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Botallack Mine K021793BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall. View of the mine buildings on cliff overlooking the sea
Coventry Cathedral CC47_02918Cathedral Church Of St Michael, Bailey Lane, Coventry
Brough Castle N081131BROUGH CASTLE, Cumbria. View from the South
Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940
Berry Pomeroy Castle J860421BERRY POMEROY CASTLE, Devon. Reconstruction drawing by Frank Gardiner (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing the 15th century defences, including the gatehouse and the Elizabethan mansion
Witley Court and Gardens 29874_013WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS, Worcestershire. Aerial view
Wingfield Manor K031055WINGFIELD MANOR, Derbyshire. View of the manor from the High Tower. Medieval manor built in the 1440s. Prison of Mary, Queen of Scots
Rievaulx Abbey K100008RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View down onto the abbey, seen from Rievaulx Terrace
Malmesbury BB95_10457MARKET SQUARE, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. A rooftop view looking over Market Square, showing the market cross (c.1500) and the abbey ruins
Mow Cop CastleRuinous folly built as a summer house. IoE 273340
Hailes Abbey DP184773HAILES ABBEY, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. The chapter house viewed from the north east
Peveril Castle DP175579Peveril Castle, Market Place, Castleton, Derbyshire. Keep and Cavedale with Iron Age hillfort, Mam Tor, beyond. View from east
Housesteads Roman Fort and surrounding countryside N061001HADRIANs WALL: HOUSESTEADS FORT, Northumberland. Aerial view of the fort with the wall heading off into the distance. hadrian
Rievaulx Abbey J060223RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. The arches and buttresses of the north side of the abbey church
Whitby Abbey J850258WHITBY ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View from the east
Wigmore Abbey 29878_003Wigmore Abbey, Adforton, Herefordshire. Augustinian Abbey founded in 1179 by Hugh de Mortimer. Burial place of several of the Mortimer family, once Earls of March
Kilpeck Castle 33226_045Kilpeck, Herefordshire. Kilpeck Castle, motte and bailey earthwork and the remains of a keep, 2016
Medieval floor tiles DP248332Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Detail looking down at medieval tiles on the floor of the priorys ruined library
Jervaulx Abbey 28558_007Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey ruins, North Yorkshire. Photographed from the air in 2014
Piel Castle DP485965Piel Castle, Piel Island, Cumbria. Exterior, general view from drone from south with Cumbrian hills beyond
Piel Castle DP485966Piel Castle, Piel Island, Cumbria. Exterior, general view from drone from south with Cumbrian hills beyond
Reculver Towers and Roman Fort DP434420Reculver Towers and Roman Fort, Reculver Road, Reculver, Herne Bay, City of Canterbury, North Thanet, Kent
Reculver Towers and Roman Fort DP434410Reculver Towers and Roman Fort, Reculver Road, Reculver, Herne Bay, City of Canterbury, North Thanet, Kent
Launceston Castle, Cornwall DP264413Launceston Castle, Castle Lodge, Launceston, Cornwall. Drone photography, aerial view of the motte, shell keep and gatehouse from the south-west
Brough Castle, Cumbria DP371412Oblique aerial drone photograph of Brough Castle
Sea defences at Reculver P_A02576_007Reculver, Herne Bay, Canterbury, Kent
Charles Church 35150_052Charles Church, now a war memorial, the roof was destroyed in World War II, Plymouth, City of Plymouth, 2022
Charles Church 35149_038Charles Church, now a war memorial, the roof was destroyed in World War II, Plymouth, City of Plymouth, 2022
Middleham Castle 35143_012The standing remains of Middleham Castle, once the childhood home of Richard III, Middleham, North Yorkshire, 2022
Middleham Castle 35143_014The standing remains of Middleham Castle, once the childhood home of Richard III, Middleham, North Yorkshire, 2022
West Front P_A02107_007Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Abbey Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Abbey Precinct, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. Abbey West Front incorporated into later buildings
West Front CC78_00232The West Front, Bury St. Edmunds, Abbey Precincts, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. An exterior view of the houses which were built into the remains of the west front of the church at Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Bury St Edmunds Abbey 24654_035The Abbey ruins, Bury St Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, 2007
St Annes Hospital WSA01_01_E0131St Anne's Hospital, High St Agnesgate, Ripon, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The ruins of St Anne's Hospital Chapel, 1934
Berwick Castle and Station 20396_001Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland. The castle and railway station
Blackfriars CC76_00520Blackfriars, Hereford, 1907. A view looking past the ruins of Blackfriars Friary towards the 14th century Preaching Cross
Blackfriars Preaching Cross BB87_10176Blackfriars Priory, Preaching Cross, Widemarsh Street, Hereford, 1850-1860. Two men and a woman beside the Preaching Cross in front of the ruins of Blackfriars Priory
Pulpit DD73_00146Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1860. The 14th century, red sandstone pulpit at Shrewsbury Abbey covered in vegetation. The pulpit was formerly in the refectory of the Benedictine abbey
Cowdray House EAW229710Cowdray House, Easebourne, West Sussex, 1972
Wingfield Manor 35051_006The ruins of Wingfield Manor House and farm, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, 2021
Wingfield Manor 35051_009The ruins of Wingfield Manor House and farm, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, 2021
Annesley Hall 35048_019Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, 2021. The remains of Annesley Hall, which suffered a fire in 1997, and the roofless ruin of All Saints Church
Annesley Hall 35048_020Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, 2021. The remains of Annesley Hall, which suffered a fire in 1997, and the roofless ruin of All Saints Church
