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Directions to Bant's Carn Burial Chamber and Halangy Down Ancient Village
Directions to Bant's Carn Burial Chamber and Halangy Down Ancient Village
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Facts and FAQs about Dover Castle
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Our historic places are primed for summer fun in June with live jousting, blooming gardens and events for dad this Father's Day.
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Create your own Victorian Christmas Crafts
The Victorians popularised many of the Christmas traditions we still enjoy today and they loved decorating their homes during the festive season. Many of their decorations were homemade – watch our video below to learn how to make your own Victorian-style Christmas crackers, gilded walnuts, pin-prick cards and paper flowers.
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The collection at Apsley House reflects the life and achievements of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington – a military leader and later a politician, who is most famous for defeating Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo (1815). Use objects selected by one of our experts from the Wellington Collection, at home or in the classroom, to inspire cross-curricular learning and further your research.
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One of the most intriguing objects excavated at Launceston Castle is a large whale vertebra. What kind of whale was it from? How and why did it end up at Launceston? How can it be dated, and what can it tell us about the lifestyles of the castle’s royal owners and their guests?
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Caedmon, Whitby and Early English Poetry
How Cædmon’s poetic awakening, at the monastery that lies beneath Whitby Abbey, produced one of the first fragments of English verse – which was certainly not the last work of literature to be inspired by Whitby.
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Significance of Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Castle has stood since the 12th century and since then it has been in almost continuous military use, which makes it unusual amongst medieval castles.
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The astronomers Walter and Annie Maunder are commemorated with a blue plaque at the house in Brockley, south-east London, where the couple lived from 1907 to 1911.
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A brief history and description of the Old Blockhouse, built under Edward VI to defend the Scilly Isles from invasion, which did not see action until the Civil War.