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Page last updated 20 May 2009
 

Historic and Cultural Environment

People have lived in the area now known as Northamptonshire for more than 10,000 years. They have left a legacy which includes buried archaeology, buildings and townscapes.

  • Conservation areas
    A Conservation Area is an area of particular character which it is desirable to preserve and enhance.

  • County Heritage sites
    Dovecotes, stocks, manors and castles, crosses, monuments, and gates and gateways.

  • Listed Buildings
    There are 194 Grade I and 377 Grade II listed buildings in Northamptonshire.

  • Portable Antiquities Scheme
    Members of the public can have their finds identified and archaeologically recorded by Finds Liaison Officers.

  • Registered Battlefields
    English Heritage's Register of Historic Battlefields identifies areas of historic significance in England where important battles took place.

  • Registered Historic Parks and Gardens
    Northamptonshire currently has 30 nationally important, designed landscapes on the register.

  • Scheduled Ancient Monuments
    There are just 175 Scheduled Monuments in Northamptonshire - some have visible upstanding remains.

  • Sites and Monuments Record
    The main source of information on archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes in the county

Archaeology

We run an organisation on a commercial basis to deal with specific archaeology matters.

 
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