Errors and Corrections
While we welcome your input to help make this website better for users, bear in mind that most of our underlying data comes from other sources. This means that there are some errors that cannot be corrected here, you will need to get it changed at the underlying source:
Spelling mistakes, typos and other errors in the statutory schedule text for any monument (that's the monument name, plus the text credited to the relevent national heritage body). This information comes from the original records kept by Historic England, Historic Environment Scotland and Cadw, and is what was recorded at the time that the monument was placed on the register.
Incorrect geographic coordinates. These are taken from the official spatial datasets published by the heritage authorities, so any errors are their responsibility.
Errors in the Published Listing Data
Historic England has a system in place for dealing with minor amendments, such as spelling mistakes in the text and incorrect geographic coordinates. You can find out more about that at their Minor Amendments page.
Cadw and Historic Environment Scotland do not have a formal process for minor amendments, but you can contact them via their websites:
Errors in the Maps
This site uses a variety of different mapping providers, and any errors in their maps are their own responsibility.
Google Maps has a "suggest an edit" facility that you can use to submit suggested corrections. You can find out more about that on their website.
Open Streetmap is an open source map that you can edit directly if you sign up for an account. Just click on the "Edit" link at the top of the page.
User-Contributed Comments
If you feel that a comment is inappropriate, use the "flag this comment" link on the comment itself. This will then be reviewed by a site moderator, and action will be taken accordingly.
Photographs: Copyright, Misattribution and Infringement of Privacy Guidelines
This site allows users to upload their own photographs of scheduled. We are not in a position to check each submitted photo to ensure that it is actually of the monument it purports to be, or that the submitter has the authority to publish it on this site. So it is possible that photographs may be displayed which are either incorrectly described or in breach of the creator's copyright. We welcome corrections of either of these, but would ask that you follow these simple guidelines when doing so:
Incorrectly described or misattributed photographs. If a photo is incorractly attributed or misdescribed, please flag it for moderator attention.
Photographs which breach our listing guidelines. Our guidelines stipulate that all photos must either have been taken from a public place or with the permission of the occupants of the property on which the monument is located. We also require that, unless permission has been given, photos do not include recognisable individuals or images of private areas such as the interior of residential buildings. If you see a photo which breaches these guidelines, then please flag it for moderator attention.
The fastest way to notify us of inaccurate or inappropriate photographs is by using the "Image is wrong/inappropriate" link on the photo page:
Notifications sent via email may not receive immediate attention, and will not be responded to.
Infringement of Copyright. If you are the rights holder, or the appointed agent of a the rights holder, of a photo that has been submitted to this site without permission then please provide the following information:
- The full URL of the page where the image is displayed
- A description of the image sufficient to unambiguously identify it, or the full URL of the image itself (this can be obtained by right-clicking on the image and selecting "show image in a new tab" on most modern browsers)
- Full contact details of the rights holder (including postal address and email)
- If you are acting as an agent for the rights holder, your own full contact details
- A statement that you are the rights holder, or are acting on the authorisation of the rights holder, and that you have good faith belief that the photograph identified above is being displayed without authorisation.
Note to US-based rightsholders and agents: AncientMonuments.uk is owned by a UK-based company and hosted in the UK, and hence the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is not applicable. The relevent legislation is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, and we would recommend that you take some time to study that if you are not already familiar with it. However, for the sake of convenience, we will accept infringement notifications which would be acceptable under the DMCA.
Copyright infringement notices should be sent to copyright {at} ancientmonuments.uk.