ruins

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An estimated £700,000 is being spent repairing and protecting Bradgate House and Ruins near Newtown Linford, with work starting last year.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Ms. Brothers is a professor of art and architecture at Northeastern University and the author of “Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

It is badly crumbling but you can just make out that she etched: “Marsh Ruins, Beverly Buchanan, 7/81.”

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023

Several hundred meters away, visitors were enjoying an unusual degree of tranquility at the Ruins of St. Paul’s, originally the 17th century Church of Mater Dei.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023

Then the railway turned inland, and a few nights later they reached the Rusty Ruins.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld