Social:Monument Class Description
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Because archaeological remains are seldom good subjects for rigorous classification, these monument classes are regarded as provisional. However, they provide a good basis for beginning to understand the variability of the archaeological record in England.
Prehistoric Monuments
Early Prehistoric Monuments
- Avenues (multi-period)
- Bank Barrows (multi-period)
- Bowl Barrows (multi-period)
- Causewayed Enclosures
- Concentric Stone Circles
- Cup and Ring Marked Stones (multi-period)
- Cursus
- D-Shaped Barrows
- Enclosed Cremation Cemeteries (multi-period)
- Entrance Graves (multi-period)
- Flint Mines
- Four Poster Stone Circles (multi-period)
- Henge Enclosures
- Henges
- Hengiform Monuments
- Inhumation Cemeteries (Prehistoric) (multi-period)
- Large Irregular Stone Circles (multi-period)
- Large Regular Stone Circles (multi-period)
- Long Barrows
- Long Mortuary Enclosures
- Long Mounds
- Monumental Mounds
- Oval Barrows
- Pit Circles
- Pond Barrows
- Round Barrow Cemeteries (multi-period)
- Simple Passage Graves
- Standing Stones (multi-period)
- Stone Alignments (multi-period)
- Stone Axe Factories (multi-period)
- Timber Circles
- Tor Cairns
Bronze Age
- Avenues (multi-period)
- Bank Barrows (multi-period)
- Bell Barrows
- Bowl Barrows (multi-period)
- Burnt Mounds
- Cairnfields
- Clothes Line Enclosures (multi-period)
- Coaxial Field Systems (multi-period) - see field systems
- Cross Dykes (multi-period)
- Cup and Ring Marked Stones (multi-period)
- Enclosed Cremation Cemeteries (multi-period)
- Entrance Graves (multi-period)
- Fancy Barrows
- Four Poster Stone Circles (multi-period)
- Hill Figures (multi-period)
- Hilltop Enclosures (multi-period)
- Inhumation Cemeteries (multi-period)
- Irregular Aggregate Field Systems (multi-period)
- Itford Hill Style Settlements
- Large Irregular Stone Circles (multi-period)
- Large Regular Stone Circles (multi-period)
- Linear Earthworks (multi-period)
- Martin Down Style Enclosures
- Multiple Enclosure Forts (multi-period)
- Rams Hill Style Enclosures
- Regular Aggregate Field Systems (multi-period)
- Ring Cairns
- Round Barrow Cemeteries (multi-period)
- Springfield Style Enclosures (multi-period)
- Standing Stones (multi-period)
- Stone Alignments (multi-period)
- Stone Circles---Small
- Stone Hut Circles
- Unenclosed Bronze Age Urnfields
Iron Age
- Banjo Enclosures
- Cliff Castles
- Clothes Line Enclosures (multi-period)
- Coaxial Field Systems (multi-period) - see field systems
- Cross Dykes (multi-period)
- Enclosed Oppida
- Gussage Style Settlements
- Hill Figures (multi-period)
- Hilltop Enclosures (multi-period)
- Inhumation Cemeteries (multi-period)
- Irregular Aggregate Field Systems (multi-period)
- Irregular Open Field Systems (multi-period)
- Large Multivallate Hillforts
- Large Univallate Hillforts
- Later Prehistoric Ports
- Linear Earthworks (multi-period)
- Multiple Ditch Systems
- Multiple Enclosure Forts (multi-period)
- Regular Aggregate Field Systems (multi-period)
- Romano-Celtic Temples (multi-period)
- Rounds (multi-period)
- Springfield Style Enclosures (multi-period)
- Standing Stones (multi-period)
- Slight Univallate Hillforts
- Small Multivallate Hillforts
- Square Barrows
- Unenclosed iron Age Urnfields
- Viereckschanzen (multi-period)
- Wooton Hill Style Enclosures
Roman Monuments
- Aggregate Villages (Romano-British)
- Amphitheatres (Romano-British)
- Basilican Temples (Romano-British)
- Bridges (Romano-British)
- Canals (Romano-British)
- Cemeteries (Romano-British)
- Classical Temples
- Courtyard Houses
- Cross Dykes (multi-period)
- Curtain Frontier Works (Romano-British)
- Extraction Pits
- Farmsteads (Romano-British)
- Fort-Vici (Romano-British)
- Harbours (Romano-British)
- Ironworks
- Irregular Aggregate Field Systems (multi-period)
- Irregular Enclosed Field Systems (multi-period)
