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A steel sculpture made from hundreds of interwoven leaves honouring 81 residents of Prestonpans who were executed for witchcraft.

Torwoodlee Broch is an Iron Age stone roundhouse near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, built around 100 AD and later destroyed during Roman occupation.

A beautiful lighthouse that sits above the windswept cliffs on the north west coast of Assynt.

A beautiful lattice girder bridge, built in 1905 to provide easy access to the Mar Lodge Estate.

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 ruinous castle built on a mound that was occupied from the Middle Ages, near New Galloway. Parts of the 17th century castle still remain in the existing structure.

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

The Rubers Law trig point sits on a hill in Denholm (424m) near Hawick.

The Braid Hills trig point sits on a golf course (208m) near Edinburgh.

A monument featuring stonework rescued from the Tyne Brewery, marking the former home of Newcastle Brown Ale.

Spectacular waterfall hidden along the Carey Burn in the Cheviots.

A massive 7m high Pictish standing stone, decorated with early medieval carvings and protected by a glass canopy.

A tiny place of worship carved into the face of a rock overlooking the River Nidd in Knaresborough.

A mural at the LMA Newcastle Campus site.

Ruins of a late 13th century church, tucked away in a corner of Pateley Bridge.

A waterfall that is reached via the Birks of Aberfeldy, where Robert Burns was inspired to write a poem.

A bronze sculpture celebrating the history and heritage of one of the Borders oldest dog breeds, The Dandie Dinmont, made popular by Sir Walter Scott in his novel Guy Mannering.

A beautiful, secluded mill in a wooded valley, peppered with spring flowers and bird song.

Community created murals across Edinburgh’s Southside, featuring colourful tunnels and open air artworks with nature, people and local history woven through the neighbourhood.

A lone stone in a field near Shap, which was a glacial erratic stopped in its tracks during the last Ice Age, and used by prehistoric people for rituals, ceremonies and social purposes.

A 16th century beehive shaped doocot, that has been beautifully restored.

A Second World War radar tower at Shoreswood Farm, built as part of Britain’s early warning system and one of the few surviving examples in Northumberland.

A large tower shaped landmark that sits on the edge of a golf course overlooking the firth of forth.

A blunt, blocky tower used as a look out against Border Reivers by the monks of Alnwick Abbey, sitting on Heiferlaw Hill just outside of Alnwick.

A garden in Scotland notable for its respect to Japanese culture and for having been both designed and conceived by women.

An early 12th century Motte & Bailey Castle in a beautiful spot near Elgin.

Replica of a Roman-era rock carving near Risingham in Northumberland, showing a standing male figure believed to represent a local god or guardian spirit.

The Ben Lawers trig point sits above Loch Tay (1214m) near Aberfeldy.

An ornate fountain on Kinross High Street, which contains a time capsule from 1885.

A historical church with views over the Firth of Forth, believed to where the remains of St Monan are buried.

A stream that runs through an impressive geological feature.

St Lioba’s Shrine in Slack Head, Beetham is a small roadside memorial built into a stone wall, marking an Anglo‑Saxon saint’s local veneration.

Flare kiln close to Beetham village in an AONB

The Dumyat trig point sits on the hills (419m) north east of Stirling.

An easy to access hill with stunning views over Cullen, that once was the site of a motte and bailey castle.

The Ben Wyvis trig point is the highest point in Easter Ross (1046m) near Dingwall in Scotland.

The Lochnagar trig point is the highest of the White Mounth Munros (1155m) near Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

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

A bronze sculpture at Cove by Jill Watson, remembering the lives of those lost in the 1881 Black Friday fishing disaster.

A cast iron bridge which crosses the River Spey near Aberlour, that was designed by Thomas Telford.

The largest Roman Castrum in North East England with two bath houses.

A sculpture on the Way of the Roses Cycle Route

A brutalist concrete bridge spanning the railway and the Gala Water and the railway.

The ruin of the a 1912 memorial chapel, containing graves of the Crichton-Stuart family.

Metal cutout artworks depict stories related to this close off the Royal Mile.

A sculpture of a man made of many mirrors, standing in the depths of Loch Earn at St Fillans near Killin.

A stone shrine built in the 1950s by Brian Foxton, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and maintained by St Anne’s Church, Buxton.

An astonishing experience where your hosts give you knowledge, entertainment and demonstrations of Victorian Science. To boot it is on the scenic North Yorkshire Moors at Glaisdale.

A ruinous country house, that was built in 1812 and has now succumbed to nature in the Mugdock Country Park.

