The main stables are located on the east side of the outer ward of the castle.
Warkworth Castle: stables
Tag: English Heritage
Hadrian’s Wall: unfinished ditch at Limestone Corner
One of the reminders of the difficulty in constructing Hadrian’s Wall can be seen at Limestone Corner (MC30), to the east of Carrawburgh, where the ditch to the north of the wall was left unfinished. It is estimated that one of the single blocks removed from the ditch originally weighed 13 tons.
Mount Grace: restrictions
A free-standing Ministry sign has been used to stop access to Mount Grace Priory round the front of the building.
Yarmouth Castle: information board
Yarmouth Castle on the Isle of Wight retains some of its original Ministry signs including this information board close to the entrance. The blank section at the bottom would have indicated (using similar signs), ‘This monument is in the care of the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works [or Ministry of Works] / It is an offence to injure or deface it’.
Pickering Castle: closed
The entrance to the car-park at Pickering Castle has a blended Ministry-English Heritage sign indicating when the site is closed to the public.
Pevensey Castle: postern gate
The postern gate is located in the south-east corner of Pevensey Castle. It was constructed adjacent to the Roman wall, and it opened onto the base of one of the Roman bastions. The sign is mounted on the floor of the gate, as in the entrance to the Roman fort.
1066 and Battlefield
Battle Abbey was established on the top of the hill that formed a central part of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The battlefield is now an integral part of the English Heritage site and visitors are able to walk the slopes where interpretation boards help to explain the different stages of the engagement.
