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Observation towers used during WW2 for ground attack training.

The Glassonby Stone Circle, was the site of a 1900s excavation of remains of burnt bones, a Bronze Age collared urn and a mysterious blue faience bead.

Located on the site of an ancient village cross at Longhoughton, it was on the route of the pilgrimage from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham.

A fascinating jigsaw of a church built in the 12th & 13th centuries, restored in the 15th century and again in the 19th century.

A smart 1700s bridge, ahead of its time, sat tight on the banks of the Tweed.

A stone artwork by John Maine that forms part of the Kielder Forest Art and Architecture Trail.

A magnificent pineapple-topped folly located in Dunmore Park near Falkirk.

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

A Corten Steel sculpture by Ray Lonsdale to honour the Herring Girls.

An obelisk and monument dedicated the all of the Wigtown Martyrs.

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

A former Royal Air Force site with lots of planes and ghosts.

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

The tide stone was a 1783 stone marker denoting the tidal limit of the river Tyne before it moved further upstream to Wylam.

A bronze cast statue of the remarkable war-time bear who lived and travelled with Polish soldiers, and ended his days living in the Scottish Border town of Duns, before retiring to Edinburgh Zoo.

A new social history museum adjacent to a grand Georgian manor house telling the history of the area.

A beautiful beach with strange geology and fossils.

A burial vault for John Pringle, built from the rubble of a hospital, church and friary known as The House of the Holy Trinity, with great views out over Southern Scotland.

A precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

A beautifully positioned ruinous sandstone castle, overlooking the Firth of Fourth in East Wemyss, near Kirkaldy in Scotland.

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

Monument to Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway, built in 1875.

Ruins of a 9th century chapel, with graves cut directly into the nearby rocks.

Monument built in 1897 by local banker John Stuart McCaig

A pedestrian and cycle bridge that forms the shape of the mathematical symbol for infinity.

A museum of the culture and artifacts of the town and surrounds.

A wishing well in a water meadow near Wooler where bent pins were dropped for wishes.

17 street murals around Spennymoor and a case of ‘there is more to these than meets the eye’.

A unique fortress style house in Newcastle's West End that was won as a prize in a 1920's raffle.

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

Lilliard’s Stone near Ancrum marks the grave of legendary Scottish warrior Lilliard, said to have fought in the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.

A beautiful old bridge build in 1717 that crosses the River Dulnain in the pretty highland village of Carrbridge.

A castle on the banks of Loch Doon in East Ayrshire thought to have been built by Robert the Bruce.

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

A memorial dedicated to six covenanters killed for their beliefs.

A Grade II, early 19th century dovecote with the square tower loosely modelled on the tower of The Church of St Andrew in Hartburn.

A sculpture at the source of the River Rede of a feral Northumberland goat, living its leaping life just above the peeping eye of Catcleugh Reservoir.

Seven stainless steel collier brigs, setting sail in the remains of an old dry dock by the river in South Shields.

A memorial obelisk on Lanton Hill erected by Alexander Davison in memory of his brother, John Davison.

A space age rocket looking communication mast, bound for Mars from the pines of Henshaw Common!

The Calton Hill trig point sits on a hill (103m) in the heart of Edinburgh City Centre.

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

A stunning little waterfall secluded on the Otterburn Ranges near Featherwood.

A small Islet in Loch Lomond that is a nature reserve and part of the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve.

A grand library ornamented in wood dating to the 17th century with the scent of bibliosmia and a museum with skulls, weapons, and finds from local excavations.

The remains of a gatehouse that lead to an Augustinian Priory Church.

A spectacular medieval ruin, in Muggleswick near Consett, built during the mid 1200s which was home to a farm, a chapel, a grange and a dairy, which belonged to the Prior of Durham.

A 16th Century Church with links to the now demolished Wetheral Priory.

Tower set in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside, part of an old parish church.

The Arthur's Seat trig point sits on a hill (251m) in Edinburgh.

A driftwood sculpture of a boat situated on the banks of the River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

The Clachan Bridge between mainland Scotland and the Isle of Seil.

RSPB Reserve that is home to the largest reed bed in the north west of England.

