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A Scheduled Ancient Monument is defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983 of the United Kingdom government. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 or AMAAA was a law passed by the British government, the latest in a series of Ancient Monument Acts legislating to protect the archaeological heritage of the UK. Section 61(12) defines sites that warrant protection due to their being of national...
The Secretary of State for National Heritage keeps a register of nationally important sites. In practice, the implementation of the legislation is delegated to the government bodies English Heritage in England, Cadw in Wales, Historic Scotland in Scotland, and the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland. English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ...
CADW is the Welsh agency looking after historic monuments. ...
Historic Scotland is the Scottish agency looking after historic monuments. ...
The Environment and Heritage Service is the United Kingdom Governments conservation agency for Northern Ireland. ...
A long list of criteria is used to decide whether an Ancient Monument should become a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Scheduling affords greater protection as it becomes illegal to in any way tamper with a designated area.
However, protection can also be given by taking the monument under ownership or guardianship, or by designating the location as an Area of Archaeological Importance. As of 2004 only five city centres, all in England, have been designated AAIs (Canterbury, Chester, Exeter, Hereford and York). St Peters St, Canterbury, from the West Gate, 1993 Canterbury (Latin: Duroverum) is a cathedral city in the county of Kent in southeast England. ...
Chester is the county town of Cheshire in the north-west of England, close to the border with Wales. ...
The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43′ 25″ N 3° 31′ 39″ W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ...
Location within the British Isles. ...
York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...
Often Ancient Monuments are also Grade I or Grade II Listed buildings, or they are situated in a Conservation Area. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...
A conservation area is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features or biota are safeguarded. ...
The Scheduling system is criticised by some as being cumbersome. Until recently it had a limited definition of what constitutes a monument and ritual landscapes, flint scatters or underwater sites were difficult to Schedule.
Example 1: Wymondham Abbey in Norfolk is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, a Grade I Listed Building, and lies in Wymondham Conservation Area. Wymondham Abbey (pronounced Windham) is situated in the town of Wymondham in Norfolk, England. ...
For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...
Example 2: Paston Great Barn, also in Norfolk, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II Listed Building. Because of the presence of rare bats, it is also on a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a candidate for Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) European Union protective status. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...
A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. ...
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