Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester

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There are 43 Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. In the United Kingdom, a Scheduled Monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.[1] Scheduled Monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. They are also referred to as Scheduled Ancient Monuments. The metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is made up of 10 metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The Scheduled Monuments in each borough are listed separately. Contents 1 Bolton 2 Bury 3 Manchester 4 Oldham 5 Salford 6 Stockport 7 Tameside 8 Trafford 9 Wigan 10 Notes 11 See also 12 References 12.1 Bibliography [edit] Bolton Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Cemetery Bronze Age Bolton SD71651584 [2] Cheetham Close Bronze Age Bolton SD71631586 [3] Ringley Old Bridge 1677 Bolton SD76320531 [4][5] Smithills Hall 14th century Preston New Road, Bolton SD69941187 [6] [edit] Bury Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Affetside Cross 17th or 18th century Affetside SD75461369 [7] Bury Castle 1359 Bury SD80341085 [8] Castlesteads 200BC-250AD Bury SD79691299 [9] Radcliffe Tower 1403 Church Street East, Radcliffe SD79580751 [10] [edit] Manchester Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Baguley Hall 14th century Hall Lane, Baguley SJ81628874 [11] Clayton Hall 15th century Ashton New Road, Manchester SJ88149856 [12] Hanging Bridge[C] 14th century Cateaton Street, Manchester SJ83859869 [13] Mamucium Roman fort 79 Castlefield, Manchester SJ83199761 [14] Nico Ditch[D] 7th, 8th, or 9th century Gorton, Levenshulme, Burnage, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, and Chorlton-cum-Hardy SJ734952 [15] Peel Hall 14th century Ashton New Road, Manchester SJ837868 [16] [edit] Oldham Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Rigodunum 79 Castleshaw, Saddleworth SD99880965 [17] Bowl Barrow Bronze Age Saddleworth SD98010746 [18] [edit] Salford Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Hanging Bridge[C] 14th century Cateaton Street, Manchester SJ83859869 [19] Iron Age promontory fort 500C-200AD Salford SJ69109355 [20] Underground section of the Bridgewater Canal 1759 Swinton SD748005 [21] [edit] Stockport Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Brown Low Bronze Age Ludworth, Hazel Grove SJ98829092 [22] Cairn Bronze Age Ludworth, Hazel Grove SJ98658725 [23] Marple Aqueduct 1801 Marple SJ95529005 [24] Oldknows Limekilns 1800 Strines Road, Marple SJ96298845 [25] Peel Hall Medieval Heaton Moor, Stockport SJ87489248 [26] Torkington Moat 1350 Torkington, Stockport SJ93948759 [27] [edit] Tameside Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Cairn Bronze Age Stalybridge SJ98879800 [28] Buckton Castle 12th century Carrbrook SD98920162 [29] Nico Ditch[D] 7th, 8th, or 9th century Ashton-under-Lyne and Denton SJ734952 [15][30] [edit] Trafford Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Watch Hill Castle 1173 Bowdon SJ74798598 [31] [edit] Wigan Name Dates from Location Grid Ref[A] Ref(s)[B] Astley Green Colliery 1908 Astley SJ70509996 [32] Cross base Medieval Junction of Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, Standish SD56170953 [33] Cross base Medieval Green Lane, Standish SD56270961 [34] Cross base Medieval Standish Wood Lane, Standish SD56260877 [35] Gidlow Hall 1574 Aspull SD62480705 [36] Haigh Sough drainage 1653 Haigh SD59100714 [37] Mabs Cross Medieval Standishgate, Wigan SD58520626 [38] Market Cross Medieval Market place, Standish SD56271022 [39] The Moat House 18th century Haigh SD60030908 [40] Morley Hall Medieval Tyldesley SJ68969927 [41] New Hall Medieval Astley, Tyldesley SD69930112 [42] Winstanley Hall 1596 Winstanley SD54430310 [43][44]

The early medieval Smithills Hall, also a Grade I listed building The standing remains of Radcliffe Tower. The 14th century Baguley Hall, in Baguley is also a Grade I listed building. Clayton Hall, in Clayton is also a Grade II* listed building. A reconstructed section of the wall of Mamucium fort Looking west along Nico Ditch, near Levenshulme The Marple Aqueduct crossing the River Goyt Excavation of Buckton Castle's stone curtain wall. Astley Green Colliery's pithead, viewed from across the Bridgewater Canal

[edit] Notes

^A Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.^[45][46]

^B Most references are to one main body of sources: Pastscape which is funded by English Heritage and has information on nearly 400,000 archaeological sites and buildings in England.

"The information on PastScape is derived from the National Monuments Record database which holds records on the architectural and archaeological heritage of England. The National Monuments Record is the public archive of English Heritage."^[47]

^C Although only actually one structure, Hanging Bridge crosses the boundary between Salford and Manchester; therefore it appears under both tables.^[48]

^D Nico Ditch is a linear earthwork which runs for about 6 miles (9.7 km) generally east to west. It forms part of the Manchester–Tameside border and the Manchester–Stockport border. It passes through Tameside and Manchester and extends into Trafford as far as Stretford. It only counts as one monument.^[30]

[edit] See also

• Architecture of Manchester
• Castles in Greater Manchester
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester
• Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
• List of tallest buildings in Manchester

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography