There are ten scheduled monuments in Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

. These range from the Roman Jewry Wall

Jewry Wall

The Jewry Wall in Leicester, England is the substantial ruined wall of a public building of Roman Leicester .-Description of the wall:...

 and Raw Dykes

Raw Dykes

Raw Dykes is a Roman earthwork and scheduled monument in Leicester. The monument consists of two parallel banks up to 20 metres apart, with an excavated channel running between them...

 to the medieval Leicester Castle

Leicester Castle

Leicester Castle is located in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of the city centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south....

 and the early modern King William's Bridge. The list of scheduled monuments does not comprise all the historically-significant buildings in the city: there are also thirteen Grade I listed buildings in Leicester

Grade I listed buildings in Leicester

There are thirteen Grade I listed buildings in Leicester. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of...

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In the United Kingdom, a Scheduled Monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site

Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place in which evidence of past activity is preserved , and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.Beyond this, the definition and geographical extent of a 'site' can vary widely,...

 or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change. Scheduled Monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 or AMAAA was a law passed by the British government, the latest in a series of Ancient Monument Acts legislating to protect the archaeological heritage of Great Britain. Northern Ireland has its own legislation.Section 61 defines sites that...

 and the National Heritage Act 1983. They are also referred to as Scheduled Ancient Monuments. There are about 18,300 Scheduled Monument entries on the list, which is maintained by English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...

; 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.

List of Monuments

Name	Location	Comments	DateAll dates are derived from the Leicester Council website. Many of the monuments incorporate features from a variety of periods.	Grid reference British national grid reference system The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references used in Great Britain, different from using latitude and longitude....	SM number	References	Image
Aylestone Medieval Packhorse Bridge	Aylestone Aylestone Aylestone is a suburb of Leicester, England at . It is south-west of the city centre, but to the east of the River Soar.It was formerly a separate village, but the growth of the city has meant that it is now part of the urban area, largely surrounded by 20th century housing. However, the area...	Now 50m long, originally perhaps 200m	15th century?		SM00010
Beaumont Leys Medieval Earthworks	Castle Hill, Astill Lodge Road	Includes remains of preceptory, mounds, fishpond and dam	Medieval		SM17095
Belgrave Bridge	Thurcaston Road, Belgrave	Six-arched bridge still used for traffic	15th century?		SM00031
Birds Nest Site	Battersbee Road	Lodge surrounded by a moat	14th century		SM17027
The Hollow	Evington Evington Evington is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred around Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s...	Moated medieval manorial complex	Medieval		SM17026
Jewry Wall Jewry Wall The Jewry Wall in Leicester, England is the substantial ruined wall of a public building of Roman Leicester .-Description of the wall:...  and nearby remains	St Nicholas Circle	Roman remains, some of which are incorporated into St Nicholas' Church, Leicester	Roman Roman Empire The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean.... , Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...		SM17154
King William's Bridge	Sheepwash Lane, Anstey, Leicestershire Anstey, Leicestershire Anstey is a large semi-industrialised village in Leicestershire, England, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood. Its population was about 6,000 at the 2001 census although this is likely to have increased...	Two-arch packhorse bridge	17th century?		SM00195
Leicester Abbey Leicester Abbey Leicester Abbey, the Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis , standing about a mile north of the city of Leicester in the riverside meadows on the west bank of the River Soar, was built under the patronage of Robert le Bossu, Earl of Leicester. It was founded as a community of Augustinian Canons, the...	Abbey Park	Includes the Abbey Ruins, Abbot Penny's Wall, Cavendish House and Ornamental Gardens	From 12th century		SM17131
Leicester Castle Leicester Castle Leicester Castle is located in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of the city centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south....  and the Magazine Gateway Magazine Gateway The Magazine Gateway is a Grade I listed building in Leicester, built circa 1410 as a gate into the Newark and Leicester Castle.It acquired its present name during the English Civil War when it was used for the storage of munitions....	Castle Yard, Castle Park, The Newarke	Includes the Castle Mound, Turret Gateway, Great Hall, 'Dungeon'/John of Gaunt's cellar, and the Magazine Gateway	Medieval		SM17127
Raw Dykes	Aylestone Road	Purpose uncertain: possibly Roman Aqueduct	Roman Roman Empire The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....		SM30218

External links

• List of Scheduled Monuments in Leicester