Detourmap
Archaeological & historic sites in United Kingdom
United Kingdom has 1,708 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Stonehenge. Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them; this is 1–150, on page 1 of 12.
- Archaeological
- 1,708
- Oldest
- Coldrum Long Barrow 4000 BC
- Little known
- 1,563 of 1,708
- Most from
- 20th century
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1.Stonehenge
Archaeological · 19th century BC · Iconic
Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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4.Blenheim Palace
Archaeological · 18th century · Renowned
Country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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7.Pan Am Flight 103
Archaeological · 20th century · Renowned
US transatlantic flight, bombed in 1988 over Scotland
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9.St Augustine's Abbey
Archaeological · 6th century · Renowned
Monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
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11.Bletchley Park
Archaeological · 19th century · Renowned
WWII code-breaking site and British country house, and museum, United Kingdom
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12.Osborne House
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
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15.Fountains Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Ruined Cistercian abbey in Yorkshire, England, UK
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16.Offa's Dyke
Archaeological · Notable
Defensive earthworks on the border between Anglian (or 'English') Mercia and the Kingdom of Wales
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18.Maes Howe
Archaeological · Notable
Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland
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19.Ring of Brodgar
Archaeological · Notable
Neolithic henge and stone circle on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland
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20.Uffington White Horse
Archaeological · 10th century BC · Notable
Prehistoric carving in Uffington, England
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22.Holyrood Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Monastery ruins in Holyrood, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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26.Hatfield House
Archaeological · 17th century · Notable
Country house in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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28.Cerne Abbas Giant
Archaeological · Notable
Hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England, UK
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29.Eboracum
Archaeological · Notable
Archaeological site and Roman provincial capital on the site of York, England
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32.Mansion House
Archaeological · 18th century · Notable
Official residence of the Lord Mayor of London
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33.Woburn Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford
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37.Bryn Celli Ddu
Archaeological · Notable
Prehistoric site on the Welsh island of Anglesey; Neolithic henge monument
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38.Maiden Castle
Archaeological · 6th century BC · Notable
Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK
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39.Vindolanda
Archaeological · 1st century · Notable
Roman fort and archaeological site on Stanegate, England
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40.Watling Street
Archaeological · Notable
Ancient trackway, one of the "Four Highways" of mediæval England
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41.Tintern Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Grade I listed ruined abbey in Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales
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42.Inveraray Castle
Archaeological · 18th century · Notable
Country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland
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46.Althorp
Archaeological · 16th century · Notable
Stately home and estate in West Northamptonshire, England, UK
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48.Burghley House
Archaeological · Notable
Grand sixteenth-century country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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52.Battle Abbey
Archaeological · 11th century · Notable
Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England, UK
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56.Pentre Ifan
Archaeological · 35th century BC · Notable
Neolithic dolmen in the civil parish of Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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57.Waddesdon Manor
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Grade I listed country house in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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60.Old Royal Naval College
Archaeological · 17th century · Notable
Architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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62.Holkham Hall
Archaeological · 18th century · Notable
Large 18th-century Palladian country house in Norfolk, England, UK
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63.Reading Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Ruined abbey in the English town of Reading, founded in 1121 by King Henry I
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67.Fishbourne Roman Palace
Archaeological · Notable
Roman palace and museum near Chichester in Sussex, United Kingdom
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70.Sweet Track
Archaeological · 39th century BC · Notable
Ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England
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71.Strawberry Hill House
Archaeological · 18th century · Notable
Villa and house museum in Twickenham, London, United Kingdom
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74.Woolsthorpe Manor
Archaeological · Notable
Country house in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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75.Stowe, Buckinghamshire
Archaeological · Notable
Civil parish and former village in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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82.Spencer House
Archaeological · Notable
Grade I listed historic house museum in City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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83.Red House
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Grade I listed historic house museum, former home of William Morris
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84.Charles Dickens Museum
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Author's house museum in London, United Kingdom
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85.Chiswick House
Archaeological · 18th century · Notable
Neo-Palladian villa in the Chiswick district of London, England, UK
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86.Mên-an-Tol
Archaeological · Notable
Standing stones near the Madron–Morvah road in Cornwall, England, UK
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90.Viroconium Cornoviorum
Archaeological · Notable
Roman town, near Wroxeter in modern-day Shropshire, England
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91.Newstead Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Historic house museum, home of Lord Byron, in Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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92.Kedleston Hall
Archaeological · 18th century · Notable
English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, England, UK
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93.Mendips, Menlove Avenue
Archaeological · Notable
Childhood home of John Lennon in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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95.British European Airways Flight 548
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
The Staines air disaster (1972)
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100.Down House
Archaeological · Notable
Former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family
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104.Rievaulx Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Ruined medieval abbey in Yorkshire, England, UK
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107.Smallest House in Great Britain
Archaeological · Notable
House in Conwy, Wales; smallest inhabitable house in the UK
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109.Montacute House
Archaeological · 16th century · Notable
Late Elizabethan mansion with garden in Montacute, South Somerset, England, UK
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111.Audley End House
Archaeological · 17th century · Notable
Country house in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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112.Ham House
Archaeological · 17th century · Notable
Historic house museum in Ham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, UK
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114.Kingston Lacy
Archaeological · 17th century · Notable
Country house with Bankes' Collections near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK
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115.Lyme Park
Archaeological · Notable
Grade II* listed country estate and park in Cheshire East, United Kingdom
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118.Castrum Segedunum
Archaeological · Notable
Roman fort in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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120.Kirkstall Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
Cistercian monastery in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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137.HMS King Edward VII
Archaeological · Notable
1903 King Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship
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141.Greenway
Archaeological · Notable
Former house of Agatha Christie in Kingswear, Devon, England, UK
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142.Aston Hall
Archaeological · 17th century · Notable
Jacobean house in Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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145.Little Solsbury Hill
Archaeological · Notable
Hillfort in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK
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146.ALM Flight 980
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Aviation accident in the Caribbean Sea on 2 May 1970
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in United Kingdom?
1,708 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for United Kingdom with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in United Kingdom?
Stonehenge, 19th century BC. Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Which is the oldest?
Coldrum Long Barrow, dated to 4000 BC. 289 of these 1,708 carry a founding date, 39 of them from before the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.