Scheduled monuments in Lancashire

This is a list of Scheduled Monuments in the English county of Lancashire.

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] 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. There are about 20,000 Scheduled Monument entries on the list, which is maintained by English Heritage; more than one site can be included in a single entry.

While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, English Heritage considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be descheduled.[2]

Lancashire has over 130 Scheduled Monuments including burial mounds, Roman remains, medieval sites, mining relics, castles and various bridges.[3]

Image	Name	Feature	Location	Notes
	Ashnott lead mine and lime kiln	Mining	Newton In Bowland, Ribble Valley	Lead mining site since at least the 1500s. Earthwork and buried remains of the surface workings and mine shafts. Site is at Ashnott Farm, Slaidburn Road
	Askew Heights prehistoric enclosure	Enclosure	Quernmore, Lancaster	Univallate (single-walled) defended enclosure (c.70m across) with a track in a deep cutting. Located on a hilltop overlooking the River Lune valley.
	Badger Hole, Warton Crag		Warton, Lancaster
	Bailey Hall and chantry of St John the Baptist	Moated site	Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, Ribble Valley	Remains of late C16th Bailey Hall's moated site with fishponds and the ruins of the early C14th Chantry of St John the Baptist.
	Beadle Hill Romano-British farmstead	Settlement	Briercliffe, Burnley	An earth and stone rampart and ditch around a hilltop farmstead enclosure about 75m square.
Carters big kiln North tunnel	Bellmanpark lime kilns and tramway	Kilns	Clitheroe, Ribble Valley	Remains of lime kilns and associated short tramway. James Carter and William Rowe opened the limeworks in c.1869. The row of lime kilns were built in 1877 next to the Chatburn to Blackburn railway line. 180m NW of Bellman Farm
	Bleara Lowe round cairn	Cairn	Lothersdale, Craven, North Yorkshire
Bleasdale Circle	Bleasdale Circle	Henge	Bleasdale, Wyre	On a flat hilltop between the tributary streams of the River Brock. A grave and cremation urns were found in the central mound, around which 11 oak posts formed a ring c.11m across. The Bronze Age urnfield is enclosed by a ditch and a palisaded timber ring c.50m in diameter.
	Boar's Den bowl barrow	Burial mound	Wrightington, West Lancashire
	Bomber Camp Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure	Settlement	Bracewell and Brogden, Pendle	C4th farmstead within an enclosure c.70m square, surrounded by a ditch with innner and outer banks.
	2 Bowl barrows at Aighton	Burial mound	Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, Ribble Valley	170m NW and 250m North of Hacking Boat House
	2 Bowl barrows at Briercliffe	Burial mound	Briercliffe, Burnley	140m and 155m East of Beadle Hill
	Bowl barrow at Briercliffe	Burial mound	Briercliffe, Burnley	90m East of Twist Castle
	Bowl barrow east of Brown Hills Beck	Burial mound	Gisburn Forest, Ribble Valley
	Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture	Burial mound	Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood, Burnley
	Bowl barrow west of Brown Hills Beck	Burial mound	Easington, Ribble Valley
	Bradley Hall	Moated site	Eccleston, Chorley	Moated site with fishponds connected by water channels. Moated sites were typically built between 1250-1350.
	Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds	Moated site	Heath Charnock, Chorley
Packhorse bridge at Brooks Farm, Bleasdale	Brooks Farm packhorse bridge	Bridge	Bleasdale, Wyre
Burscough Priory Ruins	Burscough Priory	Building	West Lancashire	Burscough Priory was established in c.1190AD by Robert Fitz Henry (Lord of Lathom and Knowsley). The Augustinian priory was dedicated to St Nicholas. The building was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries between 1536 and 1541.
	Burwains Camp prehistoric defended settlement	Settlement	Briercliffe, Burnley	Circular hilltop enclosure c.45m across, surrounded by a ditch and a bank. West of Broad Bank Hill in Thursden Valley.
