Historic England
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Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with protecting the historic environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings, scheduling ancient monuments, registering historic parks and gardens and by advising central and local government.
Historic England's Swindon office, home to its Archives
Historic England's former London office at Holborn Bars
Scheduled monument
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In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
Cranmore Castle in Devon is an Iron Age earthwork. Like many scheduled monuments, it blends into the landscape, and may not be evident even to those crossing over it.
Loughbrickland Crannog is a late Bronze Age human-made island.
Rosslyn Chapel is an intact church, though only the unused sections are protected by scheduling
With a moat, this is the only scrap of masonry that remains of Sleaford Castle.