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Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Historic County of Durham

  1. 'The Castles' (camp)
    South Bedburn
  2. A Roman period native settlement, prehistoric carved rock and an iron smelting site on Knott Hill, 7
    Marwood
  3. Aldin Grange (or Bearpark) Bridge
    Bearpark
  4. Anglo-Saxon cross in St John the Baptist's churchyard
    Neasham
  5. Archdeacon Newton moated site, deserted manorial settlement and section of rig and furrow
    Archdeacon Newton
  6. Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote Photos
    Barnard Castle
  7. Binchester Roman fort (Vinovia)
    Coundon Ward
  8. Bobgins engine house 250m south west of New House, Causey
    Stanley
  9. Bowes Railway Photos
    Washington West Ward
  10. Bradley Hall fortified house and underground passages, moated site, pillow mound and fishponds
    Wolsingham
  11. Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works Photos
    Stanhope
  12. Burnt mound at Knott Well 370m north east of Stotley Grange
    Middleton in Teesdale
  13. Burnt mound between Knottwell Sike and Bell Sike, 420m north east of Stotley Grange
    Middleton in Teesdale
  14. Cairnfield on Crawley Edge, 500m north west of Hill Crest
    Stanhope
  15. Cambokeels medieval site
    Stanhope
  16. Camp at High Northgate
    Stanhope
  17. Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
    Langleydale and Shotton
  18. Carved rocks in Stobgreen Plantation
    Eggleston
  19. Castle Steads camp
    Cornsay
  20. Causey Arch, Tanfield
    Stanley
  21. Chapel of St Mary Magdalene
    Elvet and Gilesgate Ward
  22. Chester New Bridge
    Bournmoor
  23. Claxton medieval moated site
    Greatham
  24. Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill
    Dunston Hill and Whickham East Ward
  25. Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
    West Rainton
  26. Coatham Mundeville medieval village, fishpond and areas of rig and furrow
    Coatham Mundeville
  27. Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm
    Cornsay
  28. Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes Photos
    Newbiggin
  29. Collierley Chapel
    Burnopfield and Dipton Ward
  30. Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
    Washington West Ward
  31. Concangium Roman fort Photos
    Chester-le-Street East Ward
  32. Coniscliffe Road waterworks Photos
    Hummersknott Ward
  33. Coxhoe medieval settlement, 170m south west of East House Farm
    Kelloe
  34. Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base Photos
    Croxdale and Hett
  35. Cup marked rocks and cairnfield at Bracken Heads, 380m north east of Folly Head
    Eggleston
  36. Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworks
    Seaham
  37. Deer shelter in Auckland Castle deer park Photos
    Bishop Auckland
  38. Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
    Barnes Ward
  39. Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
    Leadgate and Medomsley Ward
  40. Deserted medieval village and field system at Garmondsway
    Kelloe
  41. Deserted medieval village at Walworth
    Walworth
  42. Deserted medieval village of Ulnaby
    High Coniscliffe
  43. Deserted medieval village of West Hartburn, 100m north-east of Foster House
    Middleton St George
  44. Deserted medieval village, moated site, and early medieval timber building at Castle Eden, 200m sout
    Castle Eden
  45. Deserted village
    Mordon
  46. Ditched enclosure south of North View, Coalburns
    Crawcrook and Greenside Ward
  47. DUNSTON STAITHES Photos
    Dunston and Teams Ward
  48. Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station Photos
    Leadgate and Medomsley Ward
  49. Edmundbyers Cross, Muggleswick Common, 1460m west of Heather Lea
    Muggleswick
  50. Elvet Bridge Photos
    Elvet and Gilesgate Ward
  51. Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
    South Hetton
  52. Enclosure north west of Old Park House
    Stanhope
  53. Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell
