Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

The historic site where Queen Elizabeth I once gave a searing speech.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

This delightful hidden farm is home to Victorian ruins and a wonderful menagerie of animals.

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

This 600-year-old tower was built as a comfy residence for cherished pigeons.