Scheduled monuments in South Derbyshire

This is a list of Scheduled Monuments in the district of South Derbyshire in the English county of Derbyshire.

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 20,000 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. If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be descheduled.[2]

Derbyshire has over 500 Scheduled Monuments including many stone cairns, stone circles, barrow burial mounds, lead mining relics, ancient settlements, and over 20 bridges.[3]

Image	Name and reference	Feature	Location	Notes
	Barton Blount medieval settlement remains[4]	Settlement	Barton Blount SK2069534546 SK2083934701 SK2085835001	Including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system. 340m North of Barton Hall.
	Bretby Castle fortified manor[5]	Castle	Bretby SK2935923169	Remains of manor house buildings from the 13th to 17th century with bank and ditch defences.
	Calke Park Tunnel[6]	Tunnel	Ticknall SK3551923695
	Castle Gresley motte and bailey castle[7]	Castle	Castle Gresley SK2793617895
	Dovecote[8]	Dovecote	Netherseal SK2897512822	85m south of Netherseal Old Hall. Also a Grade II* listed building.[9]
	Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite[10]	Military	Elvaston SK4142532577	340m SE of Gardens Farm
	Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge[11]	Henge	Shardlow and Great Wilne SK4281629942
	Hoon Mount platformed bowl barrow[12]	Barrow	Hoon SK2300931818
	Iron Age settlement and cursus, SE of Aston-on-Trent[13]	Settlement	Aston Moor, Shardlow and Great Wilne SK4203829071
	Medieval church and cross near St George's Church[14]	Cross	Ticknall SK3515924042	45m south of St George's Church
	Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains[15]	Castle	Melbourne SK3891325203	A medieval castle built on the site of an earlier royal manor house in the reign of King John. Construction of the castle was started in 1311 and continued until 1322, but the work was never fully completed. Also a Grade II listed building.[16]
	Monks Bridge[17]	Bridge	Egginton SK2684326989
	Settlement site[18]	Settlement	Aston upon Trent SK3884029618
	Settlement site and enclosures[19]	Settlement	Twyford and Stenson SK3198829045
	Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow[20]	Moated site	Osleston and Thurvaston SK2361236952
	Shrunken medieval village and moated site at Thurvaston[21]	Settlement	Osleston and Thurvaston SK2429837743
	Slight univallate hillfort[22]	Fort	Walton upon Trent SK2101017542	230m SW of Old Hall Cottages
	Swarkestone Bridge[23]	Bridge	Swarkestone SK3702927811	Medieval bridge crossing the River Trent between the villages of Swarkestone and Stanton. Also a Grade I listed building.[24]
	Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system[25]	Barrow	Swarkestone SK3671029503	300m north-west of The Lowes Farm
	Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow[26]	Henge	Twyford and Stenson SK3333528341
Heath Wood	Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood[27]	Barrow	Ingleby SK3419125866	Heath Wood contains a series of 59 barrows (burial mounds), which is the only known Scandinavian cremation site in the British Isles.[28]