Scheduled monuments in Lincolnshire

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There are 588 scheduled monuments in the county of Lincolnshire, England. [1] These protected sites date in some cases 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 and 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 Lincolnshire

ImageNameLocationDateNotes
Bartononhumberstpeter.jpg St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber 53°41′02″N0°26′05″W / 53.68379°N 0.43471°W / 53.68379; -0.43471 9th/10th century Anglo Saxon church, excavated in the 1970s and 1980s, was the focus of "the most extensive archaeological investigation ever undertaken of a British parish church". [4] [5]
Coates - geograph.org.uk - 206979.jpg Coates medieval settlement 53°20′23″N0°37′58″W / 53.33972°N 0.63278°W / 53.33972; -0.63278 11th centuryA deserted medieval village and moated site in the civil parish of Stow. [6]
Greyfriars - geograph.org.uk - 3166625.jpg Greyfriars, Lincoln 53°13′45″N0°32′13″W / 53.2293°N 0.5370°W / 53.2293; -0.5370 1230 ADThe oldest surviving structure in England of the Franciscan order [7]
High Bridge, High Street, Lincoln.jpg High Bridge, Lincoln 53°13′42.7″N0°32′26.4″W / 53.228528°N 0.540667°W / 53.228528; -0.540667 mid-12 centuryThe oldest surviving medieval bridge in England with buildings on it. [8]
Pinchbeck-Engine-House-by-Chris-Allen.jpg Pinchbeck Engine 52°49′04″N0°07′45″W / 52.81777°N 0.12910°W / 52.81777; -0.12910 1833Drainage pumping station, containing the last steam driven scoop wheel left in the fens. Closed in 1952. [9]
Ponton Heath - geograph.org.uk - 5300105.jpg Ponton Heath Barrow Cemetery 52°51′43″N0°40′44″W / 52.862°N 0.679°W / 52.862; -0.679 Bronze Age Six Bronze Age round barrows, south of Grantham. [10]
St.Mary's church, Stow, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 48135.jpg Stow Minster 53°19′39″N0°40′38″W / 53.32750°N 0.67722°W / 53.32750; -0.67722 1054 ADOne of the oldest Anglo-Saxon parish churches in England. [11]
St.Mary's Guildhall - geograph.org.uk - 191510.jpg St Mary's Guildhall, Lincoln 53°13′20″N0°32′38″W / 53.2222°N 0.5439°W / 53.2222; -0.5439 12th century

Used as a guild hall from 1251-1547. [12] [13]

The Church of St Martin, Waithe - geograph.org.uk - 593232.jpg St Martin's Church, Waithe 53°29′15″N0°04′00″W / 53.4874°N 0.0666°W / 53.4874; -0.0666 10th centuryAnglo-Saxon church. Burial ground contains historic medieval stone cross. [14]
Trinity Bridge (Crowland).JPG Trinity Bridge, Crowland 52°40′33″N0°10′06″W / 52.6757°N 0.168281°W / 52.6757; -0.168281 14th centuryUnusual three-way stone bridge which previously spanned the River Welland. [15]

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There are 121 scheduled monuments in the county of Buckinghamshire, in England. These protected sites date from the Neolithic period in some cases and include barrows, moated sites, ruined abbeys, Iron Age hillforts, a medieval hospital and a holy well. 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.

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There are 208 scheduled monuments in the county of Leicestershire, England. These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period and include barrows, ruined abbeys, castles, moated sites, churchyard crosses and Iron Age hill forts. 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.

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References

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  2. "Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Historic County of Dorset". Ancient Monuments UK. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. "Scheduled Monuments". Historic England. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. Warwick Rodwell, "Anglo Saxon Church Building: Aspects of Design and Construction", in The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England: Basic Readings, pp.196–225
  5. "St Peter's Church". Historic England. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. "Coates medieval settlement and moated site". Historic England. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  7. "Grey Friars Museum, Broadgate". Historic England. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  8. "High Bridge, High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire". Historic England. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. Historic England. "Pinchbeck Engine (352315)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. "Five Barrows NW of Heath Farm". Historic England. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  11. "Parish Church on World Risk List". BBC News. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  12. "St Mary's Guildhall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  13. "St Mary's Guild Hall (John O'Gaunt's Stables)". Historic England. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  14. "Cross in St Martin's churchyard". Historic England. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  15. "Trinity Bridge, Crowland". Historic England. Retrieved 7 November 2023.