut from the Harry Potter movies set up in Clachaig, Glencoe.

The DunBear is a steel sculpture of a brown bear in tribute to John Muir, the Dunbar-born naturalist and conservationist.

A monument to two engineers who died during the collapse of the Penmanshiel Tunnel expansion.

A replica of a nearby Anglo-Saxon henge and part of the part of the Maelmin Heritage Trail.

Redundant marine buoys that are artfully decorated and now sit on the banks of the River Tyne.

A brickwork mural of William Shakespeare on the gable end of a house in Heaton.

An experimental hydraulic silo to improve the efficiency of processing cut grass into silage built by Lord Armstrong.

A chunky crag sitting on West Hill on the Cheviot summit in the Northumberland National Park.

A sandstone ruined house that is part of a collection of sculptures on the Riverside Sculpture Trail.

Possibly an old windmill converted into a dovecote which is lined inside with brick nesting boxes

An old tithe barn within the grounds of Foulden Parish Church where parishioners would give the church 10% of their agricultural produce.

When originally built, the Union Chain Bridge near Berwick Upon Tweed was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world.

A type of roundhouse that was built during the Iron Age in Scotland and is located on the slopes of Cockburn Law.

A cast iron book sculpture a dedicated to the Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid.

A ruined Roman template dedicated to the local deity Antenociticus.

A 2,000 year old hillfort located on Lordenshaw Hill on the outskirts of Rothbury at the foot of the Simonside Hills.

A cairn on the cusp of the Cheviot and right on the border of England And Scotland.

A ruined castle built in the early 1300s by the influential Hepburn family.

A set of crags on the north east face of Hedgehope Hill standing at 404m above sea level.

A standstone semi-circular escarpment located above Catcleugh Reservoir near Byrness.

A ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house located on a ridge above Seacliff beach.

Four sculptures outside the Stadium Of Light that commemorate the city's industrial past.

A small wooden "off the peg" church in Fourstones, Northumberland. One of only two wooden Victorian missions in the country.

A Bronze Age four-poster stone circle located near Ravensheugh Crags in Northumberland.

Lanercost Priory, founded in 1169, is a well-preserved medieval Augustinian priory in Brampton, Cumbria.

A 16th century ruined tower house belonging to the Hume family, who were a powerful Border clan.

A ruined bastle in Redesdale near Otterburn in Northumberland standing as a reminder of the tumultuous history of the borders.

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

An amazing landscape on Skye caused by an ancient landslide.

A holed stone in the Simonside Hills that lines up with the summer solstice.

A 5m high cairn on Padon Hill marking the wedding anniversary of some local notables and to honour the work of a prominent Presbyterian preacher.

A 14th century ruined castle in the small village of Innerwick built for Scottish royals.