Scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire

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There are 221 scheduled monuments in the county of Northamptonshire, 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 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 Northamptonshire

ImageNameLocationDateNotes
Barnwell Castle - Strictly private (geograph 4770702).jpg Barnwell Castle 52°27′20″N0°27′38″W / 52.45563°N 0.46062°W / 52.45563; -0.46062 1132 ADA motte and bailey castle built during the Second Barons' War (1264-67). [4]
Chichele College 2 - panoramio.jpg Chichele College 52°18′28″N0°35′35″W / 52.30765°N 0.59297°W / 52.30765; -0.59297 Early 15th centuryA rare surviving example of a chantry college. Chantry colleges were popular in the 14th-15th centuries in Britain. They provided priests a communal life that was more informal than a monastery. [5] [6]
Wolverton Iron Trunk Aqueduct - geograph.org.uk - 4110279.jpg Cosgrove aqueduct 52°04′07″N0°50′01″W / 52.0687°N 0.8336°W / 52.0687; -0.8336 1811A cast iron water bridge that carries the Grand Union Canal over the River Great Ouse. [7]
Castle Hill at Fotheringay - April 2014 - panoramio.jpg Fotheringay Castle 52°31′27″N0°26′10″W / 52.5243°N 0.4362°W / 52.5243; -0.4362 1100 ADA High Middle Age Norman Motte-and-bailey castle.
QueenEleanorCross.JPG Geddington Cross 52°26′17″N0°41′13″W / 52.438°N 0.687°W / 52.438; -0.687 1294 ADThe monument is the best preserved of the surviving Eleanor Crosses built by King Edward I in memory of his wife Eleanor. She died in Harby, Nottinghamshire in November 1290. The stone crosses were built in her memory to mark the nightly resting-places of her body as she was transported to Westminster Abbey. [8]
Irchester Church - geograph.org.uk - 4744398.jpg Roman town of Irchester 52°16′42″N0°39′20″W / 52.2783°N 0.6555°W / 52.2783; -0.6555 Roman Britain The town is the site of an earlier Roman and Iron Age settlement and the medieval hamlet of Chester on the Water. The Roman settlement included buildings, a cemetery, town walls and a Romano-Celtic temple. [9]
Kirby Hall - north front from inner courtyard-2.jpg Kirby Hall 52°31′27″N0°38′14″W / 52.52417°N 0.63722°W / 52.52417; -0.63722 1570An Elizabethan country house [10]
Hunsbury Hill Park, Northamptonshire (5661701926).jpg Hunsbury Hill 52°13′08″N0°55′13″W / 52.21889°N 0.92023°W / 52.21889; -0.92023 Iron Age An important example of a multivallate hillfort in Northamptonshire. [11]
Postern Gate of Northampton Castle 2013.jpg Northampton Castle 52°14′13″N0°54′18″W / 52.237°N 0.905°W / 52.237; -0.905 1084Remains of a legendary 11th century castle. The favorite castle of King John, parliament was held there during his reign. Thomas Becket was tried at the castle in 1164 before escaping the castle by dressing as a monk. [12]

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  8. "Geddington Cross: Eleanor cross and conduit house". Historic England. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. "Roman town of Irchester and preceding Iron Age settlement; including remains of the medieval hamlet of Chester on the Water". Historic England. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  10. "Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby". Historic England. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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