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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

A dovecote or doocot located in East Linton near Markle.

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

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.

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

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

A life saving barometer swallowed up in the body of a monument to the fishermen of Dunbar.

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

The grave of celebrated Daleswoman Hannah Hauxwell.

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

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

Beautiful mosaic of limestone pavement, grassland and ancient woodland.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 working water mill built in 1740 near the River Bela.

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

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

14th century rectory, home for the rector of the local church

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.

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

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

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

A remote memorial cairn to Lord Robinson who was instrumental in forming the British Forestry Commission and Kielder Forest.

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

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

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

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

A Romano British stone, thought to be from the 2nd or 3rd century, only discovered in the 1970s when the river swelled and revealed his cheery disposition at Waters Meet near Acomb.

Three art installations based on international pilgrims and journeys.

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

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

Ruined 16th century tower house near Longniddry in East Lothian, once home to the Douglas family and later used as a Catholic seminary.

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

A castellated folly on the edge of Kinnoull Hill above Perth.

A set of sandstone steps used by Monks to display and sell their fish.

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

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

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

Picturesque waterfall in the heart of Galloway Forest.

A Medieval wayside cross.

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

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

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.

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

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

Possible parametric art outside Hartlepool College of Further Education.

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

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

A 60 foot tall landmark maypole on the village green in Ovington, County Durham with an echo of a maypole sculpture in its shadow.

A delightful and well preserved tower house near Newton Stewart.

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

Nine prehistoric caves containing Pictish carvings and Dovecots in East Wemyss, Kirkcaldy.

Ancient Viking Cross dated between 865 and 950 in the graveyard of St Wilfrid's Church.

Bellshiel Law Long Cairn is a Neolithic burial monument near Rochester, Northumberland, measuring 109m in length and dating to around 3400–2400 BC.

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

Saltcoats Castle is a ruinous courtyard castle near Gullane in East Lothian.

A memorial dedicated to six covenanters killed for their beliefs.

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

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

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

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 lime kiln set in a lovely rolling Hobbiton area.

This is the trig point for Black Knowe (493m) near Kielder.

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

A hidden waterfall in a mysterious gorge carved with geological formations in the Finnich Glen.

Historic 1601 tower‑house ruin near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Built by George Pringle, now a scheduled monument above the Gala Water.

Late Medieval towerhouse near Arnside in the Lake District.

A pretty little chapel containing ancient stones near Stranraer. Some of the stones date back as far as 500AD.

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

A hidden away well to the west of Branxton Village, inscribed with a quotation from Sir Walter Scott's poem 'Marmion', about a knight mortally wounded at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 who drinks from the spring.

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

On the headland at Skateraw stands a cairn topped by a cross, a memorial to the boys of St Giles' (later Cannongate Boys Club).

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