Scheduled monuments in Hampshire

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There are 735 scheduled monuments in the county of Hampshire, England. [1] These protected sites date from the Neolithic period and include barrows, artillery forts, ruined abbeys, castles, and Iron Age hill forts. [2] In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites or historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. [3]

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Notable scheduled monuments in Hampshire

ImageNameLocationDateNotes
Southampton-Bargate.jpg Bargate 50°54′10″N1°24′15″W / 50.9027°N 1.40415°W / 50.9027; -1.40415 c 1180 ADNorman gatehouse, part of the Southampton town walls.
Bishops Waltham Palace.jpg Bishop's Waltham Palace 50°57′12″N1°12′51″W / 50.95343°N 1.21409°W / 50.95343; -1.21409 1135 ADA moated Bishop's Palace ruin dating from the Norman Conquest. [4]
Buckland Rings Digital Terrain Model.jpg Buckland Rings 50°46′14″N1°33′17″W / 50.77045°N 1.55464°W / 50.77045; -1.55464 Iron Age The site of an Iron Age hill fort located in Lymington, Hampshire. [5]
Calshot Castle - Calshot, England - DSC04157.jpg Calshot Castle 50°49′12″N1°18′27″W / 50.8200°N 1.3075°W / 50.8200; -1.3075 1540 ADThis artillery fort was constructed by Henry VIII to defend Southampton. [6]
Flowerdown Barrow, Littleton - geograph.org.uk - 56445.jpg Flowerdown Barrows 51°05′07″N1°20′46″W / 51.085373°N 1.346138°W / 51.085373; -1.346138 Bronze Age The monumens consists of three Bronze Age burial mounds within a large cemetery, two bowl barrows and a well-preserved disc barrow. [7]
Western wall of King John's Palace in Southampton.jpg King John's Palace, Southampton 50°53′59″N1°24′24″W / 50.89967°N 1.40665°W / 50.89967; -1.40665 Late 12th centuryA ruined Norman merchant's house in Southampton.
Netley Abbey ruins from the south east.jpg Netley Abbey 50°52′43″N1°21′26″W / 50.87865°N 1.35727°W / 50.87865; -1.35727 1239 ADThe ruined abbey is the best surviving example of a Cistercian monastery in southern England. [8]
PORTCHESTER CASTLE The Keep.JPG Portchester Castle 50°50′12″N1°06′47″W / 50.836546°N 1.113034°W / 50.836546; -1.113034 Late 11th centuryA medieval fortress built within the walls of the Roman Saxon Shore fort of Portus Adurni. It was also a prisoner of war camp during the Napoleonic Wars. [9]
Spitbank Fort in the Solent - geograph.org.uk - 4120844.jpg Spitbank Fort 50°46′14″N1°05′56″W / 50.77068°N 1.09895°W / 50.77068; -1.09895 1867–1878A military sea fort located in the Solent, near Portsmouth. [10]
Twyford Waterworks, Hampshire.jpg Twyford Waterworks 51°01′17″N1°17′57″W / 51.02132°N 1.29915°W / 51.02132; -1.29915 1898The monument consists of a late 19th-century pumping station and waterworks used to supply water to Winchester and Southampton. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scheduled monuments in Hampshire". Historic England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Historic County of Dorset". Ancient Monuments UK. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Scheduled Monuments". Historic England. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Bishop's Waltham Palace and associated fishponds (1016169)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Hillfort at Buckland Rings (1008706)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Calshot Castle". English Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Flowerdown Barows, Littleton, Hampshire". Historic England. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Netley Abbey". English Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Portchester Castle". English Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "Spitbank Fort (1018587)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Historic England. "Pumping Station (1001809)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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