There are 588 scheduled monuments in the county of Lincolnshire, England. These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period, and include barrows, artillery forts, ruined abbeys, castles, and Iron Age hill forts. In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites and historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
Notable scheduled monuments in Lincolnshire Image Name Location DateNotes St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber 9th/10th century Anglo Saxon church, excavated in the 1970s and 1980s, was the focus of "the most extensive archaeological investigation ever undertaken of a British parish church".Warwick Rodwell, "Anglo Saxon Church Building: Aspects of Design and Construction", in The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England: Basic Readings, pp.196–225 Coates medieval settlement 11th century A deserted medieval village and moated site in the civil parish of Stow. Greyfriars, Lincoln 1230 AD The oldest surviving structure in England of the Franciscan order High Bridge, Lincoln mid-12 century The oldest surviving medieval bridge in England with buildings on it. Horncastle Roman walls late-3rd century Six elements of the defensive wall of a Roman castra in the town of Horncastle. Pinchbeck Engine 1833 Drainage pumping station, containing the last steam driven scoop wheel left in the fens. Closed in 1952. Ponton Heath Barrow Cemetery Bronze Age Six Bronze Age round barrows, south of Grantham. Stow Minster 1054 AD One of the oldest Anglo-Saxon parish churches in England. St Mary's Guildhall, Lincoln 12th centuryUsed as a guild hall from 1251-1547. St Martin's Church, Waithe 10th centuryAnglo-Saxon church. Burial ground contains historic medieval stone cross. Trinity Bridge, Crowland 14th centuryUnusual three-way stone bridge which previously spanned the River Welland.
See also Grade I listed buildings in Lincolnshire List of scheduled monuments in the United Kingdom
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