A heavily ruined 14th century fortified castle in Braemar with a much longer history.

A 13th century ruinous castle, that sits on a craggy tidal island in Loch Moidart.

Two well preserved iron age brochs that sit only 500m apart, in Gleann Beag near Glenelg.

A ruinous 13th century courtyard castle in Nethy Bridge, which enjoys stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

Find the exact location and where to park for the Monument Hill Trig Point (355m) near Langholm.

A restored orangery and the brainchild of The Duchess of Buccleugh, in the grounds of Dalkeith Palace.

A beautiful parish church, that sits next to the woodland that contains the mysterious Dunino Den.

A hidden gorge, which contains mysterious carvings and has long been associated with pagan rituals.

Prehistoric rock art with some of Ilkley Moor's speciality carvings.

A three hundred year old beehive doocot near Aberlady Bay.

12th century cross, possibly a Christianised monolith.

A 19th Century Boundary Stone on Ilkley Moor.

An unfinished hotel left to ruin in the hills near Oban.

Magical stone bridge tucked away in the west highlands.

The Point of Stoer trig point sits on the cliffs of Sithean Mor (161m) near Stoer Lighthouse.

A standing stone sitting on the remote Deel's Hill in the Cheviots, however it's most likely a gatepost or a cattle rubbing post.

Artwork by Andy Goldsworthy in the heart of the Forest of Bowland.

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

The Mount Keen trig point is the most easterly Munro (939m) near Ballater.

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

The Cocklerue Hill trig point sits on an old hill fort (278m) near Linlithgow.

An incredible feat of ancient engineering at one of the largest Iron Age settlements in England, encompassing around 300 hectares (740 acres) and stretching nearly four miles (6.5 km) long. Believed to be the royal centre of the Brigantes tribe, an example of their once wealth and power.

The two freshwater lochs of Loch Mallachie and Garten, surrounded by the Abernethy Forest with its abundance of nature.

A deserving tribute and reminder to those that served and died during the blitz in Seaham in the Second World War.

A relic of our industrial past which housed a huge pump engine that sucked water from the Jack Tar Pit, in Scremerston, near Berwick.

The ruins of a gothic style college church built by Archibald the Grim.

A vast peat blanket bog straddling Sutherland and Caithness, awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status; it's a critical breeding site for endangered upland birds and home to carnivorous plants.

A fantastic 14th century ruinous castle that has had many extensions and gardens added over the ages.

A fabulous 15th century kirk, hidden by trees in the Dumfriesshire countryside.

Intricate cup and ring marks in woodland near Ratho.

One of the few remaining examples of a raised bog in the Lothian area

A large ruinous estate house that has been taken over by nature.

A pretty little waterfall on the Maspie Burn, that can be found on the large Falkland Estate.

Kelton is a larger than life willow likeness of a Belted Galloway Bull. Also known as 'Keltie the Beltie', keeping an eye on the community in Castle Douglas, South West Scotland.

An annual event that sees the Baysleap dairy herd return to their summer pastures, and the folks of Heddon and neighbouring villages spill out to support the farm.

The Twelve Apostles Stone Circle is a massive stone circle containing eleven stones, that can be found in a field north west of Dumfries.

A granite obelisk that sits in Dock Park, that commemorates two local lads who sadly went down with the Titanic in 1912.

The Nutholm Hill trig point sits in a field (120m) near Kettleholm.

A cave that is now deep underground accessed by a tunnel and many steps. It is where Queen Margaret of Scotland came to pray in the 11th century.

A memorial to the aircrew lost in a crash on 31st January 1944.

The Dodd End trig point sits on Hambleton End (399m) near Northallerton.

A great example of a 16th century tower house that sits on the eastern side of the Cairngorms near Ballater.

A coastal cave carved with cross symbols containing evidence of Iron Age occupation.

The remains of an 18th century iron mine in a beautiful remote spot near Tomintoul.

The remains of a medieval church with a display of Pictish Stones.

A beautiful church with great views near Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.

Screel Hill is a rocky outcrop (344m) with beautiful coastal views over the Solway Firth in Dumfries & Galloway.

A beautiful little waterfall located at the bottom of Green Law hill in the Cheviots.

Scone Old Church is an ancient kirk thought to have been originally built in 1286 in the village of Old Scone.

The Largo Law Trig Point sits on an ancient volcano (290m) near Upper Largo, Fife.

The Whitekirk Hill trig point sits on a hill (74m) near North Berwick.