Ok, so how many of you have passed somewhere whilst on the train or whilst on a car journey and wondered what an earth it was, such as ruins. Speaking as someone who has been on a lot of train journeys I have lost count of the amount of heritage sites I have seen and wondered what they are. Some of them are very easy to figure out, such as Arundel castle,
or Durham cathedral
Others are a bit harder to figure out, like the Trundle.
From a distance it looks like any other hill with extra bumps on top, but it is in fact an iron age hill fort and causewayed enclosure. These are just examples of various types of heritage places you can see whilst on a journey. My point is that heritage is all around us, whether we realise it or not. For example there are 28 world heritage sites in the UK, about 2500 museums and countless other castles, churches and other historic buildings and sites. We all just need to get out there more and actually visit these places as they are part of our country's history and we need to learn about it and the best way is by visiting a site and immersing ourselves in the story of that place.
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