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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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    Buckton Castle

    Buckton Castle, hill forts in North West England

    Buckton Castle — 12th-century castle in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Gleaston Castle

    Gleaston Castle, hill forts in North West England

    Gleaston Castle — 14th-century enclosure castle in England.

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    Ravenglass Roman Bath House

    Ravenglass Roman Bath House, hill forts in North West England

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

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    Bamse's Wood

    Hollow Moor - geograph.org.uk - 5971602

    Bamse's Wood — nature reserve in Cumbria, United Kingdom.

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    Piel Castle

    Piel Castle, castles in North West England

    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 Castle Roman Fort - Principia signboard - geograph.org.uk - 546599

    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, hill forts in Lancashire

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

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    Giggle Alley

    Giggle Alley, archaeological sites in North West England

    Giggle Alley — woodland in Eskdale Green, England.

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    Birkrigg stone circle

    Birkrigg stone circle, hill forts in North West England

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

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    Castercliff

    Lancashire

    Castercliff, hill forts in Lancashire

    Castercliff — Hillfort in Lancashire, England, UK.

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    Round Loaf

    Round Loaf, hill forts in North West England

    Round Loaf — bowl barrow in Anglezarke, Chorley, England, UK.

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    Bury Castle

    Bury Castle, hill forts in North West England

    Bury Castle — castle in Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Pikestones

    Lancashire

    Pikestones, hill forts in Lancashire

    Pikestones — chambered cairn in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, UK.

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    Radcliffe Tower

    Radcliffe Tower, hill forts in North West England

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

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    Swinside

    Swinside, hill forts in North West England

    Swinside — stone circle in southern Cumbria, North West England.

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    Castleshaw Roman fort

    Castleshaw Roman fort, hill forts in North West England

    Castleshaw Roman fort — Roman fort in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Glannoventa

    Glannoventa, hill forts in North West England

    Glannoventa — Roman fort and settlement.

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    New Hall moated site

    Ley Road, a path - geograph.org.uk - 3507338

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

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    Gidlow Hall moated site

    Electricity Substation at top of Borsdane Woods - geograph.org.uk - 482515

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

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    Cheetham Close

    Cheetham Close, hill forts in North West England

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

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