Ancient Monuments Act 1931
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The Ancient Monuments Act 1931 was a UK law that provided early statutory protection for archaeological sites and historic monuments before being superseded by later heritage legislation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ancient Monuments Act 1931 canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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heritage protection legislation ⓘ |
| aimedAt | preservation of nationally important monuments ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
archaeological sites
ⓘ
historic monuments ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
archaeology
ⓘ
cultural heritage protection ⓘ historic environment ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| influenced | later UK heritage protection policy ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United Kingdom heritage legislation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early statutory framework for archaeological site protection ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913
NERFINISHED
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Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1900 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide statutory protection for ancient monuments and archaeological sites ⓘ |
| regulates |
control of works affecting ancient monuments
ⓘ
protection of scheduled monuments ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Ancient Monuments Act 1931 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ancient monuments
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archaeological heritage ⓘ historic buildings and structures ⓘ |
| typeOfLaw | public general act ⓘ |
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