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The Parish Church of Wigtown.

Stone commemorating Robert the Bruce's first victory over an English army in 1307.

Two chambered cairns dating back to the Neolithic period.

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

A giant trowel next to the North Seaton Community Centre in Ashington.

A 35m tall chimney that was part of the Gaunless Valley Lead Mill.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

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

A 29m high tower on Byres Hill built as a monument to John Hope, the 4th Earl of Hopetoun.

A standing stone marking the northern source of the River Tyne in Deadwater.

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

This is the trig point for Stokoe High Crags (230m) near Falstone.

This is the trig point for Bowsden West (103m) near Ford And Etal.

The Coldberry End trig point can be found on Ireshope Moor (708m) near Alston.

This is the trig point for Pit House Plantation (266m) near Durham.

This is the trig point for Pikestone Fell (387m) near Stanhope.

The Oxen Law trig point sits in a field at Oxen Law (346m) near Consett.

A beauty of a bridge, old and packhorsey, with some chunky cutwaters and lovely views up and down the rivers Wear and Browney where they confluence.

A boulder marking where Marion Lillie, also known as the Ringwoodie Witch, was executed in 1696.

An abundance of art in a striking eco friendly/ green building.

A stunning mural depicting the release of a yellow canary which references the area's mining days and has significance for the future.

A local nature reserve with a modern history of regeneration from marshland to bog due to the end of water mills.

Guibal fan house built in 1872, which once ventilated Huntcliff Ironstone mine.

Ruined 14th century pele tower set in the Cumbrian countryside.

Explore 13th century Dally Castle ruins, one of Northumberland's earliest hall houses showcasing medieval architecture.

A monument to two shepherds who lost their lives in a snow storm and ultimately led to the formation of the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.

A multitude of artifacts, equipment, models, photographs and information on all things mining.

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 stone circle marking the grave of three kings of Denmark.

A fine example of a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders

A spectacular mausoleum for the British soldier Thomas Monteath Douglas.

This is the trig point for Dour Hill (415m) near Byrness.

This is the trig point for Blackwool Law (266m) near Rochester.

This is the trig point for Blackmoor Skirt (364m) near Bellingham.

The East Grange trig point sits in a hedge (103m) near Durham.

The remains of a gatehouse that lead to an Augustinian Priory Church.

A stone circle showing all the different kinds of stone that are quarried in the area.

A ruined bastle in Redesdale near Otterburn in Northumberland standing as a reminder of the tumultuous history of the borders.

A severely ruined 15th century tower in Little Swinburne.

A 19th century lime kiln near the Wannie Line.

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

This is the trig point for White House Hill (169m) near Alnwick.

The Spy Rigg trig point sits on a craggy outcrop (313m) above Lampert Farm near Gilsland.

This is the trig point for Monkside (513m) near Kielder.

This is the trig point for Grey Nag (658m) near Alston.

This is the trig point for Ellis Crag (498m) near Byrness.

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

This is the trig point for Bolts Law Smalesmouth (395m) near Kielder.

The Crow Coal Hill trig point sits on Reahope Moor (466m) near Stanhope.

The Catterick Moss trig point is on moorland (426m) near Stanhope.

The Tripsy Bank trig point sitting on top of Greater Willington Common (152m) in Willington near Bishop Auckland.

Dating from the late 12th century, St Michael and All Angels' Church is the parish church of Houghton-le-Spring and contains the tomb of Bernard Gilpin.

Public gardens with sunken trees, an Italian rock in the fountain, and the stunning backdrop of a former 18th-century rectory.

An art/science installation involving audience participation and sunshine.

An old 18th century windmill part of Birney Hill farm.

Ruins of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Ninian.

A mid to late 12th century Kirk (Church) in the Romanesque style in Haddington, East Lothian.

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

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

This is the trig point for Longknowe Hill (346m) near The Cheviots.

This is the trig point for Highfield (309m) near Falstone.

This is the trig point for Berrymoor Edge (459m) near Kielder.

The Westernhope Moor trig point sits on moorland (676m) north of Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The Dry Rigg trig point sits on Redburn Common (561m) near Rookhope.

Disused haybarn on the Croxdale Hall estate.

A Celtic cross, commemorating the lives of James and Charles Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Langley.

Mural of the Fair Slayer By Smug.

A Red Kite Feeding Station set up on a Farm.

A beautiful church filled with art, history and culture in the fork of the road up to the College Valley.

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

A huge chunk of rock sitting on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill overlooking the Harthope Valley.

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

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.

This is the trig point for Rhodes Hill (146m) near Ford And Etal.

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

The Raven Seat trig point sits on Harnisha Hill (589m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The Highwatch Currick trig point sits above Burnhope Reservoir (639m) near Alston.

The Tuthill Quarry trig point is sitting on top of a quarry (164m) near Seaham.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

The smallest place of sanctuary, rolling out of West Woodburn, between the road and the river, lies the church of St Cuthbert's, Corsenside.

The Kelpie maquettes in Ardrishaig, at three meters tall are the 1/10 scale prototypes for the real McCoy Kelpies by Andy Scott stabled in Falkirk.

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

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

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

Ruins of a 12th century Benedictine priory, close to the banks of the River Swale.

Model village near Bridlington featuring local landmarks.

A stunning double headed crag on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill.

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

A three draw arch lime kiln in Otterburn.

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

The Eggleston Moor trig point sits on Grey Carrs moorland (461m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The Burnhope Seat trig point is at the top of Yad Moss Ski Tow (746m) near Alston.

The Embleton Old Hall trig point sits by a hedge (114m) north of Embleton Old Hall near Sedgefield.

A sculpture dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Montagu View Pit Disaster.

Abandoned farm buildings built around 1851.

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

Ruined priory built in the 1100s, said to be home of one of Scotland's first Cristian communities.

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.