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1. This first English Heritage property is an arch located near where Green Park, Buckingham Palace Gardens and Hyde Park meet. What is the name of this arch?
2. Pictured in the photograph is Audley End House near Saffron Waldon, Essex. Which term is popularly used to describe such large properties that are still prevalent through the English countryside?
3. Stonehenge is one of the most famous ancient monuments in the world, and run by English Heritage, but is it really a henge in an archaeological sense?
4. The tower in the foreground of this image is a palace that can be found near Lincoln Cathedral. To which member of society would it have belonged to?
5. This image is of the Sibsey Trader Mill in Lincolnshire. What is the correct term used to describe the sections of the windmill that are turned by the wind to generate power to turn machinery?
6. Situated off the Northumberland coast is Lindisfarne Priory. Which group of Europeans attacked the priory in the late 8th century A.D?
7. The bridge crossing Ironbridge Gorge is one of the earliest examples of a bridge span made of iron. In which English county can this bridge be found?
8. Tintagel Castle is situated on a rocky outcrop on the coast of North Cornwall. It is said that which king of English legend was conceived at this castle?
9. Grimes Graves is a prehistoric site in Norfolk that is maintained by English Heritage. But is it actually a prehistoric graveyard, as the name suggests?
10. Lullingstone Villa can be found next to the River Darenth in Kent. In which period of English history was the villa first contructed?
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