    Cockfield
  54. Enclosures near Damhead Wood, Whickham
    Whickham North Ward
  55. Esh Cross 150m north of Esh Hall
    Esh
  56. Feldon Smelt Mill
    Muggleswick
  57. Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill
    Framwellgate Moor
  58. First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Groun
    Southwick Ward
  59. Fishpond, enclosures and section of field system 165m north west of Elwick Hall
    Elwick
  60. Fishponds 70m north of St Mary Magdalene's Church
    Hart
  61. Framwellgate Bridge Photos
    Elvet and Gilesgate Ward
  62. Friarside Chapel
    Burnopfield and Dipton Ward
  63. Gibside Hall, 17th to 19th century country house Photos
    Whickham South and Sunniside Ward
  64. Grange and Chapel, Bear Park
    Bearpark
  65. Great house 50m west of St Mary Magdalene's Church
    Hart
  66. Green Hurth lead mine and ore works
    Forest and Frith
  67. Harbour House Chapel
    Kimblesworth and Plawsworth
  68. Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside
    Wolsingham
  69. Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
    St Chad's Ward
  70. Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
    Haswell
  71. Hedleyhill Colliery coke works, 500m south west of Hazlet House
    Hedleyhope
  72. Heugh coastal artillery battery immediately north west of Heugh Lighthouse
    Headland
  73. High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
    Haswell
  74. Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associat Photos
    Castle Ward
  75. Iron Age cemetery, early medieval enclosure and medieval farmstead with a long boundary, Middle Hurt
    Forest and Frith
  76. Kepier Hospital
    Belmont
  77. Ketton Bridge Photos
    Brafferton
  78. Lady's Rake lead mine
    Forest and Frith
  79. Lanchester Roman fort (Longovicium)
    Lanchester
  80. Larberry Pastures settlement site
    Elton
  81. Lead mining remains at Ramshaw
    Hunstanworth
  82. Legs Cross
    Bolam
  83. Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
    Whitburn and Marsden Ward
  84. Low Throston deserted medieval village
    Jesmond Ward
  85. Ludworth Tower
    Shadforth
  86. Maiden Castle promontory fort
    Durham South Ward
  87. Maiden's Bower round cairn
    Neville's Cross Ward
  88. Manorial settlement, fishponds and field system, 200m south west of Layton House
    Sedgefield
  89. Market cross, 35m and 50m south of St Thomas' Church
    Stanhope
  90. Marsden lime kilns
    Whitburn and Marsden Ward
  91. Medieval farmstead 390m south of Lodge Sike Farm
    Middleton in Teesdale
  92. Medieval farmstead and irregular open field system at High Burntoft Farm
    Elwick
  93. Medieval farmstead at High Knott, 380m west of West Force Garth
    Forest and Frith
  94. Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north w
    Eggleston
  95. Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House
    Neasham
  96. Medieval settlement
    Wolsingham
  97. Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
    Wheatley Hill
  98. Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works
    Stanhope
  99. Middleham Castle Photos
    Bishop Middleham
  100. Middlehope Shield and Low Slit lead mines and ore works
    Stanhope
  101. Moated site at Low Butterby Farm
    Croxdale and Hett
  102. Monastic grange at Priory Farm
    Muggleswick
  103. Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
    St Peter's Ward
  104. Motte and bailey castle 400m south east of Bishopton Photos
    Bishopton
  105. Motte, 50m north of Holycross Church, Ryton Photos
    Ryton, Crookhill and Stella Ward
  106. Neville's Cross
    Neville's Cross Ward
  107. Newcastle Swing Bridge
    Westgate Ward
  108. Newsham deserted medieval village
    Newsham
  109. Newton Cap Bridge
    Bishop Auckland
  110. Old Hall
    Burnhope
  111. Old Hollinside fortified hall house, Whickham Photos
    Whickham South and Sunniside Ward
  112. Old Rookhope ore hearth lead smeltmill, 630m north west of Lintzgarth Plantation
    Stanhope
  113. Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
