Scheduled monuments in the West Midlands

A small iron bridge over a stream — The Vignoles Bridge over the River Sherbourne in Spon End, Coventry

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites.^[1] Monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. Scheduled monuments—sometimes referred to as scheduled ancient monuments—can also be protected through listed building procedures, and English Heritage considers listed building status to be a better way of protecting buildings and standing structures.^[1] A scheduled monument that is later determined to "no longer merit scheduling" can be de-scheduled.^[2]

Scheduled monuments in the West Midlands county are divided by borough.

Birmingham

Coventry

Dudley

Sandwell

Solihull

Hampton in Arden packhorse bridge

Walsall

Wolverhampton

References

^ ^a ^b "The Schedule of Monuments". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ "Scheduled Monuments". English Heritage. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[schedule-1] "The Schedule of Monuments". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[2] "Scheduled Monuments". English Heritage. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

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v t e Ceremonial county of West Midlands
Metropolitan districts	City of Birmingham City of Coventry Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough of Solihull Metropolitan Borough of Walsall City of Wolverhampton
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Aldridge Bilston Birmingham Blackheath Bloxwich Bournville Brierley Hill Brownhills Chelmsley Wood Coseley Coventry Cradley Heath Darlaston Dorridge Dudley Edgbaston Erdington Gornal Halesowen Kingswinford Knowle Longbridge Netherton Oldbury Pelsall Pensnett Quarry Bank Rowley Regis Sedgley Selly Oak Shirley Smethwick Solihull Stourbridge Streetly Sutton Coldfield Tipton Tividale Walsall Wednesbury Wednesfield West Bromwich Willenhall Wolverhampton Wordsley See also: West Midlands
Rivers	River Blythe River Cole River Penk River Rea Saredon Brook Smestow Brook River Sherbourne River Sow River Sowe River Stour River Tame
Canals	Birmingham Canal Navigations Shropshire Union Canal Staffordshire & Worcestershire Worcester & Birmingham
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