Site Visits: Spring '26

Mayburgh Henge

Mayburgh is a huge circular henge dating from the late New Stone Age located in Eamont Bridge, South of Penrith, Cumbria. The monument consists of a bank with an external diameter of about 150 metres that was constructed with over five million cobblestones brought from the nearby River Eamont.

Wizards Walk, Alderley Edge

Legend of Alderley Edge tells of the wizard Merlin and a band of sleeping warriors who will rise and save our country in its hour of need.

Dove Hole Caves & Ilam Rock

Along a scenic walking route in the Dovedale Valley, Tissington will bring you to 3 large caves created by glacier meltwater. The caves have been used for thousands of years to provide shelter. Evidence has been found that Ice Age hunters used them as bases during their hunting forays.

Neolithic farmers used caves like Reynard's Cave to bury their dead.

If you continue further down the valley it will bring you to Illam Rock, a giant limestone formation.

Throwley Old Hall

Ruined manor located on a hillside in the Manifold Valley. The area is rich in archaeological relics from Thor’s Cave and the Burial Grounds of Casterne, whilst in the space around the Hall there are traces of a deserted medieval village.

'Five Wells' Neolithic Chambered Tomb

Known to be the highest megalithic tomb in Britain, Five Wells chambered cairn stands 427m (1400ft) high on Taddington Moor, Derbyshire, overlooking the Wye valley.