This was a supporting detail page of the main policy document.
Scheduled Ancient Monuments – often referred to as ‘Scheduled Monuments’ – are nationally important sites that have been given legal protection by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport due to their archaeological or historic interest. There are currently nearly 20,000 Scheduled Monuments in England. However, other sites of comparable significance are known, but not currently designated as Scheduled Monuments: potentially, further sites still remain to be discovered. Together these sites help to shed new light on our past, from early prehistory up to the present day. It is a criminal offence to demolish, destroy, damage, remove, repair, alter or add to Scheduled Monuments, or to carry out flooding or tipping operations on them, without prior permission from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. This is known as Scheduled Monument Consent (‘SMC’). • Details of government policy relating to Scheduled Monuments and nationally important but
non-scheduled monuments can be found here. • Details of Scheduled Monuments in England can be found here. • Details of how to request that a site be designated or de-designated as a Scheduled
Monument can be found here. • Details of how to challenge a designation or de-designation decision can be found here • Details of how to apply for Scheduled Monument Consent can be found here