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Cardiff
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51° 29′ 0″ N, 3° 11′ 0″ W
In Cardiff county The city we will live in for a few months |
Added by Tom Taylor
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Bath
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51° 23' N 02° 22' W
Somerset County ceremonial hot spring/temple built by the Romans in 43 AD; site of leisure, gossip, hygiene, and worship of the goddess Minerva. |
Justin Greer
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Llantwit Major
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Vale of Glamorgan - Wales
51.40623° N 3.47503° W The first great monastery in Wales |
Brooke Davis
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St. David's
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Pembrokeshire, Wales
51.882018° N, 5.268213° W Cathedral founded by St. David in 550. One of Britain's oldest cathedrals. Considered the holiest site in Wales due to its relics of St. David, the cathedral was a major pilgrimage destination throughout the Middle Ages. It remains a thriving church today. |
Brooke Davis
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Maeshowe
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58° 59′ 45.6″ N, 3° 11′ 20.4″ W
Mainland, Orkney A Neolithic burial site. |
Ailsa Lillywhite
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Westminster Abbey
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N 51° 29' 58"
W 0° 7' 42" Westminster, London Extremely important site throughout the history of Britain; traditional place of coronation and burial of English, British, and Commonwealth monarchs. |
Justin Greer
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Palace of Westminster
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Westminster City, London, UK
51°29′57″N 00°07′29″W Known as the House of Parliament-- Meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Next to Westminster Abbey |
Brooke Davis
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Dover Castle
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18.191684 N, -76.988786 W
Kent Founded in 12th century, largest castle in England. |
J. Lieb
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Skara Brae
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59° 2′ 55″ N, 3° 20′ 35″ W
Neolithic settlement of stone buildings, found on the west coast of Scotland. Discovered in 1850 after a large storm. |
Katie Shrek
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Bryn Celli Ddu
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53° 12′ 28.33″ N, 4° 14′ 7.8″ W
Bronze age site, meaning "mound in the dark grove." Marks the summer solstice. |
Katie Shrek
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Carn Euny
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50° 6′ 8.42″ N, 5° 38′ 4.13″ W
Bronze age site, with a well preserved "fogou" or underground passageway more than 65 feet long. |
Katie Shrek
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Uffington White Horse
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51° 34′ 39″ N, 1° 34′ 0″ W
Bronze age hill, that looks like a white horse from above because trenches are filled with white crushed chalk in the shape of a horse. |
Katie Shrek
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West Kennet Long Barrow
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51° 24′ 30.83″ N, 1° 51′ 3.9″ W
A neolithic tomb near Silbury Hill, construction began around 3600 BC. Archeologists have found at least 46 burials of all ages. |
Katie Shrek
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Rhuddlan
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53.294°N 3.464°W
Was home to Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. It's modern population is 4,300. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Aberystwyth
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52.414°N 4.081°W
Of of the ten new towns Edward I set up. Now has a population of 17,000 plus 8,000 students at the university. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Chepstow Castle
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51°38′38.27″N 2°40′31.50″W
The oldest marcher castle. It was begun in 1067 by William FitzOsbern |
Jensen Lillywhite
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White Castle
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51.845926°N 2.902064°W
In Llantilio, is one of the finest non-royal castle ruins in Wales. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Powis Castle
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52°39′05″N 3°09′29″W
Was started in 1109, and rebuilt in 1587 as a luxury home, it is still inhabited. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Cheddar Gorge
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51° 16′ 56.67″ N, 2° 45′ 55.66″ W
Somerset, England Site of the Neolithic Cheddar caves |
Ailsa Lillywhite
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Men-an-Tol
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50° 9′ 30.79″ N, 5° 36′ 16.03″ W
Cornwall literally means 'the hole stone' in Cornish, Men-an-Tol is a mysterious neolithic arrangement of stones. |
Ailsa Lillywhite
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Nine Maidens Stone Circle
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50° 28′ 15.24″ N, 4° 54′ 36″ W
Cornwall A neolithic stone row |
Ailsa Lillywhite
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St. Lythan's Quoit
