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The pillar marks the location where Lady Anne Clifford, said farewell to her mother in 1616 near the gateway to Brougham Castle.

A spectacular stone circle on the Moor Divock area of Askham Fell near Ullswater.

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

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

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

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

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

The remains of a medieval cross with only a socket stone and stone shaft still standing.

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

A 4m standing stone, most likely a headless cross, maybe thrown there by giants or the devil.

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

The Woodland trig point sits on Hindon Hill (370m) near Witton le Wear.

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

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

A 19th Century drinking fountain and trough on The Grove that would have provided drinking water to the village.

A vertical Lift bridge, which was once the biggest in the world.

Sculptures made from concrete, glass, and metal depicting heritage by a posh marina.

A sculpture by artist, Christine Hill, erected in 1991 as 'a reminder that the rhino, one of the world's great animals, is threatened with extinction by the greed of mankind'.

A stone monumnet standing on the Eston Hills that replaced a Napoleonic beacon.

An Iron Age hillfort sitting on top of Great Hetha in the College Valley.

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

A memorial to the mining past depicting a miner with a pickaxe, working in a narrow seam.

A gas-fired beacon installed for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

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.

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

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 historical sliver in pinky Penrith sandstone, Kirkoswald Castle was built to impress and defend.

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

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

An obelisk erected to James Maitland Balfour, MP and Major Commandant of the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry.

A ruin of a folly shaped like a shepherd's hut on the Alnwick moors.

A beautiful pele tower perched on Minto Crags peaking out of the trees.

The Whitton Hill trig point is hidden in a copse of trees (74m) near Ford And Etal.

This is the trig point for March Head (454m) near Kielder.

The Law Plantation trig point sits in woodland (177m) near Belford.

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

The Blue House trig point sits in a hedge (231m) near Bishop Auckland.

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

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

The Black Hill trig point sits north of Westernhope Moor (559m) near Stanhope.

The most northern point in England right on the coast.

A large-scale mural bursting with energy, depicting Roker Lighthouse.

A six foot stone hat tip to the efforts and energies of the women who kept the herring industry afloat in Dunbar.

Halton Castle is a picturesque, privately owned pele tower close to Hadrian's Wall and the village of Corbridge in Northumberland.

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

A concrete crocodile on the banks of the River Wear in Washington, built as part of the new housing estate.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Lime kilns built in 1847, hidden away in the beautiful Weardale countryside.

A folly named after a princess overlooking bodies in a natural woodland burial site!

This is the trig point for Camp Hill (200m) near Ford And Etal.

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

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

The Hoove Faggergill trig point is sitting on Faggergill Moor (554m) near Barnard Castle.

Drinking fountain constructed in 1880, positioned at the entrance to York Museum Gardens.

An old cemetery containing important memorials, with a great viewpoint for Stirling Castle and the surrounding hills.

A huge metal spider artwork on the side of a house in North Shields.

A vibrant mural painted on a gable-end wall, paying tribute to the history of Chester le Street.

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

Spectacular cave on the Isle of Staffa formed by basalt pillars

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

A sculptural shelter that forms part of the Kielder Art Trail.

A sculpture by Anna Gillespie reflecting the maritime heritage of Heysham, Lancashire.

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

Square lighthouse overlooking the Solway Firth.

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

Impressive Bronze Age stone circle, close to Wigtown.

Monument built in 1835 in memory of a local shepherd's boy, Alexander Murray.

A cool rural wicker man, keeping an eye on any bad lads on the border of Northumberland and Durham.

A spectacular mausoleum for the British soldier Thomas Monteath Douglas.

This is the trig point for The Dodd (354m) near Kielder.

This is the trig point for Monylaws (246m) near Ford And Etal.

This is the trig point for Grey's Pike (446m) near Kielder.

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

A former coal mine turned into a mining museum and heritage centre.

A bronze statue unveiled in 1995 in Ashington, commemorating Newcastle United legend Jackie Milburn.

A bronze statue unveiled in October 2022 in Hirst Park, Ashington, honouring Jack Charlton and created by sculptor Douglas Jennings.

A 30 foot high bottle with a quote from Captain Cook's journal.

A rock formation on Ilkley Moor thought to resemble a Cow and its Calf.

An artwork by Colin Wilbourn that forms part of the Art and Architecture Trail at Kielder Water.

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

Ruins of a 14th century chapel in the grounds of Low Friarside Farm.

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

The Eildon Mid Hill trig point sits on the tallest of the Eildon hills (422m) near Melrose.

An obelisk commerating playwright and poet James Thomson, who also penned the words to Rule, Britannia.

A three draw arch lime kiln in Otterburn.

A ruined castle on the Scottish side of the border built by the 1st Earl of Roxburghe.

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

The Keverstone Grange trig point sits in a hedge (193m) near Barnard Castle.

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

A water pump and stone trough, with nearby set of medieval stocks.

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

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.

Public art of a brick boat which was created by locals and is also a lovely rockery.

A monument erected for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.