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The history of Kenilworth Castle, a royal castle for much of its history and converted into a lavish palace for Elizabeth I by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
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Farming had been around in Britain for some 4000 years by the time of the Roman conquest, so much of the natural wildwood that once covered these islands had already been cleared. The landscape the Romans found was one of cultivated fields and pastures, scattered farmsteads and settlements, and surviving islands of managed woodland.
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Creepy Castles To Visit This Halloween
Are you brave enough to climb the highest, mightiest towers and delve into the deepest, darkest tunnels?
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Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
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Going back in time doesn’t have to mean getting in the car. Find out how to get to our historic places on public transport.
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Extensive remains of Augustinian abbey, including abbots' quarters, refectory & cloister. Chapter house frontage with 12th & 14th century carving & statuary, timber roof c.1500. Displays, picnic area.
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If you're travelling by main roads or motorways, here are just some of the historic sites that make for an excellent alternative to stopping off at a service station.
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London and South East Most at Risk from Clothes Moths, Warns English Heritage
The warmer southern counties of England are most at risk from the common clothes moths, English Heritage warned today (Sunday 22 April) as it revealed the results of its year-long, country-wide Operation Clothes Moth.
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The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.