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Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Tintagel Castle J850370

Tintagel Castle J850370
TINTAGEL CASTLE, Cornwall. View of inner ward showing the North Gate & part of the Great Hall with sea beyond

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Panini - Statues in a Ruined Arcade J920083

Panini - Statues in a Ruined Arcade J920083
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. " Statues in a Ruined Arcade", reputedly the Gallery of Sculptures in the Baths of Caracalla

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Kenilworth Castle K900477

Kenilworth Castle K900477
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. The Castle from across the mere

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Corfe Castle CC71_01184

Corfe Castle CC71_01184
CORFE CASTLE, Dorset. A view of the castle from the village. 1950

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Whitby Abbey J850258

Whitby Abbey J850258
WHITBY ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View from the east

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Piel Castle

Piel Castle
Grade I listed ruins of castle, Piel Island, Barrow in Furness. IoE 388354

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Rievaulx Abbey DP169301

Rievaulx Abbey DP169301
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Church, North and South Transepts showing Nave in centre with Gallillee Porch in foreground, view from west

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Mount Grace Priory K021701

Mount Grace Priory K021701
MOUNT GRACE PRIORY, Northallerton, North Yorkshire. View of the Manor House at Mount Grace Priory from the north west with the garden pond in the foreground

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Titchfield Abbey J910149

Titchfield Abbey J910149
TITCHFIELD ABBEY, Hampshire. View of the gatehouse from the South East. The ruins of a 13th century Premonstratensian abbey, later converted into a Tudor Mansion

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Rievaulx Abbey J870075

Rievaulx Abbey J870075
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View from the hillside

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Goodrich Castle N071065

Goodrich Castle N071065
GOODRICH CASTLE, Herefordshire. View of the castle from the path showing the south east and east towers

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Birdoswald Roman Fort K940744

Birdoswald Roman Fort K940744
HADRIANs WALL: BIRDOSWALD ROMAN FORT, Cumbria. General view of granary. The posts mark the position of a later, post-Roman building

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Reculver Towers N060976

Reculver Towers N060976
RECULVER TOWERS AND ROMAN FORT, Kent. Twin 12th-century church towers viewed at a distance across sands at low tide

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Reculver Towers N060972

Reculver Towers N060972
RECULVER TOWERS AND ROMAN FORT, Kent. Twin 12th-century church towers bathed in the warm glow of the setting sun at low tide

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Rievaulx Abbey J000004

Rievaulx Abbey J000004
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. General view

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Old Wardour Castle K990149

Old Wardour Castle K990149
OLD WARDOUR CASTLE, Wiltshire. Carved vault at the top of the ruined spiral staircase on the fourth floor

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Edlingham Castle J940539

Edlingham Castle J940539
EDLINGHAM CASTLE, Northumberland. General view from the North. The manor house was progressively fortified against the Scots during the 14th century

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Furness Abbey N080540

Furness Abbey N080540
FURNESS ABBEY, Cumbria. View of the transepts from the west

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Old Wardour Castle K951525

Old Wardour Castle K951525
OLD WARDOUR CASTLE, Wiltshire. View from the top of the castle looking west over the lake

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Wenlock Priory K980723

Wenlock Priory K980723
WENLOCK PRIORY, Shropshire. View looking down the nave towards the West end of the church

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Reculver Towers N060975

Reculver Towers N060975
RECULVER TOWERS AND ROMAN FORT, Kent. Twin 12th-century church towers in late afternoon sunshine with scattered clouds - monochrome

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Rievaulx Abbey J060222

Rievaulx Abbey J060222
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. The arches and buttresses of the north side of the abbey church

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Rievaulx Abbey J870076

Rievaulx Abbey J870076
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Winter view from the hillside

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Lindisfarne Priory K880003

Lindisfarne Priory K880003
LINDISFARNE PRIORY, Holy Island, Northumberland. View of the priory at sunset

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Tintagel Castle K980782

Tintagel Castle K980782
TINTAGEL CASTLE, Cornwall. View towards the North gate of the inner ward

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Lindisfarne Priory J880069

Lindisfarne Priory J880069
LINDISFARNE PRIORY, Northumberland. View of the nave in the priory church with decorated pillars

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Peveril Castle K060036

Peveril Castle K060036
PEVERIL CASTLE, Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire. A view from the South East looking across Cavedale towards the Keep with Mam Tor in the distance

