How this website works
This website is a guide to finding a whole range of historical locations across the British Isles using google maps as a tool. (Please note, this is only a guide, not all locations are accessible to the general public and some locations charge for access.)
Using the Map Pages, you will find a list of areas and the counties which fall under each of these areas. Click on the area hyperlink (in blue) which will direct you to a list of the counties and the map links to google maps. Some counties contain a large number of locations and so their maybe more than one map per county.
The maps are split into two types- Historical Locations - these show Castles, Mottes, Forts, Towers, Roman locations, Halls, Religious Sites. Burial Chambers and Stone Circles.
- Further Historical Locations - these show moats, hut circles, bridges, dovecotes, wells, crosses, stones, other historical buildings, waterfalls, other religious sites, tumuli & tumulus, mill mounds and additional earthworks
Details can be found below of the colour coding for the maps and also what the historical locations have been mapped.
On the Historical Locations the following key applies
 | Blue Icons - Earth based Sites & Features like Earthworks (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
 | Red Icons - Castles, Towers & Gatehouses (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
 | Green icons - Mottes (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
 | Light Blue Icons - Forts, Duns (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
 | Yellow Icons - Roman Sites & Features (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
 | Purple Icon - Stone Circles, Henges, Burial Chambers (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
 | Pink Icon - Religious Sites & Features (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
 | Flag Icon - Battle Fields and Locations |
 | Building Icon - Historic Houses, Halls and Important Buildings |
On the Further Historical Locations the following key applies
| | Blue Icons - Hut Circles, Moats, Crannogs and various Earth Features (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
| Red Icons - (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
| | Green icons - (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
| | Light Blue Icons - Bridges, Dovecotes (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
| | Yellow Icons - Standing Stones and Other Stone Features (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
| | Purple Icon - Tumulus, Tumuli (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
| | Pink Icon - Wells, Crosses and Other Religious features (Visited / Unvisited / Location Ambiguous) |
| | Flag Icon - .... |
| | Building Icon - Other Historical Buildings |