Image: Brougham Castle

Unusual site names quiz

We’ve identified a few of our sites with unusual-sounding place names (as well as a few that we just love the sound of). Do you know where they are? Test your geographic knowledge with our 20 questions quiz below. When you’re done, check out our article on how English place names have developed, including some odd linguistic quirks.

Questions – where will you find the sites named and pictured below?

1: Bant's Carn Burial Chamber and Halangy Down Ancient Village
2: Bolingbroke Castle
3: Brough Castle
4: Brougham Castle
5: Caister Roman Fort
6: Carrawburgh Roman Fort and Temple of Mithras
7: Chichele College
8: Chysauster Ancient Village
9: Dymchurch Martello Tower
10: Gisborough Priory
11: Kit’s Coty House and Little Kit’s Coty House
12: Poltross Burn Milecastle
13: Rievaulx Abbey
14: Trethevy Quoit
15: Uley Long Barrow (Hetty Pegler’s Tump)

Answers
Bants Carn Burial Chamber and Halangy Down Ancient Village – Isles of Scilly

Bolingbroke Castle – Lincolnshire

Brougham Castle – Cumbria

Brough Castle – Cumbria

Caister Roman Fort – Norfolk

Carrawburgh Roman Fort and Temple of Mithras – Northumberland

Chichele College – Northamptonshire

Chysauster Ancient Village – Cornwall

Dymchuch Martello Tower – Kent

Gisborough Priory – North Yorkshire

Kit’s Coty House and Little Kit’s Coty House – Kent

Poltross Burn Milecastle – Northumberland

Rievaulx Abbey – North Yorkshire

Trethevy Quoit – Cornwall

Uley Long Barrow (Hetty Pegler’s Tump) – Gloucestershire

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