Here's a quick quiz: what are the two largest stone circles in the UK? Hmmm ... well, there's Avebury, that's obvious. Then there's  ... hmmm ..... If you're like most people, you wouldn't know that the Stanton Drew Stone Circles near Bath, Somerset, is one of the largest prehistoric sites in Britain. Indeed, Stanton Drew remains a mystery to most people, despite the fact that it is situated near major population centres, and constitutes one of the most imposing prehistoric sites in the UK.

I always thought that my family (myself included) was pretty eccentric. Well, we had nothing on a country squire named John Fuller (1757-1834). Fuller, who gloried in the nickname 'Mad Jack' owned Rose Hill, in the quiet Wealden village of Brightling, East Sussex. An MP for many years,, Fuller earned a reputation as an honest and forthright speaker, so much so that his other nickname - one he liked best - was 'Honest John'. But it is not his honesty for which Fuller is best remembered today, but his odd predeliction for building peculiar follies around the village of Brightling.

Croyland Abbey is a lovely 8th century abbey, parts of which have survived as the parish Church of Crowland village.

Sharp-eyed readers will note that the name of the abbey and the village are spelled differently. The discrepancy is rumoured to be the result of a mistake in spelling by a Medieval monk.

One of the most striking castles in England may hold a legendary treasure.

The Castle is Beeston, in Cheshire, a 13th century fortress set atop a 500 foot high cliff. The site now occupied by the Castle has been used as a fortress since at least the Bronze Age. The current Castle was built by Ranulf, Earl of Chester, around 1226.