This article lists the oldest extant freestanding buildings in the United Kingdom. In order to qualify for the list a structure must:
* be a recognisable building
* either incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least in height and/or be a
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
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* incorporate features of building work of the above nature that date from no later than 1300 AD.
Roads are excluded although other structures such as bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfil the above criteria.
Before 500 BC
500 BC to 500 AD
500 AD to 1000 AD
11th century
12th century
13th century
Ancient chapel of St.Andrew, Maghull, Merseyside. Built in 13th Century. Grade II* listed.
See also
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List of oldest known surviving buildings
This article lists the oldest known surviving free-standing buildings constructed in the world, including on each of the continents and within each country. A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or shelt ...
in the world
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Hillforts in Britain Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain. Although the earliest such constructs fitting this description come from the Neolithic British Isles, with a few also dating to later Bronze Age Britain, Briti ...
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List of hillforts in England
See also
* List of hill forts in Scotland
* List of hill forts in Wales
*Iron Age, British Iron Age, prehistory
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Further reading
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External links
* A crowd-sourced project to map the hillforts of Britain and ...
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List of hillforts in Scotland
This article lists a few selected examples of hill forts in Scotland. The remains of at least 1,695 hillforts have been counted throughout the country as a whole, most predominantly on the Scottish mainland, and also including on some o ...
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List of hillforts in Wales
This is a list of hillforts in Wales.
Anglesey
*Bwrdd Arthur, Din Sylwy (Bwrdd Arthur) (), contour fort
*Caer Idris Hillfort (), promontory fort
*Caer y Twr (), partial contour fort
*Dinas Gynfor (), promontory fort
*Dinas Porth Ruffydd (), p ...
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Newgrange
Newgrange ( ga, Sí an Bhrú) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, located on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, west of Drogheda. It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic Period, around 3200 BC, ...
, one of Ireland's oldest buildings dating from c. 3100 BC
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La Hougue Bie
La Hougue Bie is a historic site, with museum, in the Jersey parish of Grouville. La Hougue Bie is depicted on the 2010 issue Jersey pound, Jersey 1 pound note.
Toponymy
''Hougue'' is a Jèrriais/Cotentin variant form of the more common Norm ...
, one of Jersey's oldest buildings dating from c. 3500 BC
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Timeline of prehistoric Scotland
This timeline of prehistoric Scotland is a chronologically ordered list of important archaeological sites in Scotland and of major events affecting Scotland's human inhabitants and culture during the prehistoric period. The period of prehistory ...
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Lists of buildings and structures in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
Buildings
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and funct ...