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51° 26′ 33.11″ N, 3° 17′ 41.68″ W
Vale of Glamorgan, Wales Neolithic cromlech |
Ailsa Lillywhite
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Caerleon
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51° 36′ 54″ N, 2° 57′ 32.4″ W
South Wales A community of significant archaeological importance, specifically in the Roman period. |
Ailsa Lillywhite
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Conwy Castle
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53.28°N 3.825556°W
Most expensive castle built by Edward I. Survived until 1660 when the Earl of Conwy stripped it of all it's valuables, including the roofs. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Beaumaris Castle
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53.2648°N 4.0897°W
The most perfect concentric castle in Britain, so strong it was never attacked. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Tinkinswood
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51° 27′ 4.96″ N, 3° 18′ 29.17″ W
Neolithic Quoit near Cardiff |
Zenobia Taylor
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Avebury
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51° 25′ 43″ N, 1° 51′ 15″ W
Neolithic Henge, South West of England |
Zenobia Taylor
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Stratford
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52° 11′ 24″ N, 1° 42′ 36″ W
Middle of England, Hometown of Shakespeare |
Zenobia Taylor
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Tintern Abbey
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51° 41′ 49.2″ N, 2° 40′ 37.2″ W
Wye Valley, Cistercian Abbey, Written about in a poem by Lord Tennyson |
Zenobia Taylor
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Castell Coch
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51° 32′ 9.06″ N, 3° 15′ 17.35″ W
Located near Cardiff, Gothic Revival Castle |
Zenobia Taylor
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Lanhydrock
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50° 26′ 27.6″ N, 4° 41′ 52.8″ W
Victorian Great House in Cornwall |
Zenobia Taylor
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Llandaff Cathedral
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51° 29′ 45″ N, 3° 13′ 5″ W
Second Cathedral in Cardiff |
Zenobia Taylor
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St. Micheal's Mount
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50° 6′ 57.6″ N, 5° 28′ 37.92″ W
In Cornwall, Castle located on a tidal island |
Zenobia Taylor
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Tintagel Castle
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50° 40′ 1.42″ N, 4° 45′ 33.7″ W
13th Century Castle, said to be the place where King Arthur was conceived |
Zenobia Taylor
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Tretower Castle and Court
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51° 52′ 59.88″ N, 3° 11′ 3.48″ W
13th century keep with a Tudor House in Front |
Zenobia Taylor
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St Michael's Mount
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50.1160°N 5.4772°W
Tidal island located off the coast of Cornwall. It's Cornish name means "the grey rock in the wood". |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Coity Castle
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51°31′19″N 3°33′11″W
Norman castle built by Sir Payn "the Demon" de Turberville, now in ruins. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Criccieth Castle
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52.916°N 4.2325°W
Built by Llywelyn the Great of the kingdom of Gwynedd, heavily modified following its capture by English forces of Edward I. |
Jensen Lillywhite
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Aberystwyth Library
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52°24′52″N 4°4′8″W
Aberystwyth, Wales It is the national library of Wales established in 1907 |
Erin Owens
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Fishbourne Roman Palace
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50.8366°N 0.8103°W
West Sussex Built in 1st Century AD and destroyed 270 AD, museum with original pieces. |
Erin Owens
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Dolbadarn Castle
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53°07′01″N 4°06′52″W
Gwynedd, Wales Built during early 13th century by Welsh Prince Llywelyn |
Erin Owens
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Ewenny Priory
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51°29'18"N 3°34'5"W
Vale of Glamorgan, Wales Founded in the 12th Century and is a monastery of the Benedictine order. |
Erin Owens
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Romans Baths Museum
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51.61005° N, 2.95529° W
Newport, Wales It lies inside the remains of what was one of the only Roman Legionary Fortresses. |
Erin Owens
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Lacock Abbey
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51.41475° N, 2.11718° W
Wiltshire, England Founded in early 13th century as a nunnery. |
Erin owens
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Grosmont Castle
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51°54′55″N 2°51′57″W
Monmouthshire, Wales Built between 1070-c.1350 |
Erin Owens
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Old Beaupre Castle