- Irregular Open Field Systems (multi-period)
- Major Villas
- Mausolea (Romano-British)
- Mines
- Pharoi
- Potteries
- Quarries (Romano-British)
- Regular Aggregate Field Systems
- Roads (Romano-British)
- Romano-Celtic Temples (multi-period)
- Roman Fishponds
- Roman Fortlets
- Roman Fortresses
- Roman Forts
- Rounds (multi-period)
- Romano-British Lime Kilns
- Romano-British Mansiones
- Romano-British Salterns
- Saxon Shore Forts
- Signal Stations
- Vineyards (multi-period)
- Viereckschanzen (multi-period)
- Watermills (Romano-British)
Early Medieval Monuments
- Animal Pounds
- Aristocratic Residences (Saxon)
- Barrow Fields
- Coaxial Field Systems (multi-period) - see field systems
- Colleges (multi-period)
- Cremation Cemeteries (Anglo-Saxon)
- Cross Dykes (multi-period)
- Double Houses (Pre-Conquest)
- Gate Bridge and Causeway Chapels (multi-period)
- Hermitages (multi-period)
- High Crosses
- Hlaews
- Inhumation Cemeteries (Anglo-Saxon)
- Irregular Enclosed Field Systems (multi-period)
- Irregular Open Field Systems (multi-period)
- Monastic Granges (multi-period)
- Moots (multi-period)
- Nuneries (multi-period)
- Palaces (Anglo-Saxon)
- Parish Churches (multi-period)
- Shrines (Post-Roman) (multi-period)
- Vineyards (multi-period)
Medieval Monuments
- Almshouses (multi-period)
- Aqueducts (Medieval)
- Archery Butts (multi-period)
- Artillery Castles (multi-period)
- Bastles (multi-period)
- Beacons (multi-period)
- Blockhouses (multi-period)
- Brickworks (Medieval)
- Camerae
- Chain Towers (multi-period)
- Charterhouses
- Clapper Bridges (multi-period)
- Cockpits (multi-period)
- Coastal Fish Weirs (multi-period)
- Colleges (multi-period)
- Cottages (multi-period)
- Coureries
- Cross Dykes (multi-period)
- Decoy Ponds (multi-period)
- Deerparks (multi-period)
- Double Houses (Post-Conquest)
- Dovecotes (multi-period)
- Earthen Artillery Defences (multi-period)
- Enclosure Castles
- Field Barns (multi-period)
- Field Works (multi-period)
- Fishponds (multi-period)
- Friaries
- Frontier Works
- Glassworks
- Hermitages (multi-period)
- Hospitals (multi-period)
- Ironworks
- Irregular Enclosed Field Systems (multi-period)
- Limekilns
- Magnates Residences
- Moats
- Motte and Bailey Castles
- Motte Castles
- Monasteries- male (Post-Conquest)
- Monastic Granges (multi-period)
- Moots (multi-period)
- Multi-Span Bridges
- Nuneries (multi-period)
- Potteries (Medieval)
- Parish Churches (multi-period)
- Quadrangular Castles
- Regular Enclosed Field Systems (multi-period)
- Regular Open Field Systems
- Ringworks
- River Fisheries (multi-period)
- Roads
- Secular Cathedrals
- Shell Keeps
- Shielings
- Single Span Bridges
- Stockaded Enclosures
- Shrines (Post-Roman) (multi-period)
- Tower Keep Castles (multi-period)
- Trackways
- Vills
- Vineyards (multi-period)
- Warrens
- Water Meadows
- Watermills
- Woods (multi-period)
Post Medieval Monuments
- Almshouses (multi-period)
- Animal Pounds
- Archery Butts (multi-period)
- Artillery Castles (multi-period)
- Bastles (multi-period)
- Beacons (multi-period)
- Blockhouses (multi-period)
- Cathedrals (Post-Reformation)
- Chain Towers (multi-period)
- Clapper Bridges (multi-period)
- Cockpits (multi-period)
- Coastal Fish Weirs (multi-period)
- Cottages (multi-period)
- Decoy Ponds (multi-period)
- Deerparks (multi-period)
- Dovecotes (multi-period)
- Earthen Artillery Defences (multi-period)
- Field Barns (multi-period)
- Field Works (multi-period)
- Fishponds (multi-period)
- Hospitals (multi-period)
- Ice Houses
- Irregular Enclosed Field Systems (multi-period)
- Martello Towers
- Mausolea
- Monastic Granges (multi-period)
- Non-Conformist Chapels
- Parish Churches (multi-period)
- Regular Enclosed Field Systems (multi-period)
- River Fisheries (multi-period)
- Tower Houses (multi-period)
- Tower Keep Castles (multi-period)
- Woods (multi-period)
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