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The Bradling Stone lies at the centre of the village of Norton in Hales, just inside Shropshire. It was recorded as being part of a lost...

Henry and Francis Manners, sons of the 6th Earl of Rutland, immortalised forever in alabaster in the church at the Leicestershire village...

I'm chatting about my work at Script Haven in Worcester early next year, answering questions and signing books. If anyone is interested...

This amazing building in a quiet corner of Leominster in Herefordshire is known as Grange Court. Built in 1633 by John Abel as an...

The house of a warlock? Yes and no. This is the cottage once occupied by Charles Walton in the Warwickshire village of Lower Quinton....

Mitchells Fold is the remains of a modest little stone circle on the border between Shropshire and Wales. Archaeology tells us that this...

Nanny's Cave was once the home of a witch - or cunning woman to be precise - known as Meg O' Fox Holes. She lived here on Kinver Edge...

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The old bridge at Three Shires Head, built around 1790 for the packhorse traders that worked across the Midlands. The bridge stands at...

This lonely stretch of water on the Staffordshire Moorlands is known as Blakemere Pool, or more accurately "The Black Mere". It was once...

I swung by the village of Wotton under Edge, as I was in the area, to take a look at the infamous Ancient Ram Inn. One of many old...

I love to find solitary standing stones hidden away in remote areas. This seven feet tall megalith is known as Wern Derys and it looks...

This extraordinary fellow is part of a holy well - or sacred spring - tucked away deep in the Herefordshire borderlands. It is known as...

Here's something really special. Three dolmens - but all standing inside their original mounds, as if cut away to show how a Neolithic...

At first glance this curious image of a sun might look like some sort of pagan imagery, a survival from past centuries. Or part of a lost...

Framed by oak, horse-chestnut and bramble, these ancient stones stand almost hidden on the southern slopes of Bredon Hill in...

So here is the rather odd font inside the Church of the Holy Cross that tells the tale of St Bertram. To say it's crudely carved would be...

The shrine of St Bertram at the Peak District village of Ilam is a rather special structure known as a "formina". It was built and set...

I'm in Portugal at the moment, but it's not all sun and Super Bock. The north of the country has a multitude of megaliths, hillforts and...