This is a list of scheduled monuments in the district of South Derbyshire in the English county of Derbyshire.
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. [1] Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. There are about 20,000 scheduled monument entries on the list, which is maintained by English Heritage; more than one site can be included in a single entry.
While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, English Heritage considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be rescheduled. [2]
Derbyshire has over 500 scheduled monuments including many stone cairns, stone circles, barrow burial mounds, lead mining relics, ancient settlements, and over 20 bridges. [3]
Image | Name and reference | Feature | Location | Notes |
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Barton Blount medieval settlement remains [4] | Settlement | Barton Blount SK2069534546 SK2083934701 SK2085835001 | Including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system. 340m North of Barton Hall. | |
Bretby Castle fortified manor [5] | Castle | Bretby SK2935923169 | Remains of manor house buildings from the 13th to 17th century with bank and ditch defences. | |
Calke Park Tunnel [6] | Tunnel | Ticknall SK3551923695 | ||
Castle Gresley motte and bailey castle [7] | Castle | Castle Gresley SK2793617895 | ||
Dovecote [8] | Dovecote | Netherseal SK2897512822 | 85m south of Netherseal Old Hall. Also a Grade II* listed building. [9] | |
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite [10] | Military | Elvaston SK4142532577 | 340m SE of Gardens Farm | |
Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge [11] | Henge | Shardlow and Great Wilne SK4281629942 | ||
Hoon Mount platformed bowl barrow [12] | Barrow | Hoon SK2300931818 | ||
Iron Age settlement and cursus, SE of Aston-on-Trent [13] | Settlement | Aston Moor, Shardlow and Great Wilne SK4203829071 | ||
Medieval church and cross near St George's Church [14] | Cross | Ticknall SK3515924042 | 45m south of St George's Church | |
Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains [15] | Castle | Melbourne SK3891325203 | A medieval castle built on the site of an earlier royal manor house in the reign of King John. Construction of the castle was started in 1311 and continued until 1322, but the work was never fully completed. Also a Grade II listed building. [16] | |
Monks Bridge [17] | Bridge | Egginton SK2684326989 | ||
Settlement site [18] | Settlement | Aston upon Trent SK3884029618 | ||
Settlement site and enclosures [19] | Settlement | Twyford and Stenson SK3198829045 | ||
Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow [20] | Moated site | Osleston and Thurvaston SK2361236952 | ||
Shrunken medieval village and moated site at Thurvaston [21] | Settlement | Osleston and Thurvaston SK2429837743 | ||
Slight univallate hillfort [22] | Fort | Walton upon Trent SK2101017542 | 230m SW of Old Hall Cottages | |
Swarkestone Bridge [23] | Bridge | Swarkestone SK3702927811 | Medieval bridge crossing the River Trent between the villages of Swarkestone and Stanton. Also a Grade I listed building. [24] | |
Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system [25] | Barrow | Swarkestone SK3671029503 | 300m north-west of The Lowes Farm | |
Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow [26] | Henge | Twyford and Stenson SK3333528341 | ||
Heath Wood | Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood [27] | Barrow | Ingleby SK3419125866 | Heath Wood contains a series of 59 barrows (burial mounds), which is the only known Scandinavian cremation site in the British Isles. [28] |
The history of Derbyshire can be traced back to human settlement since the last Ice Age, over 10,000 years ago. The county of Derbyshire in England dates back to the 11th century.
Swarkestone is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 187.
There are 27 scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Kent, England. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is an archaeological site or historic building of "national importance" that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Historic England takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. They are also referred to as scheduled ancient monuments. There are about 20,000 scheduled monument entries on the list and more than one site can be included in a single entry. While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, Historic England considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by Historic England to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be removed from the schedule.
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