Highclere Castle - The county seat of the Earls of Carnarvon. (The 5th Earl of Carnarvon, George Herbert (tenure 1890-1923) was the financial backer of the search & excavatio of King Tutankhamun’s tomb.) The 300 room estate (with 2000 acres) was bult 1679 & renovated 1840s. The main location for ITV’s history drama series, Downton Abbey