Best of North West England
The 20 best archaeological sites in North West England
Our curated top 20 archaeological sites in North West England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 232 archaeological sites see the full archaeological sites index for North West England.
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Ravenglass Roman Bath House

Ravenglass Roman Bath House — archaeological site at Ravenglass, United Kingdom.
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Piel Castle

Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, off the coast of the Furness Peninsula in north-west England. Built i
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Hardknott Roman Fort

Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the challenging Hardknott Pass in the English Lake District. The fort was built
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Hoghton Tower
Lancashire

Hoghton Tower — Grade I listed house in Hoghton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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Birkrigg stone circle

Birkrigg stone circle — archaeological site in Ulverston, South Lakeland, England, UK.
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Radcliffe Tower

Radcliffe Tower — Grade I listed fortified house in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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Castleshaw Roman fort

Castleshaw Roman fort — Roman fort in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
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New Hall moated site

New Hall moated site — scheduled monument in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
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Gidlow Hall moated site

Gidlow Hall moated site — archaeological site in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
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Cheetham Close

Cheetham Close — megalithic site and scheduled ancient monument in North Turton, Lancashire, England, UK.








