Scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire

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There are 287 scheduled monuments in the county of Cambridgeshire in the East of England. [1] These protected sites date from the Neolithic period in some cases and include barrows, churches, castle earthworks, Roman roads, moated sites and medieval priories. [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 Cambridgeshire

ImageNameLocationDateNotes
Bourn Postmill (geograph 4469376).jpg Bourn Windmill Bourn 16th centuryIt is one of 50 surviving post mills (an early type of European windmill) in the UK. [4]
Cambridge Castle - geograph.org.uk - 3982304.jpg Cambridge Castle Cambridge 11th century Norman castle built in 1068 to control the critically important road to the north of England, the castle played important part in the civil wars of the Anarchy, the First and Second Barons' Wars. [5]
Cambridge Museum of Technology - Davey Differential engine - geograph.org.uk - 2216066.jpg Cambridge Museum of Technology Cambridge late 19th centuryBuilt in 1894, the original building held a combined sewage pumping and waste destructor station. [6]
Denny Abbey 2.JPG Denny Abbey Waterbeach 12th centuryThree different religious orders inhabited the abbey. It is unique in being the only property in England transferred directly from the Benedictines to the Knights Templars. [7]
Duxford Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1188821.jpg Duxford Chapel Situated between Duxford and Whittlesford 14th centuryThis late medieval chapel, founded by William de Colville, was once part of the Hospital of St. John. [8]
Hobson's Conduit - geograph.org.uk - 4276820.jpg Hobson's Conduit Trumpington to Cambridge 1610–1614 ADA watercourse that was built in the early 17th century to bring fresh water into the city of Cambridge from springs at Nine Wells, near the village of Great Shelford. [9]
Isleham Priory Church - geograph.org.uk - 271168.jpg Isleham Priory Church Isleham 1100 ADThe Priory of St Margaret of Antioch was a Benedictine alien priory. The building is an excellent example of an early 12th century Norman church. [10]
Norman Cross plan.jpg Norman Cross Prison south of Peterborough 18th centuryThis is the site of the world's first commissioned prisoner-of-war camp to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. [11]
Huntingdon Bridge2.jpg Old Bridge, Huntingdon Huntingdon 1332 ADAn excellent example of a medieval stone bridge. Lies over the River Great Ouse, connecting Huntingdon to Godmanchester. [12]
Remains of Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse.jpg Ramsey Abbey Ramsey 969 ADRuins of a 10th century Benedictine abbey with a well-preserved gatehouse. [13]
Stonea Camp Digital Terrain Model.jpg Stonea Camp Stonea 500 BCAn Iron Age hill fort. It is one is one of three surviving Iron Age hillforts in Cambridgeshire. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scheduled monuments: Search the List". Historic England. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Historic Counties of Britain". Ancient Monuments UK. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Scheduled Monuments". Historic England. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bourn Mill: One bad storm 'could topple 400-year-old windmill'". BBC News. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "The city of Cambridge: Public buildings Pages 116-122". British History Online. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Cambridge Museum of Technology, The Old Pumping Station". Historic England. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Denny Abbey". Historic England. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Chapel of the Hospital of St John at Whittlesford Bridge". Historic England. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Hobson's Conduit and the Botanical Gardens". Archived from the original on 11 July 2006.
  10. ↑ "Isleham priory: an alien Benedictine priory 100m west of St Andrew's Church". Historic England. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Site of the Norman Cross Depot for Prisoners of War". Historic England. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Huntingdon Bridge". Historic England. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ramsey Abbey". Historic Englan. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Stonea Camp: a multivallate hillfort at Latches Fen". Historic Englan. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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