	Camp House moated site, moated outwork and connecting channels	Moated site	Hornby-with-Farleton, Lancaster
	Castercliff small multivallate hillfort	Fort	Nelson, Pendle
	Castle Haugh Ringwork, Newsholme	Castle	Newsholme, Ribble Valley
	Castle Hill motte	Castle	Penwortham, South Ribble
	Castle Hill motte and bailey, Halton	Castle	Halton-with-Aughton, Lancaster
	Castle Hill motte, Dolphinholme	Castle	Ellel, Lancaster
	Castle Hill prehistoric defended enclosure	Castle	Leck, Lancaster
	Castle Mound motte and bailey, Melling	Castle	Melling-with-Wrayton, Lancaster
Entrance to the motte and bailey castle	Castle Stede motte and bailey, Hornby	Castle	Hornby-with-Farleton, Lancaster
	Chapel Hill Motte, Arkholme	Castle	Arkholme-with-Cawood, Lancaster
	Chingle Hall moated site	Moated site	Whittingham, Preston
	Claughton hlaew in Sandhole Wood	Burial mound	Claughton, Wyre
Clintsfield Colliery Engine House	Clintsfield Colliery	Mining	Tatham, Lancaster	Colliery dating back to c.1800, South of the River Wenning. The structures of the steam engine house, boiler house and chimney are still standing. There are also three reservoirs with dams. 250m East of Clintsfield Farm
Clitheroe Castle Keep	Clitheroe Castle	Castle	Clitheroe, Ribble Valley	Early medieval castle in Clitheroe, probably built in the twelfth century. Property of the de Lacy family. The castle site remained in private ownership until 1920. The keep is the second smallest surviving stone-built keep in England.
Remains of Cockersand Abbey	Cockersand Abbey	Building	Thurnham, Lancaster	The remains of Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey, founded in 1190. All that remains is the restored Chapter House and some ruined masonry.
	Cromwell's Mound Civil War fieldwork	Military	Preston
	Cross Hall moated site	Moated site	Ormskirk	Earthworks and buried remains of Cross Hall moated site. Cross Hall was a residence of the Stanley family.
Yarrow Bridge at Croston	Croston Town Bridge	Bridge	Croston, Chorley	Yarrow Bridge crosses the River Yarrow in Chorley. The bridge carries the A6 road over the river and has existed since the late 17th century.
	Dog Holes Cave	Cave	Warton, Lancaster
	Dovecote at Great Eccleston	Building	Great Eccleston, Wyre	150m NE of Gradwells
	Downham lime kiln and associated lime yard	Kilns	Downham, Ribble Valley	50m North of Smithfield Farm
Edisford Bridge over the River Ribble	Edisford (or Eadsford) Bridge	Bridge	Clitheroe, Ribble Valley	The original sandstone bridge, built in 1339, was the only bridge over the River Ribble to the North of Preston until the 1600s. It was widened in the 1800s but retains its main medieval structure.[4]
	Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood	Earthwork	Lathom, West Lancashire
Market Cross at Garstang	Garstang market cross	Cross	Garstang
	Glass melting and annealing workshop	Building	Lancaster	Part of Shrigley and Hunt's stained glass manufacturing workshops
Glasson Dock	Glasson Dock	Dockyard	Thurnham, Lancaster	Due to the difficulty of navigation up the River Lune to the docks in Lancaster, the port commission decided to build a dock at Glasson, which opened in 1787.
Greenhalgh Castle Ruins	Greenhalgh Castle	Castle	Barnacre-with-Bonds, Wyre	Site of Greenhalgh manor house with farming terraces SE of the castle.
	Halsall medieval rectory	Building	Halsall, West Lancashire	A medieval C14th or C15th priest's house (also known as Halsall Abbey or Halsall Priory) near St Cuthbert's Church. Remains of standing sandstone walls.
	Hameldon Hill World War II bombing decoy	Military	Dunnockshaw, Burnley	390m North of Heights Farm
Hanging Stone	Hanging Stone or Watersheddles Cross	Cross	Laneshaw Bridge, Pendle	Medieval boundary stone near Scar Top on the moorland border between Lancashire and Yorkshire. Records from 1327-77 show that `Waterschedles crosse' was used to mark the boundary between the diocese of York and the diocese of Lichfield.[5] NE of Watersheddles Reservoir
Site of Hapton Castle	Hapton Castle	Castle	Hapton, Burnley	Buried remains of medieval castle dating back to 1328. The Lords of Hapton lived here until Hapton Tower was built in 1510. The castle was still in use until 1667. By 1725 it was in ruins and little was left of the structure by 1800. Immediately East of Castle Clough gorge.
	Headless Cross, Grimeford	Cross	Anderton, Chorley
Saxon Cross	High cross in St Peter's churchyard, Heysham	Cross	Lancaster
Halton Viking Cross	High cross in St Wilfrid's churchyard, Halton	Cross	Halton-with-Aughton, Lancaster
Higher Mill and Chimney	Higher Mill, Helmshore	Building	Rossendale
Higherford Old Bridge, Barrowford	Higherford Old Bridge	Bridge	Barrowford, Pendle	Also known as Packhorse Bridge, spans over 12m across Pendle Water. Built around the end of C16th or early C17th for carrying coal by packhorses from the Gisburn area.
