Ruins Collection

Petra in Jordan; 1839 by David Roberts, 1796-1864, artist. published between 1844 and 1845 Petra in Jordan; 1839 by David Roberts, 1796-1864, artist. published between 1844 and 1845

Corfe Castle portrayed from hills at sunrise, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

An Ancient Stronghold in France (oil on canvas)
1128208 An Ancient Stronghold in France (oil on canvas) by Dewhurst, Wynford (1864-1941); 81x100 cm; Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, West Yorkshire, UK; eBradford Museums & Galleries; English

The ruin of Invergarry Castle, Highlands of Scotland
The ruin of Invergarry Castle (and more modern mansion - now the Glengarry Castle Hotel) on the shores of Loch Oich. The Castle sits on Creag-an-Fhithich (Ravens Rock) circa 1910s

Oystermouth Castle, Mumbles, Swansea Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

The Beach at Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland
The Beach at Ballybunion, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Starling Murmuration at Brightons West Pier in England
Murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier on the south coast of England. Aerial acrobatics of a flock of starlings over the pier at sunset

The Cross Bearers, WW1 battlefield by Matania
British soldiers on a devastated battlefield rescuing a figure of Jesus Christ and his cross from a ruined church. Date: 1918

Corfe Castle, Corfe, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ruins of Wheal Coates Tin Mine engine house, near St Agnes, Cornwall, England

St. Andrews Castle and West Sands from St. Rules Tower at St. Andrews Cathedral, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The ruins of the 11th century Corfe Castle after sunset, near Wareham, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. Europe

Dunnottar Castle outside of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Abandoned Island of St Kilda, Western Isles, 1995
St Kilda, Western Isles, Scotland

Pennard Castle, overlooking Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

MacLellans Castle, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Peru, Machu Picchu, The lost city of the Inca

The island of Hirta, St Kilda, Scotland
The ruins of the abandoned village on the Atlantic island of Hirta, the largest of the islands in St Kilda, Western Isles, Scotland. In the background are the stone cleits which were used for storage

Hadrian's Wall - Sycamore Gap, beside Steel Rig, Northumberland National Park, autumn, England
USH-3239 Hadrian's Wall - Sycamore Gap, beside Steel Rig, autumn Northumberland National Park, England Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ruins of Brambletye House, near East Grinstead, Sussex
Ruins of Brambletye House, near Forest Row and East Grinstead, Sussex, dating back to the early 17th century. Date: 1809

Thurso Church
The ruins of St. Peters Church, seen from the quayside, at Thurso, the most northerly town on the mainland of Caithness, Scotland. Date: 1960s photo

Castle Urquhart. Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

UK, England, Dorset, Corfe Castle and station on the Swanage Railway

Old and new halls, Hardwick Hall, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ruins of Wheal Coates Tin Mine engine house, near St Agnes, Cornwall, England

Mayan ruins, Xunantunich, San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

The ruins of Machu Picchu, with Huayna Picchu in the background, UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Starling murmuration above Brighton West Pier, East Sussex, England

Whitby Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Whitby Abbey (Benedictine), in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Ramsey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
The ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of Ramsey, formerly in Huntingdonshire but now in Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1770

The Bathing Pool. Creator: Hubert Robert
The Bathing Pool

Twelve Angled Stone, Inca Stonework, Hatunrumiyoc Street, Cusco, Peru

Croatia, Zadar Region, Zadar. Roman ruins in front of the Church of St. Donatus and the cathedral of Anastasia. Completed in the 9th Century on the ruin of the old Roman forum

Ballybunion Beach
Ballybunion or Ballybunnion is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland. It is also base of the Ballybunion Sea & Cliff Rescue unit

Christchurch Priory and Ruins, Bournemouth. Date: circa 1905

Aerial image of Housesteads Roman Fort of Vercovicium, an auxiliary fort on Hadrians Wall, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

UK, England, Northumberland, Embleton Bay, Embleton Bay Beach, Dunstanburgh Castle

The New Zealander, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The New Zealander, 1872. A figure sits on the banks of the River Thames contemplating the downfall of the city. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Bagan at sunrise, Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)

Iran, Fars Province, Persepolis, Achaemenid archeological site, Propylon, Gate of all Nations
Achaemenid archaeological site, Propylon, Gate of All Nations, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fars Province, Iran, Middle East

Hot air balloon over the Temples of Bagan at dawn, Myanmar, November 2012

Kirkstall Abbey, near Leeds, West Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey (Cistercian), near Leeds, West Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Dunnottar Castle outside of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Small theatre of Ancient Epidaurus (Epidavros), Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland
The Easter Rising also known as the Easter (or Irish ) Rebellion and referred to erroneously in some contemporary British reports as the Sinn Fein Rebellion - an armed insurrection staged in Ireland

Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Scotland
Lindores Abbey - situated near the Tay, on the East side of the town of Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The best preserved structures (pictured here) are the south-west gateway (through the precinct wall)

Hardham Priory
Priory of St Cross an Augustinian monastery. A sepia picture of the ruins of the priory c1892. Hordern Collection General Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No PH5500

