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The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
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MUSSABINI, Scipio Africanus (1867-1927)
Blue Plaque commemorating athletics coach Scipio Africanus Mussabini at 84 Burbage Road, Herne Hill, London SE24 9HE, London Borough of Southwark.
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Weekend of celebration marks 100 years of Stonehenge belonging to the nation
A day of specially commissioned art and events will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Stonehenge being donated to the nation.
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Blue Plaque for Churchill’s Favourite Spy
English Heritage has today (16 September) unveiled a blue plaque to Christine Granville, the Polish Second World War special agent who Winston Churchill once called his "favourite spy". The new plaque marks 1 Lexham Gardens Hotel (then the Shelbourne Hotel) in Kensington – the hotel was Granville’s London base after the war, in the centre of the city’s post-war Polish community.
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Barrister and women’s rights advocate Helena Normanton receives blue plaque
The trailblazing female barrister and champion of women’s rights, Helena Normanton, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque.
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One year on since the collapse of part of the east wing at Hurst Castle in Hampshire, and English Heritage announced today that it has completed the stabilisation of the damaged section. The conservation charity will soon complete a new sea defence which will protect the east wing for the next 50 years. English Heritage will then go on to undertake a major study to ascertain how best to protect this most challenging of heritage sites, at the forefront of sea level rise and climate change.
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New blue plaque commemorates sanctuary for stranded South and East Asian women
A new English Heritage blue plaque has been unveiled at Ayahs’ Home in Hackney
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The remains of a once immense mansion built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Keeper and visited by the queen on at least four occasions.
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Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison.
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New lace exhibition at Mount Grace inspired by life at the monastery
Medieval architecture, history, gardens and monks' cells are among the sources of inspiration behind a new exhibition at Mount Grace Priory.