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53.43873°N 3.42729°W
Llanfair, Wales It is a ruined medieval fortified manor built around 1300's. |
Erin Owens
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Snowdon
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53*4'6.59"N 4*4'34.43"W
The highest mountain in Wales. Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd. |
Julia Wheatley
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Caerwent Roman Town
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51.6113*N 2.7684*W
Monmouthshire, South Wales Town from the Roman period with old ruins. |
Julia Wheatley
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Gadfield Elm
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51*58'53"N 2*18'52"W
Near the village of Pendock in Worcestershire, England Oldest LDS Chapel |
Julia Wheatley
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Conwy
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53*16'48"N 3*49'48"W
Conwy County Borough, North Coast of Wales. A walled market town and community. |
Julia Wheatley
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Salisbury Cathedral
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51*03'53''N 1*47'51''W
Salisbury, England Formerly known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, now an Anglican Cathedral. Leading example of Early English architecture. |
Julia Wheatley
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Stow-on-the-Wold
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51.928*N 1.718*W
Gloucestershire, England A market town and civil parish. |
Julia Wheatley
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Cardiff Castle
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51.4824*N 3.1811*W
Cardiff, Wales A medieval castle and Victorian architecture Gothic revival mansion. |
Julia Wheatley
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Bradford-upon-Avon
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51.3469*N 2.2510*W
A town in west Wiltshire, England. (Roman origins) |
Julia Wheatley
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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
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51.8333° N, 5.0833° W
National park on the west coast of Wales that is around 620 square kilometers. |
Dana Knudsen
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Newport
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51° 35′ 15.86″ N, 2° 59′ 54.04″ W
Monmouthshire or Gwent City in South Wales on the banks of the River Usk. |
Chelsea Staheli
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Swansea
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51° 37′ 0″ N, 3° 57′ 0″ W
Glamorganshire City on South West Wales Coast. 2nd largest city next to Cardiff. |
Chelsea Staheli
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York
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53° 57′ 30″ N, 1° 4′ 49″ W
North Yorkshire Popular city in England that began in 71 AD and has had a rich heritage ever since. |
Chelsea Staheli
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Bangor
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53° 13′ 40.8″ N, 4° 7′ 40.8″ W
Gwynedd University City in Northwest Wales. |
Chelsea Staheli
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Cornwall
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50° 18′ 0″ N, 4° 54′ 0″ W
South West England Ceremonial County w/ administrative city of Truro. |
Chelsea Staheli
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London
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51° 30′ 26″ N, 0° 7′ 39″ W
City and Greater London Capital City of England and the United Kingdom. |
Chelsea Staheli
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Edinburgh
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55° 57′ 11″ N, 3° 11′ 20″ W
Edinburgh Capital City of Scotland and the seat of the Scottish Parliament. |
Chelsea Staheli
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Brecon Beacons National Park
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51.8833° N, 3.4333° W
National park in Wales that has 470 million-year-old sandstone bluffs. |
Dana Knudsen
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Snowdonia National Park
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52.9000° N, 3.8500° W
National park in Wales that contains Snowdon mountain in addition to 100 lakes, 90 mountain peaks, and miles of coastline. |
Dana Knudsen
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Chun Quoit
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50° 8′ 54.96″ N, 5° 38′ 15.72″ W
Stone Age Site, a megalithic single chamber tomb. Located near Pendeen and Morvah in Cornwall. |
Katie Shrek
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Boskednan stone circle (nine maidens)
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50° 9′ 37.01″ N, 5° 35′ 38.62″ W
prehistoric stone circle 4 miles northeast of the town of Penzance, in Cornwall, UK. |
Katie Shrek
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Silbury HIll
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51° 24′ 56″ N, 1° 51′ 27″ W
prehistoric artifical chalk mound near Avebury in Wiltshire. Located in the Kennett Valley between the towns of Marlborough and Calne. |
Katie Shrek
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Hay-on-Wye
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52.0800° N, 3.1300° W
