British Isles Oldest Buildings
… places of interest: battles, archaeology, lost places, gardens and trees, industrial sites, finds, plaques, history events, legends, maritime and military heritage, underground works, museums, bridges, excavations, graves and burial grounds, markets and trade, infrastructure, nature and deep time, sport, and schools, hospitals and public services
Sources and licences
  • Wikidata (CC0): battles, sieges, monuments, holy wells, hill figures, Roman roads, deserted villages, shipwrecks, gardens, notable trees, industrial sites, finds, plaques, objects in buildings, people.
  • Historic England: © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence (scheduled monuments, parks and gardens, battlefields, protected wrecks).
  • Historic Environment Scotland: contains HES and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence (scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields).
  • Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (scheduled monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks).
  • Department for Communities Historic Environment Division (Northern Ireland), Open Government Licence v3.0 (scheduled and state-care monuments, battlesites, historic parks).
  • Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service, and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0). Irish monuments are a selection of classes (churches, castles, tombs, crosses, holy wells and more).
  • Open Plaques (openplaques.org), data released into the public domain: commemorative plaques.