Hadrian's Wall and Whitby Abbey - but there are countless other ruins waiting to be discovered by more of us across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some could be said to be hiding ...

From the Norman Conquest to the Tudor wool boom, from monastic power to the Industrial Age, the UK’s most defining moments ...

Scotland also has its fair share of smaller historic towns that hold an intimacy that grand metropolises cannot offer. In ...

archaeologists unearthed an Iron Age settlement dating back to the second century “when southern Scotland had slipped from the grasp of the Roman Empire,” the company said. The ruins included ...

In the 18th century a designed landscape of exceptional beauty was created around the ruins of the Cistercian Fountains Abbey, in Yorkshire. The spectacular ruins of the 12th century abbey and water ...

Near to where I live are the magnificent ruins of Fountains Abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1132, the Abbey was a centre of monastic work and prayer in the Cistercian tradition ...

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The South West Coast 300 takes in some of Scotland’s most sublime mountains, forests, sandy beaches, castles and quiet Georgian towns ...

The dramatic ruins of Kisimul Castle ... it is where St Columba brought Christianity to Scotland. Its abbey is a place for quiet reflection amid the burial grounds of 60 Scottish, Irish and ...

As we enter April and the weather continues to improve, a good way to spend an afternoon or weekend is by visiting one of Scotland's countless ... the 13th century. The ruins are even mentioned ...