Town in Wales that is known for its bookshops |
Dana Knudsen
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Land's End
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50.0686° N, 5.7161° W
Piece of land that juts out into the ocean near Cornwall, England. Westernmost point of the land. |
Dana Knudsen
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Royal Mile
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55.9506° N, 3.1856° W
A famous succession of streets in Edinburgh that is in the Old Town. |
Dana Knudsen
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The Mound
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44.9367° N, 93.6658° W
Artificial hill in Edinburgh, Scotland that connects the Old and New Towns. It contains many important buildings. |
Dana Knudsen
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The Shambles
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53.96 degrees north 1.0810 degrees west
Yorkshire County A medieval street that still exists that used to be a long row of butcher shops |
Catherine Brown
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Monmouth Castle
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51.8127° N, 2.7164° W
Monmouthshire County Early Norman Border Castle It did not survive the Civil Wars |
Catherine Brown
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Pwll Mawr
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51°29'58"N 3°06'59"W
Cardiff County "Big Pit"-Coalmine from the Industrial Era |
Catherine Brown
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Tower of London
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51.5081° N, 0.0761° W
Norman Age Castle Treasury, mint and sometime prison |
Catherine Brown
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Edgehill
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52.1080° N, 1.4750° W
Warwickshire County Stewart Age Location of First Battle of the British Civil War |
Catherine Brown
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Aberystwyth Castle
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Latitude 52.41325° Longitude -4.08946°
Cardiganshire County Norman Castle, part of the Marcher Lord castles |
Catherine Brown
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Benbow Pond
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2w 52n
Staffordshire County Modern Age Where Wilford Woodruff baptized around 600 new members |
Catherine Brown
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Cotehele House
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4.22w 50.49n
Devon County Tudor Age-Charles the I is said to have stayed here |
Catherine Brown
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Offa's Dyke
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52.3440° N, 3.0490° W
Anglo-Saxon earthen wall between Wales and England, built by Offa |
Catherine Brown
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Welsh National Assembly Building
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51.4639° N, 3.1621° W
Cardiff County Built for the Senedd and opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 |
Catherine Brown
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Evesham
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52° 5′ 24″ N, 1° 57′ 0″ W
Wychavon, Worchestershire, England A civil parish |
Ailsa Lillywhite
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Globe Theatre
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London, built near the site of the original Globe theater used by Shakespeare. Built by an American who studied the Globe in Cedar City Utah.
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White Cliff's of Dover
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County Kent, chalk cliffs, closest to France. Traditional point of departure and arrival for channel crossings.
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Walmer Castle
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Kent, Built by Henry VIII to guard against continental Catholics after his break with Rome. Four lobes. Cannon fort. Now the home of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
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Deal castle
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Kent, Built by Henry VIII to guard against continental Catholics after his break with Rome. Four lobes. Cannon fort.
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Catherbury Cathedral
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Kent, Cathedral home to the Arch Bishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England. Site of the martyrdom of Thomas a Beckett in the time of Henry II.
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Roald Dahl Plaza
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Cardiff by the bay, Near the Norwegan Chapel in which Roald Dahl and his sister were christened. Annual food festival and many other events held here.
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Skenfirth Castle
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One of the "Three Castles" along with White and Grossmont. North east of Cardiff toward Hye on Wye.
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Hereford Cathedral
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Hereford just east of the Welsh border, served as the site for one of the three Marcher lord headquarters.Chester and Shrewsbury are the others. Holds the oldest European map of the world.