    Thornley
  114. Packhorse bridge Photos
    Headlam
  115. Park Level lead mine with ore works on Killhope Burn
    Stanhope
  116. Penny Hill camp
    Langleydale and Shotton
  117. Piercebridge Roman fort Photos
    Piercebridge
  118. Pike Law lead hushes and mines
    Newbiggin
  119. Pre-Conquest and post-Conquest church and graveyard and medieval and post-medieval manors at Sockbur
    Girsby
  120. Prebend's Bridge Photos
    Elvet and Gilesgate Ward
  121. Prehistoric defended settlement 500m north west of West Holme House
    Cotherstone
  122. Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
    Pittington
  123. Ravensworth quadrangular castle
    Lamesley
  124. Remains of Roman aqueduct
    Lanchester
  125. Roman fort, South Shields
    Beacon and Bents Ward
  126. Roman period native settlement at Calf Holm, immediately west of Dine Holm Scar
    Forest and Frith
  127. Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and cha
    Forest and Frith
  128. Romano-British hut circle and enclosing bank and ditch immediately east of High Force Quarry
    Forest and Frith
  129. Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm Photos
    Sandhill Ward
  130. Ryhope pumping engines Photos
    Ryhope Ward
  131. Ryton village cross 160m south east of church Photos
    Ryton, Crookhill and Stella Ward
  132. Settlement south west of Harbour House Farm
    Kimblesworth and Plawsworth
  133. Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring Photos
    Copt Hill Ward
  134. Sheraton medieval settlement and open field system
    Sheraton with Hulam
  135. Sherburnhouse Bridge
    Shincliffe
  136. Shrunken medieval village at Sadberge
    Sadberge
  137. Site of Ravensworth coalmill, 600m north east of Ravensworth Castle
    Lamesley
  138. Skerne Railway bridge, 320m south east of Darlington Railway Museum Photos
    North Road Ward
  139. Small multivallate hillfort and tower mill on Shackleton Beacon Hill
    Heighington
  140. Smotherlaw round barrow Photos
    High Coniscliffe
  141. St Botolph's Chapel, 280m north east of Frosterley Bridge
    Stanhope
  142. St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
    Bede Ward
  143. St Thomas a Becket's Church Photos
    Grindon
  144. Stanhope Bridge Photos
    Stanhope
  145. Stockton & Darlington Railway: Belts Gill embankment, lower part of the northern Etherley Incline
    Etherley
  146. Stockton & Darlington Railway: Brusselton Inclines
    Shildon
  147. Stockton & Darlington Railway: Etherley Inclines, summit and upper sections
    West Auckland Ward
  148. Stockton & Darlington Railway: lower section of the southern Etherley Incline
    West Auckland Ward
  149. Stockton & Darlington Railway: route alongside the River Gaunless
    West Auckland
  150. Stockton market cross immediately south of Town Hall
    Stockton Town Centre Ward
  151. Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system
    Summerhouse
  152. Sunderland Bridge, near Croxdale Photos
    Croxdale and Hett
  153. The Water Gate Photos
    Elvet and Gilesgate Ward
  154. Tower Hill motte castle, 370m north-east of Dinsdale Spa
    Middleton St George
  155. Tower house in the churchyard of St James's Church
    Hunstanworth
  156. Town Wall and Sandwell Gate
    Headland
  157. Two burnt mounds 350m north east of Stotley Grange
    Middleton in Teesdale
  158. Village of Jarrow
    Bede Ward
  159. Wardley moated site
    Wardley and Leam Lane Ward
  160. Washingwells Roman fort, Whickham
    Dunston Hill and Whickham East Ward
  161. Westgate Castle
    Stanhope
  162. Whinfield coking ovens, 850m south east of Low Spen Farm Photos
    Chopwell and Rowlands Gill Ward
  163. Winlaton Mill ironworks, south east of Winlaton Mill village Photos
    Winlaton and High Spen Ward
  164. World War II bombing decoy control shelter 600m south east of Great Burdon Farm Photos
    Great Burdon
  165. Yarm Bridge
    Yarm
  166. Yoden medieval settlement
    Peterlee

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