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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Scheduling is the selection of nationally important archaeological sites. Although archaeology is all around us, scheduled sites form a carefully chosen sample of them, which are closely managed.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Scheduled monuments are not always ancient, or visible above ground. There are over 200 categories of monuments on the schedule, and they range from prehistoric standing stones and burial mounds, through to the many types of medieval site - castles, monasteries, abandoned farmsteads and villages - to the more recent results of human activity, such as collieries.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Scheduling is applied only to sites of national importance, and even then only if it is the best means of protection. Only deliberately created structures, features and remains can be scheduled. There are almost 20,000 scheduled monuments on the List. Scheduling is reserved for carefully selected sites, which create a representative sample of sites from different epochs.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |