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Description of Mount Grace Priory
A brief description of Mount Grace Priory, where the layout of the best-preserved Carthusian monastery in England is clear and four phases of medieval building can be identified
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Significance of Pendennis Castle
Pendennis represents one of the finest surviving examples of a coast fortress in England.
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Significance of Portchester Castle
Portchester, the best-preserved Roman fort in northern Europe, has been put to a range of uses over the centuries, from a Saxon burh to a medieval castle, royal residence and prisoner-of-war camp.
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A brief history and description of Warton Old Rectory, a rare survival of a 14th-century stone house
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A brief history and description of Chichele College, a rare survival of a chantry college, a common institution during the 14th and 15th centuries.
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History of St Augustine’s Cross
A brief history of St Augustine’s Cross, a Victorian monument which stands close to the site where St Augustine and King Æthelberht of Kent are said to have met in AD 597
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History of Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows
A brief history and description of Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows, a group of burial mounds that straddle the A35 in Dorset
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Description of Castle Acre Castle and Bailey Gate
A description of Castle Acre Castle, begun in the 11th century, and the Bailey Gate, one of the gatehouses from the defences that surrounded the nearby medieval town.
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D'OYLY CARTE, Richard (1844-1901)
Blue Plaque commemorating opera impressario Richard D'Oyly Carte at 2 Dartmouth Park Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 1SY, London Borough of Camden.
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Description of Harrows Scar Milecastle and Wall
A description of Harrows Scar Milecastle and Wall, one of the highest surviving parts of Hadrian’s Wall.