Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites

The List of Scheduled Ancient Monuments is compiled and maintained at a National level by English Heritage on behalf of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The entries in the List of Scheduled Ancient Monuments for North West Leicestershire are listed by Parish below.

SETTLEMENT	PARISH	MONUMENT	MONUMENT NO.
Appleby Magna	Appleby Magna	Moated site, fishponds, formal garden and settlement earthworks, E of St Michael's Church (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	17061
Ashby de la Zouch	Ashby de la Zouch	Ashby Castle and associated formal garden (PDF Document, 0.6 Mb)	17121
Bardon	Bardon	Moated site E of Kellam's Farm (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	17067
Belton	Belton	Circular enclosure N of Forest Field (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	30244
Belton	Belton	Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	17074
Breedon on the Hill	Breedon on the Hill	The Bulwarks (earthworks) (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	38
Castle Donington	Castle Donington	Enclosure castle (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	17096
Charley	Charley	Rabbit Warren on Warren Hills (PDF Document, 0.6 Mb)	30241
Coleorton	Coleorton	The Conery (Coal Mining Remains) (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	31756
Coleorton	Coleorton	Birch Coppice/Rough Park, 1.5km south of Smoile Farm (Coal Mining Remains) (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	31754
Coleorton (Newbold Coleorton)	Coleorton/Worthington	Coal Mining Remains, 600m SE of Smoile Farm (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	31755
Hemington	Lockington-Hemington	Hemington Chapel (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	6
Hemington	Lockington-Hemington	Moated site SE of Sawley Locks (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	118
Hemington	Lockington-Hemington	Site to SE of Dunster Barn (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	140
Hemington	Lockington-Hemington	Roman Villa and enclosures N of Ratcliffe Lane (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	126
Kegworth	Kegworth	Mediaeval Settlement remains to East of The Wymeshead, London Road (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)	30243
Long Whatton	Long Whatton	Moated site with fishpond and flood banks (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	17082
Long Whatton	Long Whatton	Moated site with fishpond (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	17083
Lount	Staunton Harold	Lount Wood (Coal Mining Remains) (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	31757
Moira	Ashby Woulds	Moira blast furnace (PDF Document, 0.6 Mb)	154
Snibston	Former Coalville UDC	Snibston Colliery (PDF Document, 0.6 Mb)	31764
Whitwick	Former Coalville UDC	Whitwick Castle (PDF Document, 0.6 Mb)	17070
Worthington	Worthington	The Round House (lock up) (PDF Document, 0.4 Mb)	31973

No works may be undertaken which would affect a scheduled monument without the necessary grant of Scheduled Monument Consent by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The relevant application forms for Scheduled Monument Consent are available from and should be submitted to English Heritage (and NOT the District Council). The relevant forms can be found via the link below. It should be noted that in some instances buildings are included in both the List of Scheduled Ancient Monuments and the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. In such cases, the statutory controls in relation to the Scheduled Monument designation take precedence and thus an application for Scheduled Monument Consent is required for any works and NOT an application for listed building consent (although it may still be necessary to submit an application for planning permission to the District Council for any proposed external alterations or extensions).

Leicestershire County Council maintains the Sites and Monuments Record for Leicestershire, which includes a record of all the known sites of local and national archaeological interest within the District of North West Leicestershire.

Where any proposed development affects a site of national or local archaeological interest, the matter is a material consideration in the determination of an application for planning permission.

Scheduled Monument Consent application forms and guidance notes (available via the English Heritage website)