Scheduled monuments in South Derbyshire facts for kids
This is a list of scheduled monuments in the district of South Derbyshire in the English county of Derbyshire.
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. There are about 20,000 scheduled monument entries on the list, which is maintained by English Heritage; more than one site can be included in a single entry.
While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, English Heritage considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be descheduled.
Derbyshire has over 500 scheduled monuments including many stone cairns, stone circles, barrow burial mounds, lead mining relics, ancient settlements, and over 20 bridges.
Image | Name and reference | Feature | Location | Notes |
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Barton Blount medieval settlement remains | Settlement | Barton Blount |
Including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system. 340m North of Barton Hall. | |
Bretby Castle fortified manor | Castle | Bretby |
Remains of manor house buildings from the 13th to 17th century with bank and ditch defences. | |
Calke Park Tunnel | Tunnel | Ticknall |
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Castle Gresley motte and bailey castle | Castle | Castle Gresley |
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Dovecote | Dovecote | Netherseal |
85m south of Netherseal Old Hall. Also a Grade II* listed building. | |
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite | Military | Elvaston |
340m SE of Gardens Farm | |
Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge | Henge | Shardlow and Great Wilne |
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Hoon Mount platformed bowl barrow | Barrow | Hoon |
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Iron Age settlement and cursus, SE of Aston-on-Trent | Settlement | Aston Moor, Shardlow and Great Wilne |
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Medieval church and cross near St George's Church | Cross | Ticknall |
45m south of St George's Church | |
Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains | Castle | Melbourne |
A medieval castle built on the site of an earlier royal manor house in the reign of King John. Construction of the castle was started in 1311 and continued until 1322, but the work was never fully completed. Also a Grade II listed building. | |
Monks Bridge | Bridge | Egginton |
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Settlement site | Settlement | Aston upon Trent |
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Settlement site and enclosures | Settlement | Twyford and Stenson |
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Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow | Moated site | Osleston and Thurvaston |
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Shrunken medieval village and moated site at Thurvaston | Settlement | Osleston and Thurvaston |
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Slight univallate hillfort | Fort | Walton upon Trent |
230m SW of Old Hall Cottages | |
Swarkestone Bridge | Bridge | Swarkestone |
Medieval bridge crossing the River Trent between the villages of Swarkestone and Stanton. Also a Grade I listed building. | |
Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system | Barrow | Swarkestone |
300m north-west of The Lowes Farm | |
Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow | Henge | Twyford and Stenson |
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Heath Wood | Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood | Barrow | Ingleby |
Heath Wood contains a series of 59 barrows (burial mounds), which is the only known Scandinavian cremation site in the British Isles. |