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

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

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

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

A subtle stone sculpture hidden in a dry stone wall in the middle of the Galloway Forest Park.

Howk Bobbin Mill is a ruined 19th century mill, it is hidden away surrounded by trees with the River Caldew running alongside it and the mystical fairy pools nearby.

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

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

A three draw arch lime kiln in Otterburn.

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

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

A simple reminder of ordinary folk made extraordinary through their service to people, cut in steel and made into a seat in Ridley Park, Blyth.

A bold piece of public art standing quietly above the River Blyth in Bedlington Dene, near the site of the historic Bedlington Iron & Engine Works.

A statue in North Shields recognising the bravery of Mary Ann Matcham, a stow away, escaping slavery who arrived in North Shields on Christmas Day 1831.

People’s Park created in the Victorian era with fine features.

A ruined 15th century castle that was once the seat of the Clan Campbell.

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.

A pre-Norman boundary stone from 950AD marking the border between English Northumbria and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde.

Doocot built in the 16th century, which once held over 500 birds.

A nature reserve which was an old mining area with remains of a monolithic winding engine house.

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

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

An unfinished castle built by Sir John Seton situated a few miles north-east of Haddington in 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 type of roundhouse that was built during the Iron Age in Scotland and is located on the slopes of Cockburn Law.

An octagonal summerhouse on Down Law in Ancrum near Jedburgh built by Robert Rutherford who was a Baron of the Russian Empire.

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

A slightly ruined lime kiln in Hepple in between Rothbury and Elsdon.

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

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

Ruins of a medieval parish church in Gullane, East Lothian, dating from the 12th century and abandoned in 1612 due to blown sand making it unusable.

Possible parametric art outside Hartlepool College of Further Education.

An ancient harbour that has been active since medieval times.

A Church near St Patrick's Chapel, with a number of Viking artefacts in its grounds and within the Church itself.

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

A small square enclosure, which was used to keep the village's escaped animals in during the 1800s and was managed by the Osmotherley Pinder.

A statue commemorating David Stirling, the founder of the SAS.

A historic 14th century Tower with Doocot and Gardens in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

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

A large cairn with a henge and underground chamber near Bathgate in Scotland.

A picturesque ruined Church that replaced St Andrew's Auld Kirk after it collapsed into the harbour.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A hidden away home to The Kerr clan of Lothian, Ferniehirst Castle is a rarely open gem nestled in the Borders.

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

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

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 trio of curious follies located behind Sorrelsykes House near Aysgarth.

This is the trig point for White Crags (537m) near Kielder.

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

A medieval base with Victorian shaft surmounted by a salmon-shaped weather vane, marking the centre of Norham village life.

Edwardian Gothic-style museum, featuring local and natural history displays and a ceramics collection.

The ruins of an impressive townhouse built by John Erskine, the keeper of Stirling Castle.

The grave of celebrated Daleswoman Hannah Hauxwell.

Neidpath Tunnel is a disused 550-metre railway tunnel near Peebles, built in 1864 on the Caledonian Railway’s Symington to Peebles branch line.

A shelter by Softroom Architects on the shore of Kielder Water.

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

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

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

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

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

Sandstone crag, popular with climbers, on the hills near Edlingham with a hidden surprise.

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

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

A cool little lime kiln up the side of a hill in Slaggyford.

The Little Hen Hill trig point sits in a forest (344m) near Kielder.

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

An Edwardian Baroque-styled building that is the headquarters of the Durham Miners' Association.

A steel sculpture in the shape of a giant pickaxe in Jarrow, created as a memorial to the town’s mining heritage and the communities who worked in the pits.

A ruined shell of an ancient kirk, teetering on the cliffs at Old Cambus, Cockburnspath.

A 300m artwork celebrating the link between birds and literature.

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

Sandstone tower built in 1904 used as a navigational aid until 1916

Eight wooden sculptures inspired by Easter Island’s Moai heads in Scarborough.

A ruined house in the Scots Baronial style that is part of the Seacliff Estate.

Discover Hailes Castle in East Lothian, a 13th-century riverside fortress and former Hepburn stronghold linked to Mary, Queen of Scots.

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.

Picturesque waterfall in the heart of Galloway Forest.

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

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

A neoclassical tower that stands on top of a bluff overlooking Portree harbour.

A dovecote or doocot located in East Linton near Markle.

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

Wooden cabin on the shore of Kielder Water, built as a companion to Freya’s Cabin and inspired by the Norse love story between Freya and Robin.

A playful sculpture showing the balancing act of settling a dispute.

A delightful and well preserved tower house near Newton Stewart.

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

A working water mill built in 1740 near the River Bela.

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

A beautiful ruinous abbey in Glenluce near Stranraer, that was the home of Cistercian monks for over 400 years.