A bronze cast blackfaced ram atop the pink corncockle stone blocks of a Victorian drinking fountain in Moffat.

The highest crag in Northumberland sitting on Mid Hill on the Cheviot Summit.

A Grade II listed Water Tower in Teesside built by Sir Hugh Bell in 1915 to supply water to Ingleby Arncliffe and Rounton villages which houses some unexpected things within.

A pint sized place of worship overlooking the Tyne Valley and the baptismal church of British landscape artist John Martin.

A six foot high stone marking the site of the battle of Moss Raploch, where Robert the Bruce is rumoured to have rested.

A square towered dovecote, built in the 18th century of brick, with stepped cogged cornicing at the eaves and a pyramidal pan tiled roof.

A Grade II Listed Ancient waymarker on an old trading route along the County Durham and North Yorkshire border.

A Church without parish dedicated to the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket

The remains of St Andrew's Kirk, dating from around the 1100s and with links to the North Berwick Witch Trials.

A sculpture dedicated to the Dalry Covenanter's in St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries & Galloway.

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

A tumble down 16th century pele tower in the Borders, built with the biggest cyclopean stones, and only sheep for neighbours.

A 17th-century packhorse bridge over the River Esk that comes with it's own love story!

Ruined lime kilns on the coastal path near Budle Bay.

A real Iron Ore mine which has now been converted into a museum.

A sculpture dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Montagu View Pit Disaster.

Quirky water mill maintained by National Trust for Scotland.

Acoustic sound mirror built in 1916 to detect German airships during WW1.

A hearse house hidden in the beautiful Allen Valley which was funded through the philanthropy of local travelling tea seller, Isaac Holden.

An RSPB reserve set on the River Cree Estuary forming a mosaic of salt marsh, mud flat, lake and reed beds.

Spire which once linked two chapels in Amble East Cemetery.

An ancient sea stack near Oban with links to Scottish folklore.

A former showroom for horses, carriages and bicycles, later a car showroom and now an office space which retains many original features including the old wooden horse ramp.

A memorial fountain dedicated to JJ Roddam, built by the people of Stanhope to commemorate his contribution to the community.

An unusual two story concrete walkway that runs around the perimeter of Torness Nuclear Power Station and includes a fenced off pier.

Twice life size Corten Steel figures by Ray Lonsdale along the River Wear.

Fields as far as the eye can see of firework bright Dahlia and Chrysanthemums which burst into bloom every autumn, close to Hadrian's Wall.

St Andrew’s Old Church in Upleatham is a small historic church in North Yorkshire, known for its Norman architecture and quiet, rural setting.

An art gallery located in the former Christ Church in Hartlepool.

A castle on the south back of Castle Loch near Lockerbie.

A Medieval wayside cross.

A towering Obelisk on Murrayshall Hill near Scone dedicated to Thomas Graham of Balgowan.

The remains of a tower that was part of a 15th century manor house.

Explore the historic Bantling Lime Kilns near Consett – a striking remnant of County Durham’s industrial heritage, set along the scenic C2C cycle route.

A 15th Century Gatehouse to Wetheral Priory, which is all that remains of the complex following the Dissolution of the Monastaries.

The remains of one of the first artillery defence castles, overlooking the Firth of Fourth near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

The coke ovens are rare remnants of Durham's coal industry, showcasing early coke production methods before their decline by 1880.​

An old measuring device in the heart of the village of Stenton.

Beautiful mosaic of limestone pavement, grassland and ancient woodland.

Ruined priory built in the 1100s, said to be home of one of Scotland's first Cristian communities.

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

A Motte and Bailey Castle thought to date from the 11th century.

Not one, but two stone circles a short walk from each other next to the River Esk.

Corsbie Tower is a ruined 16th-century tower house near Gordon in the Scottish Borders, built by the Cranstoun family and surrounded by earthwork defences.what

A lighthouse and visitors centre which sits at the end of the Mull of Galloway peninsula with incredible views and wildlife.

The ruin of Swinner Gill Lead Mine near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

The UK's first, permanent offshore sculpture by Sean Henry