Berkhamsted Castle 35042_015The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021
Berkhamsted Castle 35042_008The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021
Berkhamsted Castle 35042_010The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021
Bradgate House stables 35006_008The ruined stables and kennels to Bradgate House, Leicestershire, 2021
Guys Cliffe House 35001_044Guy's Cave hermitage and other rock cut chambers and the ruins of Guy's Cliffe House, Warwickshire, 2021
Bridge repairs 34110_035Repairs to bridge that collapsed during floods of July 2019, near Grinton Moor, North Yorkshire, 2019
Front line 34109_050Second World War lozenge pillbox falling into the sea as a result of coastal erosion, near Holmpton, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2019
Coastal erosion 34109_042Fort Godwin coastal battery severely damaged by coastal erosion, near Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2019
Clun Bowling Club PLA01_06_0016Clun Bowling Club, Castle Street, Clun, Shropshire. The bowling green of Clun Bowling Club seen from the ruins of Clun Castle to the north-west
Corfe Castle MCF01_02_0977CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. A view of the ruins of Corfe Castle from the south-west
Gateway MCF01_02_0987Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset. A man with a horse-drawn cart walking through a gateway above Sandy Hill Lane, with the ruins of Corfe Castle and the village in the distance
Corfe Castle MCF01_02_0976CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. The village of Corfe Castle seen from the ruins of Corfe Castle with the south-west gatehouse on the left of the foreground
Corfe Castle MCF01_02_0971CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. A view of the ruins of Corfe Castle from east on Sandy Hill Lane
The Greyhound Hotel MCF01_02_0954GREYHOUND HOTEL, THE SQUARE, CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. The Greyhound Hotel with the ruins of Corfe Castle on the hill beyond, seen from the raised pavement on the west side of East Street
The Greyhound Hotel MCF01_02_0953GREYHOUND HOTEL, THE SQUARE, CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. The Greyhound Hotel with the ruins of Corfe Castle on the hill beyond, seen from south-east in the churchyard
Corfe Castle MCF01_02_0951CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. Looking along East Street towards the Greyhound Hotel with the ruins of Corfe Castle on the hill beyond
Waverley Abbey MCF01_02_1449WAVERLEY ABBEY, FARNHAM, WAVERLEY, SURREY. A view of the lay brothers quarters at Waverley Abbey from the north-west, showing trees and foliage growing in the ruins
Ruined north aisle HKR01_04_108Fountains Abbey, Fountains Abbey Estate, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Looking along the remains of the ruined abbey churchs north aisle
Rievaulx Abbey BB57_00160RIEVAULX ABBEY, RIEVAULX, RYEDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. View of the nave and choir from inside the ruins at Rievaulx Abbey
Fountains Abbey BB57_00157Fountains Abbey, Fountains Abbey Estate, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Fountains Abbey BB57_00158Fountains Abbey, Fountains Abbey Estate, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Looking to the east end of the nave from inside the ruins at Fountains Abbey
Castle Acre Priory BB57_00134CASTLE ACRE PRIORY, PRIORY ROAD, CASTLE ACRE, KINGs LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Castle Acre Priory BB57_00135PRIORY OF ST MARY, ST PETER, AND ST PAUL, PRIORY ROAD, CASTLE ACRE, KINGs LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Cleeve Abbey BB48_00245CLEEVE ABBEY, CHAPTER HOUSE, OLD CLEEVE, WEST SOMERSET. An external view of the chapter house in Cleeve Abbey, seen from the cloister
Tintern Abbey a63_02112TINTERN ABBEY, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES. Exterior view of Tintern Abbey, seen from the south-west, with the west front, south side of the nave and south transept in view
Lanercost Priory a62_07234LANERCOST PRIORY, LANERCOST, BURTHOLME, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA. View of the ruins of Lanercost Priory, most likely the south side of the priory, including part of St Marys Church, the former priory nave
Artists Cottage a62_02881Artists Cottage, Trotshill, Warndon, Worcester, Worcestershire. An exterior view from the north-west of Artists Cottage later named Mabs Cottage, showing the cottage before restoration
Artists Cottage a62_02869Artists Cottage, Trotshill, Warndon, Worcester, Worcestershire. An exterior view from the south of Artists Cottage later named Mabs Cottage, showing the cottage before restoration
Byland Abbey a62_01436BYLAND ABBEY, BYLAND WITH WASS, RYEDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. A view of abbey ruins seen through the west door of the church at Byland Abbey
Lanercost Priory 33809_010The Church of St Mary and Lanercost Augustinian Priory, Cumbria, 2019
Lanercost Priory 33809_006The Church of St Mary and Lanercost Augustinian Priory, Cumbria, 2019
Lanercost Priory 33809_004The Church of St Mary and Lanercost Augustinian Priory, Cumbria, 2019
Donnington Castle 33857_045Donnington Castle, West Berkshire, 2019
Appleton St Mary 33864_059The ruins of the Church of St Mary, a round towered church located within the deserted medieval village of Appleton, Norfolk, 2019
St Felix Babingley 33864_036The ruins of the Church of St Felix, Babingley, Norfolk, 2019
Stogursey Castle 33901_001The ruins of Stogursey Castle, Stogursey, Somerset, 2020
Stogursey Castle 33901_012The ruins of Stogursey Castle, Stogursey, Somerset, 2020
Dunkeswell Abbey gatehouse 33906_018Ruins of part of the gatehouse at Dunkeswell Abbey, Devon, 2020
Clarendon Palace 33953_026Clarendon Palace, a ruined royal palace near Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2020
Clarendon Palace 33953_020Clarendon Palace, a ruined royal palace near Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2020
Bodiam Castle 33964_042Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, East Sussex, 2020. A moated quadrangular castle in the care of the National Trust
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