Bomb damage in Kilgour Road, SE London, WW2
Panoramic view of bomb damage in Kilgour Road, SE London, 18 November 1944. Rubble and debris can be seen on both sides of the road

Bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, 14 November 1944, with ambulances ready to remove casualties from the scene

Looking across Embleton Bay at sunrise towards the silhouetted ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance and the vivid colours in the sky reflecting in the sea and wet sand, Embleton

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

Macchu Pichu, Peru

Tonbridge Castle, Kent, c. 1794 (pencil with wash on paper)
1146682 Tonbridge Castle, Kent, c.1794 (pencil with wash on paper) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); 19.8x27.7 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Ruins d Ypres with wooden frame from a Cloth Hall beam
Ruins d Ypres 1918. Framed in a wooden frame with an inscribed plaque which reads This frame made from a piece of beam from the Cloth Hall, Ypres. Paul Mansard

The Union Flag over the Lucknow Residency
On 15 August, 1947, British India ended and the two new Dominions of India and Pakistan came into being under Independence. New flags were raised at the new capitals, Delhi and Karachi respectively

Ancient monastic ruins of St. Kevin in the Wicklow Mountains, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

Colosseum reflected at sunrise, Rome, Italy
The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre) at sunrise, still illuminated by artificial light. Rome, Italy

Painted Murals And Frescoes Inside A Room At The Ancient Roman Ruins At Herculaneum (Ercolano), Campania, Italy
Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum (Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD

High angle view over the Colosseum at sunrise. Rome, Lazio, Italy
Ancient roman amphitheatre Colosseum at sunrise. Rome, Italy

View of the Treasury, Al-Khazneh, from the Siq, Petra, Jordan

Castillo, Xunantunich Mayan Ruins, near San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

Damage to Canterbury Cathedral Library, WW2 - Baedeker Blitz
" Canterbury under fire" - Damage sustained to the Cathedal LIbrary examined by Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2

WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London
WW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941

Ruins of early Bronze Age house, about 3500 years old, Grimspound, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ruins of King Kassapas Palace in front of the view from of Sigiriya Rock Fortress (Lion Rock), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Asia

Ogmore Castle, Bridgend, Wales, U. K
Ogmore Castle, Bridgend, Wales, U.K

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

Belvedere Castle, Central Park, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Fountains Abbey, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

St. Andrews Cathedral, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Peru, Cuzco, Machu Picchu

Ludlow Castle
The ruins of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England, first referred to by chroniclers in 1138, but parts of the gatehouse keep appear to be late 11th century

Entrance to Castle grounds, Dudley, West Midlands, with a statue of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, on the right. Date: 1905

Llama in Machu Picchu, Cusco Region, Peru, South America

Colosseum, Roman Amphitheatre, Forum area, Historic Centre (Centro Storico), Rome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Bolton Priory, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Bolton Priory (Augustinian), in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Stone head and face at Bayon Khmer Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Stone face in the ruins of the Bayon Khmer Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Prasat Preah Khan temple ruins, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Machu Picchu, Peru

Latakia, Syria - General view
Latakia (Lattakia, Latakiyah or al-Ladhiqiyah) - the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. Date: circa 1908

Picture No. 10741186
Old Sarum, the original site of Salisbury with castle ruins and cathedral foundations inside two high Iron Age banks (earthworks), Wiltshire Date:

Tintern Abbey, Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Cover design, Aero Espresso Italiana timetable, with scenes of Rhodes and Athens. Serving Brindisi, Athens, Rhodes and Istanbul. 1932

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"Exploring the Beauty and Mystery of Ruins: From Brightons West Pier to Machu Picchu" Witnessing a mesmerizing spectacle, a starling murmuration gracefully dances above the ruins of Brightons West Pier in England. The rugged beauty of Ballybunion's beach in County Kerry, Ireland, contrasts with the nearby ancient ruins that whisper tales of forgotten times. As the sun sets over Corfe Castle near Wareham, Isle of Purbeck, its 11th-century ruins stand as a testament to history's enduring presence. Stepping foot on the abandoned island of St Kilda in Scotland's Western Isles takes you back to 1995 when nature reclaimed what was once inhabited by humans. Dunnottar Castle outside Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire stands proudly atop cliffs overlooking the North Sea – an awe-inspiring sight that echoes with stories from centuries past. Brampton Road in Bexleyheath bears scars from World War II bomb damage - a poignant reminder of resilience amidst destruction and a testament to human strength. Hadrian's Wall at Sycamore Gap paints an enchanting picture against autumn hues within Northumberland National Park - where nature intertwines with ancient history. Pennard Castle majestically perches above Three Cliffs Bay in Gower, Wales – offering breathtaking views while guarding secrets from long ago. MacLellans Castle in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway exudes an air of mystery as it stands silently among picturesque Scottish landscapes. The remote island of Hirta within St Kilda archipelago unveils hauntingly beautiful ruins that tell tales of isolation and survival against harsh elements. And finally, Embark on an unforgettable journey through time at Peru's Machu Picchu - immerse yourself in the lost city of the Inca, where ancient ruins hold the secrets of a remarkable civilization.