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A trio of curious follies located behind Sorrelsykes House near Aysgarth.

A ruined bastle which may not have been a bastle after all.

A ruined 15th century tower house near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.

This is the trig point for Byers Pike (458m) near Allendale.

This is the trig point for Blackburn Common (366m) near Kielder.

The Red Lion Farm trig point sits in a hedge (66m) near Hartlepool.

The Etherley Lane trig point sits in a hedge (167m) near Witton Le Wear.

The Moss Mire trig point sits in a field opposite a disused quarry (308m) near Barnard Castle.

The Cote Hill trig point sits in a hedge (141m) near Newton Aycliffe.

The Hill Head Farm trig point sits at the edge of a field (186m) near Gateshead.

The Thistle Green trig point sits on Cronkley Fell (544m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The Whorley Resr trig point sits next to a Reservoir (184m) near Barnard Castle.

The Hillingdon Farm trig point on the edge of a field (249m) near Barnard Castle.

The Carr Brow Moor trig point sits on moorland (504m) near Stanhope.

The Wolfcleugh Common trig point sits on moorland (607m) near Alston.

The West House Field trig point sits in a hedge (82m) near Sedgefield.

This is the trig point for Mayland Lea Farm sitting by a wall in a field (305m) near Bishop Auckland.

This former prestigious rectory is one of the oldest domestic houses in England and is haunted!

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

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

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

A Medieval wayside cross.

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

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

Impressive 10m high sculpture on the bank of Black Loch.

A narrow limestone staircase on a former corpse route in Southern Cumbria with legends of faeries, wishes and even a demonic dog.

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

A series of waterfalls on the Buchan Burn in the heart of the Galloway Forest Park.

Mysterious large stone pillar remains situated high up in Edlingham Woods giving views across Northumberland.

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

This is the trig point for Foulmire Heights (397m) near Kielder.

The Eggmartin Hill trig point sits in a field (222m) near Barnard Castle.

The Hardberry Hill trig point sits above the Coldberry Gutter (530m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The Harter Fell trig point sits on Crossthwaite Common (481m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

This is the site where the trig point once stood for Holme House Farm behind Holme House Prison (13m) near Stockton on Tees.

A precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

A 50m high memorial in Williamson Park commissioned by Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife.

A group of nine cairns sitting on the aptly named Nine Standards Rigg just east of Kirby Stephen.

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.

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

A replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse giving a glimpse into life 2000 years ago.

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 country house near Christon Bank and home to a past Prime Minister, and the longest serving Foreign Secretary.

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

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.

This is the trig point for The Grun (516m) near Kielder.

The Currack Rigg trig point sits on moorland (304m) near Barnard Castle.

The Mickle Fell trig point sits above Lune Forest on MOD land (758m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

An RSPB Nature Reserve in Dumfries and Galloway, comprising Ancient Woodland, Rivers, Moorland, Grassland and Scrub habitats.

The only museum dedicated to the history of science fiction in the UK with lots of amazing memorabilia on show.

A memorial drinking fountain, dedicated to the memory of the 3rd Earl Ravensworth in Whittingham.

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

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

Small ruined castle in the grounds of the Glengarry Castle estate.

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

A lime kiln set in a lovely rolling Hobbiton area.

The Collinsons Hill trig point sits on Bowes Moor (435m) near Barnard Castle

The High Copelaw Farm trig point sits in a Hedge (95m) near Newton Aycliffe.

The Kilmond Scar trig point lies on its side in a quarry (311m) near Barnard Castle.

The Citron Seat trig point sits on Gilmonby Moor (446m) near Barnard Castle.

The Raven Hills trig point sits on Monks Moor (522m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The Maryside Hill trig point sits in a field next to a golf course (51m) near Ryton.

A private beach to the east of North Berwick with views to Bass Rock.

Five silvery steel girders piercing the promontory at St Peter's in Sunderland and growing into the form of a cormorant taking to the sky.

Observation towers used during WW2 for ground attack training.

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

An Edwardian Baroque-styled multi-purpose building feature artworks.

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

A well connected to a freshwater spring, developed by Allen Valley philanthropist Issac Holden to improve the quality of drinking water for the people of his community in Allendale.

16th century tower built for Alexander Hannay, and still owned by the family today.

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

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

Attractive murals back to back on a brick wall in a former cemetery now a small park in Durham.

An 18th-century commemorative tower built by the MacDuff family, former landowners of the nearby Bonhard House.

Picturesque waterfall in the heart of Galloway Forest.

Guided tours of a rewilding project on the Hepple Estate with links to Hepple Gin.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A memorial dedicated to six covenanters killed for their beliefs.

A grade II drainage portal with a rustic tally house which was used to explore and drain ground in Allendale for mining.

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

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

A remote 19th century monument in the border forest of Kershope marking the spot of a gamekeeper killed by poachers and a large prehistoric Neolithic burial mound.

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

Quirky water mill maintained by National Trust for Scotland.

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

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.

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

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

The base of a medieval cross, sitting in an elevated position on the western edge of Dere Street on the Otterburn Ranges.

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

The Blackford Hill trig point sits on a hill (164m) near Edinburgh.