Scheduled monuments in Buckinghamshire
List of protected ancient monuments in Buckinghamshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are 121 scheduled monuments in the county of Buckinghamshire, in England.[1] These protected sites date from the Neolithic period in some cases and include barrows, moated sites, ruined abbeys, Iron Age hillforts, a medieval hospital and a holy well.[2] In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites or historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.[3]