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Throp Roman fortlet 33038_012
Throp Roman fortlet, Cumbria, 2017

Roman temporary camp 33030_089
Crooks Roman temporary camp, Northumberland, 2017

Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort 34126_004
Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, Cumbria, 2019

Anti-Aircraft battery 33911_008
Heavy Anti-aircraft battery, City of Bristol, 2020

Stokesay fishponds 33338_012
Stokesay Castle water features, a system of interconnected fishponds and water channels, Shropshire, 2017

Elmley Castle 33256_031
Elmley Castle, a medieval ringwork and bailey located within two Iron Age hillforts, Worcestershire, 2016

Housesteads 28982_016
Housesteads or Vircovicium Roman Fort on Hadrians Wall in the snow, Northumberland, 2018

Housesteads 28982_014
Housesteads or Vircovicium Roman Fort on Hadrians Wall in the snow, Northumberland, 2018

Housesteads 28982_010
Housesteads or Vircovicium Roman Fort on Hadrians Wall in the snow, Northumberland, 2018

Housesteads 28982_009
Housesteads or Vircovicium Roman Fort on Hadrians Wall in the snow, Northumberland, 2018

Canterbury City Walls 33246_003
Dane John Mound and Canterbury City Walls, Kent, 2016

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_047
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_037
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_040
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_053
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ingleborough Hillfort 28978_019
Walkers on a snowy Ingleborough Hillfort, with hut circle earthworks also visible, North Yorkshire, 2018

Settlement earthworks 28978_011
Earthwork remains of hut circles and enclosures on Top Cow Pasture, probably an Iron Age or Romano-British settlement, near Ingleborough, North Yorkshire, 2018

Roman camp 28977_046
Roman temporary camp earthwork at Low Stony Bank, enhanced by a covering of snow, Malham, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ingleborough Hillfort 28978_024
Ingleborough Iron Age univallate hillfort and associated hut circle earthworks in the snow, North Yorkshire, 2018

Bentley Grange shaft mounds 20721_047
Bentley Grange, Denby Dale, Kirklees, West Yorkshire. Shaft mounds formed as the spoil heaps of a series of pits used for iron ore mining

Brougham Roman Fort 34002_016
Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and Brougham Castle, Cumbria, 2018

Warkworth Castle 34011_001
Warkworth, Northumberland. The ruins of Warkworth Castle, an early 12th century motte and bailey castle, 2018

Warkworth Castle 34011_017
Warkworth, Northumberland. Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

Chysauster 33205_017
Gulval, Cornwall. Chysauster an Iron Age to Roman settlement site with fogou, 2016

Chysauster 33205_030
Gulval, Cornwall. Chysauster an Iron Age to Roman settlement site with fogou, 2016

Bach Camp 29989_034
Bach Camp, Kimbolton, Herefordshire. A univallate Iron Age hillfort earthwork, 2016

Wapley Hill 33219_024
Wapley Hill, Herefordshire. Iron Age multivallate hillfort, 2016

Caer Bran 33205_011
Sancreed, Cornwall. Caer Bran Iron Age multivallate hillfort earthwork, 2016

Caer Bran 33205_010
Sancreed, Cornwall. Caer Bran Iron Age multivallate hillfort earthwork, 2016

Longtown Castle 33227_043
Longtown, Herefordshire. The remains of Longtown Castle, a motte and bailey castle known as Ewias Lacy Castle in the medieval period, 2016

Chanstone North Tump 33226_016
Chanstone, Vowchurch, Herefordshire. Earthwork remains of a motte castle, 2016. SO3635

Cothill Tump 33225_044
Cothill Tump, Turnastone, Herefordshire. A motte castle, 2016

Nant-y-bar 33224_024
Nant-y-bar, Dorstone, Herefordshire. Motte castle, 2016

Mynydd-Brith 33224_016
Mynydd-Brith, Dorstone, Herefordshire. Motte and bailey castle, 2016

Newton Tump 33223_028
Newton Tump, Clifford, Herefordshire. The earthwork remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle, 2016

Old Castleton 33223_021
Medieval motte and bailey earthworks, Old Castleton, Clifford, Herefordshire, 2016

Clifford Castle 33223_008
Clifford, Herefordshire. Clifford Castle, the remains of a motte and bailey castle, probably constructed between 1067 and 1070, with additional 13th century fortifications in stone, 2016

Stapleton Castle 33219_004
Stapleton, Herefordshire. Stapleton Castle, the ruins of a 17th century house on the site of a medieval motte and bailey castle, 2016

Lingen Castle 33218_020
Lingen, Herefordshire. Lingen Castle, motte and bailey earthwork, 2016

Rotherley Down 29832_037
Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains on Rotherley Down within Cranborne Chase, Wiltshire, 2016. ST9419

Buzbury Rings 29557_024
Buzbury Rings, an Iron Age and Romano British settlement enclosure earthwork on Keynston Down, Dorset, 2015. ST9105

Cow Down enclosed settlement 29553_018
Early Iron Age enclosed settlement earthwork, Cow Down, Wiltshire, 2015. ST8840

Buzbury Rings 29557_015
Buzbury Rings, an Iron Age and Romano British settlement enclosure earthwork on Keynston Down, Dorset, 2015. ST9105

Rotherley Down 29832_045
Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains on Rotherley Down within Cranborne Chase, Wiltshire, 2016. ST9419

Woodbury hillfort 29834_002
Woodbury Iron Age univallate hillfort crop mark, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2016

Woodbury hillfort 29834_001
Woodbury Iron Age univallate hillfort crop mark, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2016

Winkelbury Hill 29833_009
An Iron Age univallate hillfort earthwork on Winkelbury Hill, Wiltshire, 2016. ST9521

Winkelbury Hill 29833_006
An Iron Age univallate hillfort earthwork on Winkelbury Hill, Wiltshire, 2016. ST9521

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