Scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire
There are 221 scheduled monuments in the county of Northamptonshire, England. These protected sites date from the Neolithic period and include barrows, artillery forts, ruined abbeys, castles, and Iron Age hill forts. In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to insure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites or historic buildings. The protection given to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 Notable scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire See also Grade I listed buildings in Northamptonshire List of scheduled monuments in the United Kingdom References Scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire