Calleva Atrebatum – Roman Silchester
Calleva Atrebatum, also known as Silchester Roman City was a large Roman settlement located near the modern-day village of Silchester in Hampshire, England.
Old Sarum – The Abandoned Medieval City
Old Sarum is a large multi-period archaeological site located on a westward-facing chalk spur overlooking the River Avon, north of the modern-day city of Salisbury, England.
The Maunsell Sea Forts
Located off the English coast in the Thames and Mersey estuaries, the Maunsell Forts are Second World War defensive platforms that were built to defend the UK against enemy aircraft.
King Henry VIII’s Nonsuch Palace
Nonsuch Palace was one of Henry VIII’s largest building projects during his reign, built as a celebration of Henry’s power and grandeur, it was meant to rival that of the French King Francis I’s Château de Chambord.
Silbury Hill – Britain’s Giant Prehistoric Mound
Silbury Hill is an ancient prehistoric man-made conical mound rising above the dramatic landscape of the nearby Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire, England.
Skara Brae – The Neolithic Settlement
Skara Brae is a Neolithic settlement on the Bay of Skaill in Orkney Scotland that dates from 3180 to 2500 BC.
Verulamium – The Roman Town
The pre-Roman settlement is believed to have been founded by Tasciovanus, King of the Catuvellauni, and was called Verlamion or Uerulāmion in Brittonic.
Deva Victrix – The Legionary Fortress
Deva Victrix, also called Deva was a Roman fortress first built by the Legio secunda adiutrix around AD70 in the modern city of Chester in England.
Hardknott Roman Fort – Mediobogdum
Hardknott Roman Fort, also known as Mediobogdum in the Ravenna Cosmography is a Roman Fort constructed at the Hardknott Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria, England to guard against raids by the Scots and Brigantes
Rutupiae – Roman Gateway to Britain
Rutupiae (Richborough Castle) are the ruins of a Roman Saxon Shore Fort located in Richborough, Kent in the United Kingdom.
Although a matter of scholarly...
Danevirke – The Great Viking Wall
The Danevirke is system of large defensive earthworks and walls that stretches across the neck of the Cimbrian peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Chislehurst Caves – The 35km Cave City in London
Chislehurst Caves is an extensive complex of subterranean tunnels of uncertain origin that stretch up to 35km in the suburbs of south London in Chislehurst,...
Venta Silurum – Roman Wales
Venta Silurum was a Roman town in the province of Britannia, established around AD75 in the modern village of Caerwent in South East Wales.
The Golden House
The Golden House (Domus Aurea) was a Roman palace complex built on the slopes of the Palatine, Esquiline, Oppian and Caelian hills in Rome by Emperor Nero.
The Giant Nazi Dome
La Couple, codenamed “Bauvohaben 21” was a giant Nazi complex built in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France.
The bunker was an ambitious project to...
