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The Museum of Dartmoor Life has interactive displays spanning three floors. You can see a reconstructed Bronze Age hut, Victorian kitchen, blacksmith’s shop and farming exhibits. The museum is a great place to investigate traditional Dartmoor industries such as glassmaking, quarrying and rural crafts. Young visitors can explore discovery zones and dress up in historical costumes. Read more…
Carrowmore is a megalithic tombs complex that has 30 surviving monuments and is among the oldest used passage tombs, the earliest depositions of approximately 3700 BC. Most of the sites are “satellite tombs” which surround the largest monument, placed on the high point of the plateau, the cairn (now restored) called Listoghil. The site has an exhibition, toilets and car Read more…
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David, also known as St David’s Cathedral Cardiff is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in the city centre of Cardiff. Read more…
Castle Point Transport Museum has a collection of over thirty preserved commercial vehicles and a functioning Model Railway. The building that houses the Museum is fascinating itself and was built in 1934 for the Canvey & District Motor Transport Co. Ltd. Limited opening thought (could be worth checking) to be 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month between April and Read more…
Richborough Fort was founded in AD 43 soon after the Romans landed in England to protect a major port of Roman Britain and was one of the start-points for Watling Street that ran on to Canterbury and then to London. Earth fortifications were first dug on the site in the 1st century, probably was as a storage depot and bridgehead Read more…
Inishkeel is a small island around 250 m from the coast of County Donegal in Gweebarra Bay. At low tide a sandy tidal bank connects the island with the mainland. During the 6th century A.D. a small community of monks settled on the island and today remains of the church and the connected buildings as well as some carved stones Read more…
Rathfarnham Castle is a 16th-century fortified house in Rathfarnham, South Dublin. Read more…
St. Paul’s Cathedral in Exeter is a Gothic cathedral that dominates the skyline with its two Norman towers. The facade has carvings of English kings, including William the Conqueror and Alfred. The inside has a Bishops throne and a decorated ceiling. Read more…
Bant’s Carn Burial Chamber and Halangy Down Ancient Village. The remains of an Iron Age village in a scenic location. With a Bronze Age burial mound, entrance passage and inner chamber. Read more…
Herstmonceux Castle is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England. Work started on this brick castle in 1441, brick was an unusual material for a castle due it’s weakness over stone, hence it was more of a fortified house than a true castle. Thus, the builders of Herstmonceux Castle concentrated more on grandeur and comfort than Read more…
Restenneth Priory was a monastic house of Augustinian canons founded by Jedburgh Abbey in 1153, with the patronage of King Malcolm IV of Scotland. It is thought that an ancient Pictish church was previously on the site and built around 710. Read more…
The West Cork Model Railway Village is taking you back to the 1940’s. You will see a miniature of the old West Cork railway line serving the towns with the handmade models and figures to a scale of 1:24. As well as the model village you have displays telling the story of the railway villages, tea room, gift shop, indoor soft Read more…
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