Bridge over the River Wenning at Hornby	Hornby Bridge	Bridge	Hornby-with-Farleton, Lancaster
	Ice house at Towneley Hall	Building	Burnley	Located at Towneley Park
Site of Ightenhill Manor House	Ightenhill Manor	Building	Ightenhill, Burnley
	Ingrave Farm moated site, moated site	Moated site	Eccleston, Chorley
	Length of Roman road N of Bateson's Farm	Road	Bowland Forest Low, Ribble Valley	100m West of Ingrave Farm and connecting channel, Eccleston
	Little Painley bowl barrow	Burial mound	Horton, Ribble Valley
Loyn Bridge over the River Lune	Loyn Bridge	Bridge	Gressingham, Lancaster	The sandstone bridge (built in the 1600s) over the River Lune carries a minor road between Gressingham and Hornby villages.
	Moated site at Bolton-by-Bowland	Moated site	Bolton-by-Bowland, Ribble Valley	50m NE of Holden Green Farm
	Moated site and fishponds	Moated site	Priest Hutton, Lancaster	East of Upper Hall Farm
	Moated site and two fishponds	Moated site	Much Hoole, South Ribble	South of Manor House Farm
	Moated site at Bickerstaffe Hall	Moated site	Bickerstaffe, West Lancashire
	Moated site of Clayton Hall, adjacent fishponds and channels	Moated site	Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley
	Moated site of Scarisbrick Hall	Moated site	Scarisbrick, West Lancashire
	Northern part of Rimington lead mines	Mining	Rimington, Ribble Valley	Part of a medieval open field system and three limestone clamp kilns 120m SE of Hollins
Oakmount Mill, Wiseman Street	Oakmount Mill engine and engine house	Building	Burnley	Wiseman Street
Lower Hodder Bridge	Old Lower Hodder Bridge	Bridge	Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, Ribble Valley	Sandstone bridge over the River Hodder, built in 1562.
	Part of a Roman fort and a Benedictine priory on Castle Hill	Fort	Lancaster	And its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery
Paythorne Bridge over the River Ribble	Paythorne Bridge	Bridge	Newsholme, Ribble Valley	The Pennine Bridleway National Trail and Ribble Way cross the River Ribble over the Paythorne Bridge.
Penwortham Bridge over the River Ribble	Penwortham Old Bridge	Bridge	Preston	Built in 1759 to carry the traffic from Preston to Leyland, Liverpool and Southport.
	Pike Low bowl barrow and site of beacon, Bonfire Hill	Burial mound	Briercliffe, Burnley
	Pike Stones chambered long cairn	Cairn	Anglezarke, Chorley
	Portfield hillfort	Fort	Whalley, Ribble Valley
	Prehistoric defended enclosure and six adjacent hut circles at Tatham Park	Enclosure	Tatham, Lancaster
	Prehistoric, Romano-British, medieval and early post-medieval settlements	Settlement	Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancaster	Including prehistoric hut circles, burial cairns (late Neolithic/early Bronze Age), field systems and a medieval deer park at High Park. Located around Eller Beck in the Lune valley, either side of the Lancashire and Cumbria border. East of Bindloss Farm.
Coke ovens at Aspen Valley Colliery, Oswaldtwistle	Remains of Aspen Colliery	Mining	Hyndburn	And associated beehive coking ovens and canal basin
Ribchester Roman Bath Buildings	Ribchester Roman fort (Bremetennacum)	Fort	Ribchester, Ribble Valley
	Ring cairn at Briercliffe	Cairn	Briercliffe, Burnley	25m East of Ell Clough
	Ring cairn on Slipper Hill	Cairn	Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood, Burnley
	Roman fort and civil settlement, Over Burrow	Fort	Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancaster
	Roman kilns	Kilns	Quernmore, Lancaster	20m NE of Fairyhill Cottage
	Roman milestone	Milestone	Leck, Lancaster	150m SE of Overtown Farm
	Roman settlement and industrial area at Winery Lane	Settlement	South Ribble
	Roman signal station on Mellor Moor	Building	Mellor, Ribble Valley
	Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement	Settlement	Leck, Lancaster	375m ENE of Collingholme
	Round cairn at Borwick	Cairn	Borwick, Lancaster	230m East of Manor Farm
	Round cairn at Earby	Cairn	Earby, Pendle	230m West of Bleara Lowe
	Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture	Cairn	Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood, Burnley
	Round cairn on Noon Hill	Cairn	Rivington, Chorley
	Round cairn on Parlick Pike	Cairn	Chipping, Ribble Valley
	Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill	Cairn	Yealand Conyers, Lancaster
	Round cairn on Thornley Hall Fell	Cairn	Thornley-with-Wheatley, Ribble Valley	430m East of Meg Hall
	Round cairn on Winter Hill	Cairn	Rivington, Chorley
	Round Loaf bowl barrow on Anglezarke Moor	Burial mound	Anglezarke, Chorley
	Rufford moated site	Moated site	Rufford, West Lancashire
	Saucer barrow	Burial mound	Briercliffe, Burnley	90m East of Ell Clough
Sawley Abbey Ruins	Sawley Abbey	Building	Sawley, Ribble Valley	Cistercian abbey and associated earthworks
	Scarisbrick Park holy well	Well	Scarisbrick, West Lancashire
Scarisbrick Wayside Cross	Scarisbrick Park wayside cross	Cross	Scarisbrick, West Lancashire
	Sellet Bank prehistoric defended enclosure	Enclosure	Whittington, Lancaster
	Site of Newsholme Old Hall	Building	Newsholme, Ribble Valley	Mentioned in the Domesday Book. The site now has shallow ditches around a level earth area with the hall's foundations.[6]
Skerton Bridge over the River Lune in Lancaster	Skerton Bridge	Bridge	Lancaster	The bridge was completed in September 1787. It carries the Southbound lanes of the A6 road.
