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Cheddar Gorge & Caves

 

Cheddar Gorge & Caves: People have used the caves in Cheddar Gorge for shelter for 40,000 years. We derive this from evidence found in and around the caves.

Cheddar Man is famous as Britain’s oldest complete skeleton. Found buried in Gough’s Cave in 1903, he was a Mesolithic hunter-gathers living in Cheddar around 9,000 years ago. His remains now find a home at the Natural History Museum in London, but a replica skeleton can be seen in Gough’s cave.

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Tintagel Castle

Tintagel Castle is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel, North Cornwall. The site was possibly occupied in the Romano-British period, as an array of artefacts dating from this period have been found on the peninsula,

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Castell Coch

The first castle on the Castell Coch site was probably built after 1081, during the Norman invasion of Wales. It formed one of a string of eight fortifications intended to defend the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge.

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Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometers south-west of Inverness and 2 kilometers east of the village of Drumnadrochit.   The name Urquhart derives from the 7th-century form Airdchartdan, itself a mix

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Staffordshire Hoard

  The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. It consists of over 3,500 items.   The hoard was most likely deposited in the 7th century and contains artifacts probably manufactured during the 6th and 7th centuries. It

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