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- Din Lligwy Huts are well-preserved stone-built huts in an enclosure dating from the Romano-British period. Excavation has revealed a variety of buildings, including roundhouses and rectangular barns/workshops.
- The Yeats Memorial Building is home of the Yeats Society and centrally located on Hyde Bridge, in Sligo Town Centre. A literary hub features an exhibit on Yeats’ life, a reference library and gallery, plus a cafe.
- Greenway house and garden on the River Dart was the holiday home of the famous and much-loved author Agatha Christie. Greenway operates a traffic management system to reduce car impact on the local village. All visitors wishing to park their car at Greenway MUST pre-book a car park space. Whenever possible please travel by the ferries available from Dartmouth, Brixham and Torquay.
- Ancient castle and family home of the Dukes of Norfolk for over 850 years. Visit and just walk around or pre-book a guided tour of the many collections, interiors, floer and kitchen gardens. Throughout the season many historical re-enactments, falconry displays.
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest name of any village and the name is proudly displayed on the station and village shops. Originally called LLanfair Pwllgwyngwll, the village had its name changed in the 1850s following the arrival of the railway when the villagers wanted a way of attracting trains and early tourists. It is described as one of the earliest great marketing events.
- Lullingstone Roman Villa was begun in about AD 100, and developed to suit the tastes and beliefs of successive wealthy owners, reaching its peak of luxury in the mid-4th century. You will get to see mosaics, prints of the rare wall paintings, a heated bath-suite and a ‘house-church’. Today this makes a great Kent all-weather attraction with plenty of kids activities.
- Helmsley Castle was built around 1200 and was once known as Furstan Castle. The castle ruins are surrounded by spectacular banks and ditches.
- Penhallam is the site of a medieval manor house surrounded by a protective moat built by the de Cardinham family in the 13th century. No building exists but you can see a grass-covered complete ground-plan of the moated manor house.
- Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th/16th century Hiberno-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke. It is also known as Yeats’ Tower because it was once owned and inhabited (1921 to 1929) by the poet William Butler Yeats.
- Chester City Walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city with their construction being started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 AD. Today the Chester city walls are a major tourist attraction for visitors to the city and form an almost complete circuit of the city as it was in the medieval era. The walk is almost 2 miles (3.2 km) on a continuously elevated walkway, apart from a short section on the south of the city.
- Tantallon Castle has a great location overlooking the ocean and the high cliffs. This is a 14th Century castle in good condition with thick stone walls, towers, courtyards and a history of trouble! You’ll find it on the eastern side of East Lothian between Dunbar and North Berwick. This is where Mary of Queen of Scots once stayed and it was built in the 1350’s. For hundreds of years it was owned by the Red Douglases who were a very powerful family in their day. Unfortunately the castle was under siege on a number of occassions the last being in 1651 when Cromwell actually destroyed it! Facilities: Admission charges Seasonal opening hours Car Park Visitor Centre Toilets Cafe
- Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum includes a motor museum, tea rooms, house, formal garden and wildfowl reserve.
