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The ruined hall and chamber of a fortified manor house of the powerful Percy family, dating mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries. Its undercroft is cut into a rocky outcrop.
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Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan
5,000 year-old ‘Flame Pot’ leaves Japan for first time for display at Stonehenge. New English Heritage exhibition reveals remarkable parallels between prehistoric cultures 6,000 miles apart
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MEDIEVAL MONKS' NIGHT STAIRCASE REBUILT 900 YEARS LATER
New timber staircase at Furness Abbey stands in place of the original within the medieval ruin
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MEDIEVAL MONKS’ NIGHT STAIRCASE REBUILT 900 YEARS LATER
New timber staircase at Furness Abbey stands in place of the original within the medieval ruins
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Lost Pleasure Grounds To Open at Walmer Castle
Walmer Castle's historic 'glen' will be accessible for the first time in over 100 years from the end of April. English Heritage has also invited young refugees to special workshops, with a new learning centre the first major building at the castle in 145 years.
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William the Conqueror imposed a total reorganisation of the English Church. He had secured the Pope’s blessing for his invasion by promising to reform the ‘irregularities’ of the Anglo-Saxon Church, which had developed its own distinctive customs. Throughout the medieval period the Church was a pervasive force in people’s lives.
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The ruins of Peveril Castle stand isolated on a rocky hilltop in the Derbyshire Peaks, one of the most dramatically sited castles in England. Throughout its history it served as a base for the government of the local area, the ‘Forest of the Peak’.
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A history of Pevensey Castle, originally a Roman fort, refortified by the Normans after William the Conqueror landed there in 1066, and later a great medieval castle.