Scheduled monuments in Greater Manchester
There are 37 scheduled monuments in Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change 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.[1] Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. They are also referred to as scheduled ancient monuments. There are about 18,300 scheduled monument entries on the list, which is maintained by English Heritage; more than one site can be included in a single entry. While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, English Heritage considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status.[1] If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be descheduled.[2]
The metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is composed of 10 metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Rochdale has no scheduled monuments; those in the other boroughs are listed separately. They range from prehistoric structures – the oldest of which date from the Bronze Age – to more modern structures such as the Astley Green Colliery, from 1908. Greater Manchester has seven prehistoric monuments (i.e. Bronze or Iron Age), found in Bury, Oldham, Salford, Stockport, and Tameside. The Bronze Age sites are mainly cairns and barrows, and both the Iron Age sites are military in nature, promontory forts.
The trend of military sites continues from the Iron Age into the Roman period; two Roman forts in Greater Manchester are scheduled monuments and were the two main areas of Roman activity in the county. Of the nine castles in Greater Manchester, four are scheduled monuments: Buckton Castle, Watch Hill Castle, Bury Castle, and Radcliffe Tower. The last two are fortified manor houses, and although defined as castles were not exclusively military in nature; they probably acted as the administrative centre of the manors they were in.[3] There are several other manor houses and country houses – some with moats – in the county that are protected as scheduled monuments. The Astley Green Colliery, the Marple Aqueduct, Oldknows Limekilns, and the Worsley Delph are scheduled relics of Greater Manchester's industrial history.
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Bury
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Oldham
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Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan
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Notes
- A Most references are to one main body of sources: Pastscape which is funded by English Heritage and has information on nearly 400,000 archaeological sites and buildings in England.
"The information on PastScape is derived from the National Monuments Record database which holds records on the architectural and archaeological heritage of England. The National Monuments Record is the public archive of English Heritage."[70]
- B Nico Ditch is a linear earthwork that runs for about 6 miles (9.7 km) generally east to west. It forms part of the Manchester–Tameside border and the Manchester–Stockport border. It passes through Tameside and Manchester and extends into Trafford as far as Stretford. A 135 m (443 ft) long stretch of the ditch in Platt Fields is protected.[24][25]
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- The parish of Radcliffe, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (1911), pp. 56–67. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53000, retrieved on 25 October 2008
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- Redhead (1999), pp. 74–81.
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- Nevell and Redhead (2005), p. 59.
- Brennaud (2006), p. 65.
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- Historic England, "Worsley Delph (44278)", PastScape, retrieved 30 December 2007
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- Nevell (1998), pp. 60–61, 63.
- P. Booth, M. Harrop & S. Harrop, The Extent of Longdendale, 1360, Cheshire Sheaf, 5th series, #83
- Grimsditch, Nevell, and Redhead (2007), pp. 5, 16.
- Grimsditch, Nevell & Nevell (2012), pp. 82–85.
- Historic England, "Monument No. 78454", PastScape, retrieved 1 February 2009
- Historic England, "Watch Hill Castle (74893)", PastScape, retrieved 30 December 2007
- Nevell (1997), pp. 27, 34.
- Historic England, "Astley Green Colliery (623407)", PastScape, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "Cross base at junction of Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, Standish (41980)", PastScape, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "Cross base on Green Lane, Standish (41983)", PastScape, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "Cross base (1287159)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "Cross base on Standish Wood Lane, Standish (41972)", PastScape, retrieved 30 December 2007
- Historic England, "Gidlow Hall (43321)", PastScape, retrieved 6 February 2009
- Historic England, "Gidlow Hall (1068430)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 February 2009
- Historic England, "Haigh Sough mine drainage portal (41959)", PastScape, retrieved 30 December 2007
- Historic England, "Mab's Cross (41800)", PastScape, retrieved 6 February 2009
- Historic England, "Mab's Cross, Wigan (1384526)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 May 2008
- Historic England, "Market Cross (42326)", PastScape, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "Village Cross (1228471)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "The Moat House (43314)", PastScape, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "Morleys Hall (73466)", PastScape, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "Morley's Hall (1318255)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 February 2009
- Historic England, "New Hall (43339)", PastScape, retrieved 6 February 2009
- Historic England, "Winstanley Hall (42086)", PastScape, retrieved 6 February 2009
- Historic England, "Winstanley Hall (1287365)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 February 2009
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