There are thirteen scheduled monuments in Birmingham, 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.
Monuments are defined in the
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 or AMAAA was a law passed by the UK government, the latest in a series of Ancient Monument Acts legislating to protect the archaeological heritage of England & Wales and Scotland. Norther ...
and the
National Heritage Act 1983. Scheduled monuments—sometimes referred to as scheduled ancient monuments—can also be protected through
listed building procedures, and English Heritage considers listed building status to be a better way of protecting buildings and standing structures.
A scheduled monument that is later determined to "no longer merit scheduling" can be descheduled.
List
Birmingham's scheduled monuments are:
Notes
References
{{Scheduled monuments in England
*List
Archaeological sites in the West Midlands (county)
History of Birmingham, West Midlands
Scheduled
A schedule or a timetable, as a basic time-management tool, consists of a list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place, or of a sequence of events in the chronological order in which such things are i ...
Birmingham
Scheduled monuments in England