Scheduled Monuments In Cheshire
There are over 600 scheduled monuments in Cheshire, dating from pre-history to the present. For ease of reference these are split into three lists by period: *List of scheduled monuments in Cheshire dated to before 1066 *List of scheduled monuments in Cheshire (1066–1539) *List of scheduled monuments in Cheshire since 1539 {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheduled monuments in Cheshire Scheduled monuments in Cheshire, * ...
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Scheduled Monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage, visual disturbance, and destruction are grouped under the term "Designation (heritage assets), designation". The protection provided to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which is a different law from that used for listed buildings (which fall within the town and country planning system). A heritage asset is a part of the historic environment that is valued because of its historic, archaeological, architectural or artistic interest. Only some of these are judged to be important enough to have extra legal protection through designation. There are about 20,000 scheduled monuments in England representing about 37,000 heritage assets. Of the tens of thousands of scheduled monuments in the UK ...
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