A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. The legislation governing this is the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The term "monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites, and they are not always visible above ground. Such sites have to have been deliberately constructed by human activity. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars or the Cold War.[1]
Aveline's Hole is a limestone cave in Burrington Combe. The earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain was found at Aveline's Hole. The human bone fragments it contained, from over 50 different individuals, are thought to be between roughly 10,200 and 10,400 years old.
Cadbury Camp is a well-preserved Iron Agehillfort. It is managed by the National Trust through a Higher Level Stewardship agreement with Natural England which involves tree clearing and management of the scrub. Although primarily known as a fort during the Iron Age it is likely, from artefacts discovered at the site, that it was first used in the Bronze Age and still occupied through the Roman era into the Anglo-Saxon period.
A 3-metre (9.8 ft) high stone cross on a stepped base which dates from the 15th century. The lantern head of the cross was added in the 19th century replacing the original stone dial and ball.
A 1.5-metre (4 ft 11 in) high stone cross on an octagonal stepped base which dates from the 14th century. The box and ball at the top of the shaft was added in 1877.
The shaft of the churchyard cross is approximately 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) high and stands on a four-step octagonal base. The present cross head was added in 1920.
The shaft of the churchyard cross is approximately 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and stands on a four-step octagonal base. The cross head was added in the 19th century replacing the original canopied head.
Earthworks from farm buildings occupied from the 11th to 14th centuries; however archaeological remains suggest the site was first occupied in the Romano-British period. The raised area which was occupied by the Bower House was surrounded by a water filled ditch, part of which has since been incorporated into a rhyne.
Three buildings survive from the Elms Colliery, also known as Middle Engine Pit, which operated from the late 18th century until closure in the 1850s. The site has been placed on the Heritage at Risk Register.
Cadbury Hill hillfort is known, in archaeological circles, as Cadbury-Congresbury in order to differentiate it from the Cadbury Castle hillfort in South Cadbury. It appears to have been constructed in the Iron Age when one or more ramparts, with walls and ditches, were built on the steep slopes of the hill to defend an area covering some 8.5 acres (3.4 ha). The remains of Iron Age round houses may still be seen inside. The hillfort was refortified between 430 and 480 AD and occupation extended into the sub-Roman period, from which much imported pottery has been recovered.
Littleton gunpowder works opened around 1650 and expanded to become the largest powder producing works in South West England by the middle of the 18th century. It closed in the 1820s after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Some of the buildings remain intact, while others are ruined.
The remains of a manor house constructed around 1430, damaged in the English Civil War and occupied until 1692. Some of the masonry from the house has been used as part of a boundary wall.
The site of a Romano-British villa with mosaic floors and hypocausts. Coins and pottery from 250 to 360 AD have been discovered at the site. Some of the walls can still be identified as low grass covered banks.
Locking Castle was a motte-and-bailey on Carberry Hill. Excavations in 1902 identified the remains of a small stone chamber surrounded by a ditch. Fragments of pottery and the remains of a sword were also found. The origin of the castle is unclear. It may have been part of the manor of Kewstoke or alternatively Hutton. The two manors were combined and given by Henry I to Geoffrey de Dun. In 1214 Locking was given to Woodspring Priory and would have ceased to have military significance.
Castle Batch was a motte constructed by the Norman lord Walter of Douai between the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and 1086. It was built on a ridge above the surrounding area, with a mound that is now 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and 42 metres (138 ft) across, surrounded by a ditch up to 10 metres (33 ft) wide. The entrance was probably on the north side of the motte. A possible bailey has been identified alongside the motte. Although typically characterised as a motte, the mound has a slight indentation in the centre and historian Stuart Prior considers the mound to have been a ringwork.
The remaining site and buildings of a glassworks which operated from 1788 until 1874. The visible remains include parts of kilns and ancillary buildings. The site was excavated in 1983 as part of the construction of a new ring road over part of the site.
This was an Iron Age settlement Romanised in the late first century. It grew to become a commercial agricultural centre which was abandoned by about 200 AD. Around 300 AD a defensive wall was constructed up to 5 metres (16 ft) thick enclosing an area of about 7 hectares (17 acres). Remains include both a mosaic pavement and evidence of industrial activities, and coins shows that the site was occupied throughout the Roman period. The site may have been finally abandoned during an outbreak of bubonic plague in the middle of the sixth century.
Burrington Camp, also known as Burrington Ham, is an Iron Agehillfort situated in the Mendip Hills approximately 0.6 miles (0.97 km) south from the village of Burrington. The camp overlooks Burrington Combe, where there have been archaeological discoveries of cemeteries, demonstrating a very long human occupation of the area. The hillfort has an oval shape and is univallate.
Taps Combe Camp (also known as Chelvey Batch Settlement) is an Iron Agehillfort situated approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east from the village of Brockley. The hillfort is shaped like a "D", and is approximately 50 metres (160 ft) by 50 metres (160 ft) wide.
Wain's Hill is an univallateIron Age hillfort. The hillfort is defined by a steep, natural slope from the south and north with two ramparts to the east.
Stokeleigh Camp is one of three Iron Age fortifications overlooking the Avon Gorge, the others being Burwalls south of the Nightingale Valley, of which almost no trace remains, and the other being Clifton Camp on the opposite side of the gorge, on Clifton Down near the Observatory. Stokeleigh Camp is situated on a promontory, and occupies around 3.0 hectares (7.5 acres).
The Fairy Toot is an extensive oval barrow. It is an example of the Severn-Cotswold tomb type which consist of precisely-built, long trapezoid earth mounds covering a burial chamber. Because of this they are a type of chambered long barrow. The Fairy Toot south-southwest of Howgrove Farm is a mound 60 m long, 25 m wide and now 2.5 m high, retained by a stone wall. Its summit is covered with ash trees and shrubs. Formerly it was considerably higher. On being opened and essentially destroyed between 1787 and 1835 it was found to contain two rows of cells, running from south to north, formed by immense stones set edgeways, and covered by others of larger dimensions. A human skull from the barrow is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
Steep Holm is an English island lying in the Bristol Channel. It formed part of a line of defences, known as Palmerston Forts, built across the channel to protect the approaches to Bristol and Cardiff. Construction began in 1865 and was completed in 1869. These facilities were updated in both World War I and World War II.
Woodspring Priory is a former Augustinianpriory. The priory was founded, by William de Courtney, in the early 13th century. It was dissolved in 1536 and then owned by local noblemen and leased to local farmers. In 1968 the priory and adjoining land of Middle Hope was purchased by the National Trust as part of Project Neptune. The following year the priory was taken over by the Landmark Trust who spent 20 years on restoration work, and now rent out the farmhouse as holiday accommodation. The surviving buildings include the priory church, which was a 15th century replacement for the earlier 13th century structure, infirmary, barn and 16th century prior's lodging which was converted into a farmhouse. The whole site was arranged around a central cloister from which only the east wall and west wall of the chapter house remain, the sacristy, refectory, chapter house, lady chapel and parlour having been demolished.
Worlebury Camp is an Iron Agehillfort once stood atop Worlebury Hill. This fort was designed for defence, as is evidenced the number of walls and ditches around the site. Archaeologists have found several large triangular platforms around the sides of the fort, lower down on the hillside. They have found nearly one hundred storage pits of various sizes cut into the bedrock, and many of these had human remains, coins, and other artefacts in them.
^The date given is the date used by Historic England as significant for the initial building or that of an important part in the structure's description.
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