historical landmark in Swindo

The Faringdon Folly Tower

Visit National Trust attraction, Buscot Old Parsonage, an early 18th-century riverside house with small garden in Oxfordshire.

A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.

Classic Neolithic causewayed enclosure, with three concentric but intermittent ditches. Large quantities of animal bones found here indicate feasting, animal trading or rituals, or perhaps all th…

This ‘avenue’ originally of around 100 pairs of prehistoric standing stones, was raised to form a winding 1 1⁄2 mile ritual link between the pre-existing monuments of Avebury and The Sanctuary.

Begun in about 3000 BC as a complex circle of timber posts, later replaced by stones. Its function is still mystifies: human bone finds with food remains point to elaborate death rites and ceremo…

One of the largest and most impressive Neolithic chambered tombs in Britain. Built in around 3650 BC and used for a short time only, nearly 50 people were buried here before the chambers were blo…

Come and explore the oldest dated chalk figure in the country, the Bronze Age White Horse at Uffington, Oxfordshire, managed by the National Trust.

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English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites which bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

Sri Lanka based online shop, specializing in sapphires, rubies, topaz, cat's eye, tourmaline and other precious and semi precious gemstones and Jewellery.

The largest artificial mound in Europe and comparable in size to the Egyptian pyramids. Probably completed around 2400 BC, it apparently contains no burial and its significance remains unknown.