HC Deb 16 October 1973 vol 861 c84W
Miss Quennell

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many monuments came under the care of his Department in the past year, 1972, and if he will list these, and their nature.

Mr. Channon

Eleven, as follows:—

  • Prehistoric burial ground, (1) Flower Down Barrows, Littleton, Hants;
  • Roman, (2) Hare Hill, Bustholme, Roman Wall, Cumberland, (3) Beadlam Roman Villa, Helmsley, Yorks;
  • Roman and Medieval, (4) Stone Chapel, Faversham, Kent;
  • Norman, (5) Lydford Fort, Devon, (6) Norman Tower, Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk;
  • Late Medieval, (7) Milton Chantry Fort Gardens, Gravesend, Kent, (8) 14th century North-West Gateway, Whalley Abbey, Lanes, (9) 15th century College Building, Tattershall, Lines;
  • Deserted Medieval Villages, (10) Manaton Deserted Medieval Village, Devon, (II) Church yard, Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village, Yorks.

These ancient monuments are all in England. My hon. Friend will be aware that ancient monuments in Scotland and Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for those two countries.