Norton Priory
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens is a fantastic day out, with an award winning museum, excavated medieval ruins, the spectacular St Christopher statue, the lovely Walled Garden and the extensive...
View ArticleRoman Baths And Pump Room
The Roman Baths is below the modern street level and has four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman bath house and finds from Roman Bath. The Georgian Pump Room is on the ground...
View ArticleSegedunum Roman Fort Baths And Museum
Segedunum Roman Fort lies on the banks of the River Tyne, and is the last outpost of Hadrian’s Wall (World Heritage Site). For almost 300 years Segedunum was home to 600 soldiers guarding the furthest...
View ArticleArbeia Roman Fort
Arbeia Roman Fort housed a garrison and once guarded the entrance to the River Tyne. The excavated remains, stunning reconstructions of original buildings and finds discovered at the site combine to...
View ArticleSouthwell Minster
A large Roman villa occupied much of the present-day Minster curtilage. A panel of painted plaster, excavated from the bath-house of the villa, is now displayed on the wall of the south quire aisle and...
View ArticleWroxeter Roman City
Wroxeter (or ‘Viroconium’ ) was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. It began as a legionary fortress and later developed into a thriving civilian city, populated by retired soldiers and traders....
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Queenborough Castle
Site of a castle built by Edward III in 1361-1377. It was intended for coastal defence and for the defence of the planned town to be built alongside it. It was also equipped as a Royal residence....
View ArticleSandwich Castle
The earliest reference to a castle at Sandwich, the premier port of England at one time, was in the reign of Edward I (1272‚1307 ) when a bailiff or royal official was appointed by the King . The...
View ArticleTonge Castle
Excavations of the moated habitation known as “Tonge Castle” were carried out in 1963-4 by the Sittingbourne and Swale Archaeological Group. The rectangular earthwork, previously thought to be a...
View ArticleBaynard's Castle
At the South-West angle of the City of London. Founded between 1066 and 1110. It was demolished in 1213 and the site was acquired by the Dominicans in 1276. A new castle was built east of Blackfriars...
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