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Scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire

{{short description|List of scheduled monuments in the county of Northamptonpshire, England}}

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There are 221 scheduled monuments in the county of Northamptonshire, England.{{cite web |title=Scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?searchType=NHLE+Simple&search=Northamptonshire&facetValues=facet_cb_url_Scheduling%3AScheduling%3Ahcgrade%7C |website=Historic England |access-date=23 May 2023}} These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period and include barrows, artillery forts, ruined abbeys, castles, and Iron Age hill forts.{{cite web |title=Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Historic County of Dorset |url=https://ancientmonuments.uk/historic-county/dorset |website=Ancient Monuments UK |access-date=23 May 2023}}

In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites or historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.{{cite web |title=Scheduled Monuments |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/scheduled-monuments/ |website=Historic England |access-date=23 May 2023}}

Notable scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire

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| Barnwell Castle

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| 1132 AD

| A motte and bailey castle built during the Second Barons' War (1264-67).{{NHLE |desc=Barnwell Castle |num=1003624 |access-date=4 June 2023}}

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| Chichele College

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| Early 15th century

| A rare surviving example of a chantry college. Chantry colleges were popular in the 14th-15th centuries in Britain. They provided priests a communal life that was more informal than a monastery.{{NHLE |desc='Chichele College': the remains of the medieval college of Higham Ferrers |num=1013829 |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Chichele College |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/chichele-college/ |website=English Heritage |access-date=4 June 2023}}

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| Cosgrove aqueduct

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| 1811

| A cast iron water bridge that carries the Grand Union Canal over the River Great Ouse.{{NHLE |desc=Wolverton iron trunk aqueduct |num=1006934 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

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| Fotheringhay Castle

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| 1100 AD

| A High Middle Age Norman Motte-and-bailey castle.

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| Geddington Cross

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| 1294 AD

| The monument is the best preserved of the surviving Eleanor Crosses built by King Edward I in memory of his wife Eleanor. She died in Harby, Nottinghamshire in November 1290. The stone crosses were built in her memory to mark the nightly resting-places of her body as she was transported to Westminster Abbey.{{NHLE |desc=Geddington Cross: Eleanor cross and conduit house |num=1013313 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

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| Roman town of Irchester

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| Roman Britain

| The town is the site of an earlier Roman and Iron Age settlement and the medieval hamlet of Chester on the Water. The Roman settlement included buildings, a cemetery, town walls and a Romano-Celtic temple.{{NHLE |desc=Roman town of Irchester and preceding Iron Age settlement; including remains of the medieval hamlet of Chester on the Water |num=1003892 |access-date=30 May 2023}}

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| Kirby Hall

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| 1570

| An Elizabethan country house{{NHLE |desc=Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby |num=1014421 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

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| Hunsbury Hill

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| Iron Age

| An important example of a multivallate hillfort in Northamptonshire.{{NHLE |desc=Multivallate hillfort at Hunsbury Hill |num=1012150 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

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| Northampton Castle

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| 1084

| Remains of a legendary 11th century castle. The favorite castle of King John, parliament was held there during his reign. Thomas Becket was tried at the castle in 1164 before escaping the castle by dressing as a monk.{{cite web |title=Castle History |url=https://www.northamptoncastle.com/castle-history/ |website=Friends of Northampton Castle |access-date=30 May 2023}}

See also

References

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Category:Scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire

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