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Gloucester Cathedral
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1072, Just east of the Welsh border. Burial place for Edward II, cool wooden memorial to Robert son of Wm the Conq. Many location shots for Harry Potter films.
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Beatrix Potter Shop
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Gloucester, setting for the book of the Tailor of Gloucester. Right near the Cathedral.
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Kenilworth Castle
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Built in teh early 1100s, Home to Simon De Montfort Frinend and then enemy to King Henry III and his son Ed I. Henry V took tennis balls from French here leading to Agincourt, Earl Dudley entertained Elizabeth I here at great expense.
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Uffington Hill Fort
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Iron Age Hill fort, located south of Oxford, near Bronze age chalk horse of the same name. Hill top defended by ditch and wall.
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Oxford City
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Oxfordshire, home to the oldest British University. The name comes from a place the the Oxen could cross the river. Actual start date unknown, earliest claim 1096.
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Winchester Castle
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The great hall is all that remain. Inside is a table built by Henry III 1275 and painted by Henry VIII to celebrate King Arthur.
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St Swithan's Chapel
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Winchester, A chapel above a gate was once common now very rare as most city walls and gates have been destroyed. Place of initial worship for pilgrims en-route to Winchester Cathedral.
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Jane Austen's last residence.
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Winchester. Jane was ill and moved here from Chawton to be closer to good medical care. She died and is buried in the Winchester Cathedral.
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Wolvesey Palace
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The old Bishops residence in Winchester. A good example of how powerful and wealth the bishops were in the middle ages. Just down the street from Jane Austen's last home.
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Old Sarum
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Just north of Salisbury, Inhabited from 3000 BC Site of an Iron age hill fort. Capital of Wessex during the Saxon times, Wm I received the Dooms Day Book here in from of his barons. City and cathedral were moved to Salisbury.
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Stonehenge
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Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain, begun 3100 BC construction ends in 1600BC aboutthe time of the Celts and the iron age. Henge is a ditch. Near by is wood henge, not so impressive.
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Church Cottage, Tutshill
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Just across the river Wye from Chepstow Castle. Rowlings lived here from 1974 to 1995. JK was 9 when they arrived and 18 when she left.
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Raglan Castle
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Monmouthshire Wales, Early Marcher Lord Castle. Development continued through to the civil war mid 17th century. Castle slighted afterward. Unusual due to it's keep out side the inner ward.
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Usk Castle
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West of Raglan and north east of Cardiff, Marcher Lord castle captured by the Welsh in 1136, 1174, 1184, contested again in 1404-5 Owain Glyndwr attacks, but is rebuffed.
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British Camp or Great Malvern
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Iron Age Hill Fort near Gadiefild Elm and Benbow Pond. Here was held a meeting of LDS Church leaders including Brigham Young and others. They chose to begin to publish the Book of Mormon in the UK and expand missionary efforts. BOM UK 1849.
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The Circus
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Bath, built by John Woods the Elder and the younger. later 1700's. Georgian period, Palladian style, notice the classical order of the columns.
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Glastonbury Tor
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Somerset County, Once an island in a fen. An Abandon church tower stands where once there were ancient settlements, hill forts and Roman encampments. Strongly associated with Arthur and the Isle of Avalon.
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Port Issac
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North east shore of Cornwall. Picturesque village where Doc Martin (BBC TV) is filmed. Just west of Tintagel.
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Carn Galver Tin Mine
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Cornwall, midway between Zennor and St. Just. Its name means 'rockpile at the lookout place'. In use from 1851 to 1878.
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Maen Castle
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Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in Cornwall. Easy to see when the sun is just right, otherwise ask Tom.
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Lanyon Quoit
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Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. In the 18th century, the structure was tall enough for a person on horse back to stand under.
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Roath Park
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Second largest park in Cardiff, this was the first park. Prior to this people would stroll in the Cathays' Cemetery, the third largest Victorian cemetery in the UK.
