A scheduled monument in Scotland is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. The aim of scheduling is to preserve the country's most significant sites and monuments as far as possible in the form in which they have been inherited.
The process of scheduling is governed by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which aims "to make provision for the investigation, preservation and recording of matters of archaeological or historical interest". The term "scheduled monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites which have been deliberately constructed by human activity but are not always visible above ground. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars. Some buildings or structures which were both scheduled and listed have had their listing designations removed to reduce the duplication.
there were 8,238 scheduled monuments in Scotland.
Notable scheduled monuments in Argyll and Bute Name LocationDescription Ref NoImageTirefour BrochAchnacroishAncient round houseOronsay Priory and crossOronsayRuined Augustinian prioryLachlan CastleGarbhallt, Cowal peninsularRuined 15th-century castleDunollie CastleKilmore And Kilbride, near ObanSmall ruined castleGylen CastleKerrera16th-century tower houseCill Naoimh (Kilnave) Chapel and crossKilnave, IslayMedieval chapel and Early Christian crossAchadun CastleLismoreRuined 13th-century castle of the bishops of ArgyllCastle CoeffinLismoreRuined medieval castleCarrick CastleLochgoilhead14th-century tower houseTexa chapelTexaRuined chapelNave Island chapelNave IslandRuined chapel and burial groundDunaverty CastleSouthendTraces of Clan Macdonald castleRanachan Hill FortCampbeltownPrehistoric domestic and defensive fort Airds CastleCarradaleTraces of medieval castleSaddell AbbeySaddellRemains of a Cistercian abbeyBallymeanochKilmartin GlenGroup of standing stonesDunivaig CastleKildaltonRuined 12th-century castleAros CastleSalen, MullRemains of 13th-century hall-house and bailey Moy CastleTorosay, Isle of Mull15th-century towerhouseKilnaughton chapelKildaltonMedieval chapel of Kilnaughton and carved stonesFincharn CastleGlassaryRemains of a medieval hall houseKilmahew CastleCardrossRuined 16th-century castleDunoon CastleDunoonTraces of 13th-century castleRiasg BuidheColonsayRemains of a 19th-century fishing settlement Crinan Canal-Crinan to CairnbaanNorth KnapdaleShip canal designed by John Rennie, opened 1809Crinan Canal-Cairnbaan to ArdrishaigSouth KnapdaleShip Canal designed by John Rennie, opened 1809Rothesay CastleRothesay, ButeRemains of a castle, chapel and moatSkipness Castle and Kilbrannan ChapelSkipnessRemains of medieval Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan ChapelKildalton Church and High CrossKildaltonMedieval church and early Christian high crossSt Columba's Cave and ChapelKnapdaleNatural cave and 13th century chapelCastle SweenKnapdale12th century ruined castleDunstaffnage CastleKilmore and Kilbride, near ObanPartially ruined castleDunstaffnage Castle ChapelKilmore and Kilbride, near Oban Roofless medieval chapelInch Kenneth ChapelInchkennethRemains of a 13th-century parish church McLeans's CrossIona15th-century freestanding cross Kilchurn Castle, DalmallyLoch AweSubstantial remains of a late medieval castleKilmory Knap ChapelSouth KnapdaleMedieval chapel and carved stonesSt Blane's Church and monasteryKingarth, ButeSite of the early monastery of St BlaneIona NunneryIonaRuined Augustinian convent
See also List of Category A listed buildings in Argyll and Bute
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