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Burnley DES01_01_0492

Burnley DES01_01_0492
Looking north down Healey Wood Road, Burnley, Lancashire, showing partially demolished terraces in the foreground and Healey Wood Mill in the distance

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Sham Abbey CC97_02085

Sham Abbey CC97_02085
ABINGDON, Oxfordshire. Overgrown arcades and windows of the sham abbey ruin in the gardens of Abingdon Abbey. Photographed in 1892 by Henry W Taunt

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Croxden Abbey K021367

Croxden Abbey K021367
CROXDEN ABBEY, Staffordshire. View of the South transept and the chapter house from the South East

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Thetford Priory 27580_009

Thetford Priory 27580_009
Thetford Priory, Norfolk. Aerial view of the priory ruins now in the care of English Heritage. Thetford was a Cluniac house founded in 1103

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: St Giles Cripplegate FF003274

St Giles Cripplegate FF003274
The Church of St Giles and the Barbican Estate, City of London, 1962-'4. John Gay (1909-'99), cellulose acetate negative. The Church of St Giles in Cripplegate Ward dates from the 16th century

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Hay cart and Kenilworth Castle BB81_02414

Hay cart and Kenilworth Castle BB81_02414
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. A Victorian hay cart at rest in front of the ivy-clad remains of Kenilworth Castle. A view resonant of Turner paintings

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Windmill, Suffolk a98_07336

Windmill, Suffolk a98_07336
Thornham Magna, Suffolk. The timber-clad post mill at Thornham Magna, with its sails, fantail and roundhouse, appears to be falling into ruin. Photographed by Hallam Ashley, November 1950

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Hardwick Old Hall K971992

Hardwick Old Hall K971992
HARDWICK OLD HALL, Derbyshire. General view of the Old Hall and the East Lodge from the roof of the New Hall

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Charles Church Plymouth a57_00340

Charles Church Plymouth a57_00340
CHARLES CHURCH, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. Exterior view from the south-east showing the ruins of Charles Church, which was burned out by incendiary bombs in March 1941

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Middleham Castle DP168721

Middleham Castle DP168721
Middleham Castle, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. The castle from the south, with Middleham village behind. Photographed in March 2015

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Westenhanger Castle 33328_002

Westenhanger Castle 33328_002
Westenhanger Castle, Kent, 2017

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Weoley Castle 21103_07

Weoley Castle 21103_07
Weoley Castle, Birmingham, West Midlands. A licence to crenellate was granted to Roger de Somery in 1264 and a roughly rectangular moated site was built

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Byland Abbey sunset N071401

Byland Abbey sunset N071401
BYLAND ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View north west from the cloisters towards the west front at sunset

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Fountains Abbey engraving N070733

Fountains Abbey engraving N070733
FOUNTAINS ABBEY, North Yorkshire. The South View of the Ruins of Fountains Abbey in Skeldale; three Miles from Rippon by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: The Folly

The Folly
Constructed as a ruin and situated on a conspicuous hilltop site in Mount Edgcumbe Park, overlooking Plymouth Sound. IoE 61874

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Launceston Castle, Cornwall DP264413

Launceston Castle, Cornwall DP264413
Launceston Castle, Castle Lodge, Launceston, Cornwall. Drone photography, aerial view of the motte, shell keep and gatehouse from the south-west

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Bury St Edmunds Abbey 24654_035

Bury St Edmunds Abbey 24654_035
The Abbey ruins, Bury St Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, 2007

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Bodiam Castle 33964_037

Bodiam Castle 33964_037
Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, East Sussex, 2020. A moated quadrangular castle in the care of the National Trust

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Birdsall House 28933_048

Birdsall House 28933_048
Birdsall, North Yorkshire. Birdsall House and the Old Ruined Church of All Hallows and Cross (formerly Old Church of St Mary and Cross), 2017. SE8164

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Tintern Abbey JRU01_01_178

Tintern Abbey JRU01_01_178
TINTERN ABBEY, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES. A view looking north-west towards Tintern Abbey, with a road sign displaying Tintern in the foreground

Background imageRomantic Ruins Rights Managed Collection: Bowes Castle, Durham DP175364

Bowes Castle, Durham DP175364
Bowes Castle, Durham. Henry IIs 12-century keep, on the site of a Roman fort guarding strategic Stainmore Pass over the Pennines




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