Scheduled ancient monuments

What is a scheduled ancient monument?

Nationally important sites and monuments are given legal protection by being placed on a ‘schedule’. Historic England (external link) leads in identifying sites which are then placed on the schedule by the Secretary of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

Scheduling first began in 1882 when the first Ancient Monuments Act was passed. Current legislation is the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. Scheduling is the only legal protection specifically for archaeological sites and the preservation of these sites is given priority over other uses. Works proposed to a monument will always require Scheduled Monument Consent. Destroying or damaging a protected monument is a criminal offence.

Which Sites Are Monuments?

Only man-made structures, feature and remains can be scheduled. These are usually archaeological sites, although some buildings are scheduled, but these are usually protected by listing. Monuments may not always be visible above ground and despite their name they may not always be ancient. There are over 200 classes of monument ranging from prehistoric burial mounds, medieval castles, deserted medieval villages to WWII defences.

Scheduling is only applied if the site is of national importance and only then if it is the best means of protection. There are about 18,300 entries on the schedule, but nationally there are over 1 million archaeological sites across England. Visit our see Archaeology page.

Scheduled ancient monuments list

Within Bassetlaw District there are 32 Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

The boundaries of the scheduled monuments can be found on the Council’s Bassetlaw Heritage Mapping interactive heritage-specific GIS web page.

Monument Number	Parish	Monument Title	Grid Ref	Scheduling Date
59	Beckingham	Dog Island Moat near Gainsborough	SK 813 895
11	Blyth	Blyth New Bridge	SK617 872
78	Blyth Priory	Blyth Priory	SK624 873
20	Blyth School	Blyth School	SK627868
13398	Bothamsall	Bothamsall motte & bailey castle and hollow way	SK67157325 SK67147320	9^th April 1951
29985	Carlton in Lindrick	Wigthorpe medieval settlement and part of the open field system immediately north of Wigthorpe Farm	SK59138343	5^th January 2001
13393	Cuckney	Cuckney motte & bailey	SK56577140	28^th April 1953
29936	Darlton	Ringwork at Kingshaugh Farm	SK76507345	13^th February 1952
14	Elkesley	West Bridge	SK648 757
29950	Gringley on the Hill	Market cross 70 m W of church of St Peter and St Paul	SK73549069	Scheduled 7^th July 1999
18	Gringley on the Hill Beacon	Beacon Hill Camp	SK742 908
7	Haughton Chapel	Haughton Chapel	SK691 730
53	Haughton (Detail not available)	Site of old hall S of Haughton Hall Farm	SK686 729
23205	Haughton	Haughton decoy and motte and bailey castle	SK68207178	9^th October 1981. Revised 22^nd February 1994
23218	Hayton	Hayton castle moated site and fishpond	SK7397862	13^th February 1953. Revised 15^th January 1993
44	Holbeck Mound	Mound S of Woodend Farm	SK544 717
	Holbeck (site crosses the border with Bolsover)	Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave.	SK53577412
13272	Mattersey	Mattersey priory Gilbertine monastery: monastic precinct	SK70318955	6^th August 1913. Revised 10^th June 1992
23217	Misson	Moated site and fishpond east of Misson village	SK69299497	28^th April 1953. Revised 25^th January 1993
29906	Ragnall	Whimpton Moor medieval village and moated site	SK79037382	13^th February 1953. Revised 17^th April 1957
23214	Rampton	Fleet plantation moated site	SK81567854	16^th February 1953. Revised 11^th January 1993.
29923	Scaftworth	Roman fort and a section of Roman road 350 m north west of Holly House Farm	SK65929272	16^th February 1953. Revised 24^th July 1998
65	Scrooby	Manor Farm Moat	SK654 909
	South Wheatley	St Helen’s Church	SK767855	29^th November 1984
145	Sturton le Steeple	Segelocum Roman Town	SK823 826
83	Styrrup with Oldcotes	Roman villa at Oldcotes	SK592 886
23373	Walkeringham	Standing cross on Walkeringham village green	SK77109230	10^th May 1995
29915	West Burton	Medieval settlement and open field system immediately SE of Low Farm	SK79868531	19^th August 1954. Revised 29^th April 1998
16	West Drayton	Markham Moor Bridge (or Mirihil Bridge)	SK712 742
29930	West Markham	Medieval settlement including a moated site and open field system NE of Hall Farm	SK72147250	10^th June 1998
182	Worksop / Shireoaks	Early 18^th century formal water garden at Shireoaks Hall	SK544 803 SK553 807
13395	Worksop	Worksop Castle; 11^th century motte castle and 12^th century shell keep castle	SK58297882	8^th August 1930. Revised. 26^th November 1992

Last Updated on Thursday, February 6, 2025