Medicine at the Castle Gate: Little Castle House, Monmouth
At the end of Castle Hill in Monmouth, a whitewashed house sits beside Norman ruins. It began as a dispensary, offering free medicine to the town's poor.
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The Enigmatic Standing Stones of Gors Fawr: Mysteries of the Past
Journey to Gors Fawr in Pembrokeshire, where Neolithic standing stones hold secrets of ancient life and folklore.
Wedding Cake in the Chilterns: The Story of Halton House
Built in the 1880s for a Rothschild banker, Halton House spent a century as an RAF officers' mess and a favourite film location. It now stands closed and fenced off.
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