Ancient Monuments Act 1953
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The Ancient Monuments Act 1953 was a UK law that provided an early framework for the protection and preservation of nationally important archaeological sites and historic monuments.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ancient Monuments Act 1953 canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom legislation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
nationally important archaeological sites
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nationally important historic monuments ⓘ occupiers of land containing ancient monuments ⓘ owners of scheduled monuments ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
archaeology
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heritage protection ⓘ historic environment ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
contributed to the development of modern heritage management in the UK
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created a statutory framework for scheduling ancient monuments ⓘ enabled government intervention to preserve monuments at risk ⓘ regulated works affecting scheduled monuments ⓘ strengthened state powers to protect ancient monuments ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United Kingdom heritage protection legislation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
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Scotland ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public general act ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
preservation of archaeological sites
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preservation of historic monuments ⓘ protection of ancient monuments ⓘ |
| regulates |
consent procedures for works to protected monuments
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works on scheduled ancient monuments ⓘ |
| replacesOrAmends | earlier ancient monuments legislation ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ancient monuments
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archaeological heritage ⓘ historic buildings and structures ⓘ |
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