Scheduled monuments in Scotland

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archaeological site protection regime heritage protection designation

Scheduled monuments in Scotland are nationally important archaeological sites and historic structures legally protected by the Scottish government to preserve them for future generations.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Schedule of Monuments (Scotland) 1
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Argyll and Bute 1
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in South Ayrshire 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site protection regime ⓘ
heritage protection designation ⓘ
administeredBy Historic Environment Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo safeguard archaeological heritage ⓘ
appliesTo archaeological sites ⓘ
historic structures ⓘ
canReceive grant aid for conservation ⓘ
consentAuthority Scottish Ministers NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
designationAdviceFrom Historic Environment Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
designationAuthority Scottish Ministers NERFINISHED ⓘ
designationProcess scheduling ⓘ
distinctFrom listed buildings in Scotland ⓘ
examplesInclude Roman forts ⓘ
industrial archaeology sites ⓘ
medieval castles ⓘ
prehistoric burial mounds ⓘ
stone circles ⓘ
heritageCategory nationally important monuments ⓘ
heritageSystemPartOf United Kingdom scheduled monument system NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus legally protected ⓘ
ownerResponsibilities duty of care for monument ⓘ
ownerRestrictions limited ability to alter or demolish ⓘ
policyFramework Scottish planning policy NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionScope above-ground remains ⓘ
below-ground remains ⓘ
marine archaeological remains ⓘ
purpose preservation for future generations ⓘ
recordedIn national monuments record of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordMaintainedBy Historic Environment Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo World Heritage Sites in Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservation areas in Scotland ⓘ
inventory of gardens and designed landscapes in Scotland ⓘ
inventory of historic battlefields in Scotland ⓘ
requiresConsent scheduled monument consent ⓘ
restriction unauthorised works prohibited ⓘ
selectionCriterion archaeological significance ⓘ
condition and survival ⓘ
group value ⓘ
national importance ⓘ
potential to contribute to knowledge ⓘ
rarity ⓘ
threatsInclude agricultural activity ⓘ
development ⓘ
natural erosion ⓘ
timeDepth prehistoric to modern periods ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aros Castle → category → Scheduled monuments in Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Argyll and Bute
Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland → category → Scheduled monuments in Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scheduled Ancient Monuments in South Ayrshire
Alloa Tower → hasCategory → Scheduled monuments in Scotland ⓘ
Lochbuie → hasHeritageDesignationNearby → Scheduled monuments in Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: scheduled monument (Lochbuie stone circle)
Invermark Castle → heritageRegister → Scheduled monuments in Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schedule of Monuments (Scotland)
Scheduled Monument → isRecordedIn → Scheduled monuments in Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: schedule of monuments (Scotland)