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Blaenavon Iron works
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Beginning in the late 1700's and used until the second World war. In 1959 novelist Alexander Cordell set his most famous novel, Rape of the Fair Country at the Ironworks.
What is the difference between iron and steel? |
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Myrthr Tydfil
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Home town to thousands of Welsh who became Mormons and departed for Utah. Home to David O McKay's Grandmother and Leslie Norris, Welsh poet and Poet Laureate BYU
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Quay House
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Conwy, smallest house in Britain, used as a residence from the 16th century until 1900, when the owner was a 6ft 3 inch fisherman named Robert Jones. Floor area is 3.05 metre by 1.8 metre (10 feet by 6 feet)
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Caernarfon Castle
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North west Wales. Built by Ed I as part of the Iron ring to subordinate Wales. Grandest of all his castles, celebrating the Roman connection with Segontium and Constantinople.
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Segontium
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Roman Fort outside of Caernarfon. Caernarfon has thought of itself as the logical second city to Cardiff due to it's loction and the Roman and Norman forts.
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwren-drobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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Small place long place name. The name was a creation from the time the railway first came into the area. Pop. 3040, 76% of whom speak Welsh fluently
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Dolbadarn Slate Quarry
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Second largest in the world when running after Penrhyn. Blaenau Festiniog was the largest Slate Mine. Operating from 1700's until 1969. Located near Llanberis.
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Trefriw Wool Mill and Museum
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Opened in 1829 it shows the complete progress from raw wool to the finished products.
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Flint Castle
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Flint Castle Flintshire, first of Edward I's Castles in North Wales.
The site chosen for its strategic position in North East Wales, only one day's march from Chester, A ford across the Dee to England that could be used at low tide |
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Preston City
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Located north of Liverpool this was the first place the LDS Missionaries preached and baptized in the nearby River Ribble
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York Minster
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York Cathedral, Minster is a name given to prominent churches that have Anglo Saxon roots, eg. Westminster. This Cathedral is built upon Roman and Saxon Ruins.
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Clifford Tower
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York a tower keep used to control local population. The north was not at all friendly toward
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Hadrian's Wall
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122 AD Built by Emperor Hadrian to hold his land against the Celts to the North, northern border of Roman Britain. Open and closed over the years.
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Antonine's Wall
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142 AD North of Hadrian's wall, later the Romans retreated back to Hadrian's Wall.
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Cardiff Millenium Center
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World Class Performance Centre located near Cardiff Bay, built 2000.
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Cardiff Millenium Stadium
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Large Stadium in downtown Cardiff. Used for international sporting events and concerts. 8 Olympic Soccer in 2012. IAS crew went
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Monmouth Tower Bridge
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One of the last bridges with a defensive tower mid span. crosses the Monnow River.
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Ogmore Castle
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East of Cardiff one of three Marcher Lord castles in that area.
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Newcastle Castle
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Newcastle Hill, overlooking the town centre of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales. It was originally believed to date from 1106
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Castell Carreg Cennen
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Near the River Cennen, spectacular, due to its position above a limestone precipice
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Preston Temple
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Located in Chorley, dedicated, 7 June 1998 by Gordon B. Hinckley. The site also houses the British MTC, Local Stake Center, Distribution center and Family History Center.
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St Ives
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Old fishing village which became an artists colony and is now one of the nicest sea side village in all Britain.
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Tewkesbury Abbey
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Tewkesbury, finest Norman architecture in Britain, largest Romanesque crossing tower in Europe. Battle of Tewkesbury 1471, defeated Lancastrians sought sanctuary but the Yorkists, Ed IV, slaughtered the solders in the Abbey, very wicked.
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The Royal Cresent
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51.3870° N, 2.3680° W
Row of 30 houses in Bath that form a crescent shape. Dates from the 1700s. |
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Chun Castle
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Iron Age hill fort in Cornwall
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