	Small stone circle on Delf Hill	Henge	Briercliffe, Burnley
	Spigot mortar (Blacker Bombard) position	Military	Hapton, Burnley	Anti-tank gun mounting
St. Patrick's Chapel, Heysham	St Patrick's early Christian chapel and associated cemetery	Building	Lower Heysham, Lancaster
	Stock medieval settlement	Settlement	Bracewell and Brogden, Pendle	And part of its associated medieval open field system
	Stone circle on Summerhouse Hill	Henge	Yealand Conyers, Lancaster
Thieveley Lead Mine, Cliviger	Thieveley lead mine	Mining	Cliviger, Burnley	330m SW and 910m WSW of Buckleys
Saxon cross in the churchyard of St. Mary and All Saints at Whalley	Three high crosses in St Mary's churchyard	Cross	Whalley, Ribble Valley
	Torrisholme bowl barrow	Burial mound	Morecambe, Lancaster
	Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead	Castle	Briercliffe, Burnley
Large disused roadside limekiln at Twiston	Twiston lime kiln and associated tramway	Kilns	Twiston, Ribble Valley	250m East of Twiston Mill
	Two Romano-British farmsteads known as Ring Stones	Settlement	Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood, Burnley
	Univallate prehistoric defended enclosure, hollow way and secondary enclosure	Enclosure	Claughton, Lancaster	250m North of Claughton Hall
The Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland	Up Holland Benedictine priory	Building	Up Holland, West Lancashire	The remaining standing ruins of the priory are on the South side of the present Church of St Thomas the Martyr at Up Holland, which served as the priory's church in the Middle Ages. A religious college existed on the site before the priory was built.
	Warren at Everage Clough		Habergham Eaves, Burnley	A medieval rabbit-breeding warren in Copy Wood. 450m NE of New Copy Farm
Warton Crag Quarry	Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort	Fort	Warton, Lancaster	Iron Age hillfort
The Old Rectory at Warton	Warton Old Rectory	Building	Warton, Lancaster	The ruins of a 14C stone house that was the residence and courthouse of the rectors of Warton.
	Whalley Bridge	Bridge	Billington and Langho, Ribble Valley	Whalley Bridge spans the River Calder and is first mentioned in 1317. In 1634 an order to rebuild the bridge was made. A major overhaul was completed in 1917 when the traditional pointed cutwaters were replaced with rounded ones.[7]
Whalley Abbey near Billington	Whalley Cistercian abbey	Building	Whalley, Ribble Valley
	Whittington motte and bailey castle	Castle	Whittington, Lancaster	One of several similar Norman fortifications along the River Lune valley
Clapper Bridge Over Wycoller Beck	Wycoller Bank House Bridge	Bridge	Trawden Forest, Pendle	Also called the Clam Bridge. Formed from a single span slab of millstone grit. Probably dates from the 15th or 16th century.[8]
Wycoller Hall Ruins	Wycoller Hall	Building	Trawden Forest, Pendle	Wycoller Hall dates back to the end of the 16th century. The Cunliffe family settled at the estate in the 1720s.
Hall Bridge over Wycoller Beck	Wycoller Hall Bridge	Bridge	Trawden Forest, Pendle	Also known as Druids’ Bridge or Weavers’ Bridge. Basic Clapper bridge structure of three big gritstone slabs supported by two upright stones, from the 16th-17th century.[8]
Packhorse Bridge over Wycoller Beck	Wycoller packhorse bridge	Bridge	Trawden Forest, Pendle	Medieval arched bridge from C13th to C15th. Also known as Sally's Bridge (named after a member of the Cunliffe family who lived in Wycoller Hall in C18th).[8]