Scheduled monuments in North Yorkshire
List of scheduled monuments in the county of North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are 2390 scheduled monuments in the county of North Yorkshire, England.[1] These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period, and include medieval moated sites, ruined abbeys, castles, and Neolithic monuments.[2] In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites and historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.[3]