List of Scheduled Monuments
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation used for legally protecting heritage assets from damage and destruction are grouped under the term ‘designation’. The protection given to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979,[1] which is a different law from that used for listed buildings (which fall within the town and country planning system).[1] A heritage asset is a part of the historic environment that is valued because of its historic, archaeological, architectural or artistic interest.[2] Only some of these are judged to be important enough to have extra legal protection through designation.
There are about 20,000 scheduled monuments in England representing about 37,000 heritage assets.[3] Of the tens of thousands of scheduled monuments in the UK, most are inconspicuous archaeological sites, but some are large ruins. According to the 1979 Act, a monument cannot be a structure which is occupied as a dwelling, used as a place of worship or protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. As a rule of thumb, a protected historic asset that is occupied would be designated as a listed building.
England
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Bedfordshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Berkshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Bristol
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Buckinghamshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Cambridgeshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Berkshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Cheshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Cornwall
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Cumbria
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Derbyshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Devon
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Dorset
- List of Scheduled Monuments in County Durham
- List of Scheduled Monuments in East Sussex
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Essex
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Gloucestershire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Hampshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Herefordshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Hertfordshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Kent
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Lancashire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Leicestershire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Lincolnshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in London
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Merseyside
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Norfolk
- List of Scheduled Monuments in North Yorkshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Northamptonshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Northumberland
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Nottinghamshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Oxfordshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Suffolk
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Worcestershire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Shropshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Somerset
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Bath and North East Somerset
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Mendip
- List of Scheduled Monuments in North Somerset
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Sedgemoor
- List of Scheduled Monuments in South Somerset
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Taunton Deane
- List of Scheduled Monuments in West Somerset
- List of Scheduled Monuments in South Yorkshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Staffordshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Surrey
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Tyne and Wear
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Warwickshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in the West Midlands (county)
- List of Scheduled Monuments in West Sussex
- List of Scheduled Monuments in West Yorkshire
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Wiltshire
Northern Ireland
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Northern Ireland
Wales
References
- 1 2 "Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979". Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ↑ "Protecting the Historic Environment". Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ↑ "Scheduled Monuments" (PDF). Department for Culture, Media and Sport. March 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.