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{{short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882{{efn|Section 1.}}
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act for the better protection of Ancient Monuments.
| year                  = 1882
| citation              = [[45 & 46 Vict.]] c. 73
| introduced_lords         = [[John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury]]
| territorial_extent    = [[United Kingdom]]
| royal_assent          = 18 August 1882
| commencement          = 18 August 1882{{efn|The [[Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793]].}}
| repeal_date           = 15 August 1913
| amendments            = {{ubli|[[Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1900]]|[[Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1910]]}}
| repealing_legislation = [[Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913]]
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = Repealed
| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/45-46/73/enacted
| use_new_UK-LEG        = no
}}
The '''Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882''' ([[45 & 46 Vict.]] c. 73) was an [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It was introduced by [[John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury]], recognising the need for a governmental administration on the protection of [[ancient monument]]s, and was finally passed after a number of failed attempts on heritage protection acts. The gradual change towards a state-based authority responsible for the safeguarding of the Kingdom's national heritage manifested itself through the appointment of the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments in 1882, [[Augustus Pitt Rivers|General Pitt Rivers]].<ref>{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox |first=Edward Burnett|last=Tylor}}</ref>

== Development of the legislation ==
According to Halfin, "Lubbock's Bill came at a time when England was among the last of the European nations to be completely without protective legislation for cultural property. Many of his ideas were borrowed from a long history of royal and aristocratic interest in preservation that was prevalent in Europe during the nineteenth century. In particular, Lubbock was strongly influenced by the [[Abbé Gregoire]], who had so successfully championed the cause of cultural preservation in France."<ref name="halfin">{{Cite journal| last=Halfin| first=Simon| date=1995| title=The Legal Protection of Cultural Property in Britain: Past, Present and Future| url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/232975629.pdf| journal=DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law| volume=6| issue=1| pages=| via=}}</ref>

The first introduction of the bill in 1873 was controversial because it envisioned the government being able to compulsorily purchase monuments on privately owned land if the owner decided to develop the land. By the Act's passage in 1882, these provisions had been removed from the bill.<ref name="halfin" />

==The schedule==
{{see also|Scheduled monument}}
The act contains a schedule of the initial 68 sites that were covered by the legislation. These are almost all pre-historic monuments, some of the most famous such sites in the country among them, alongside some that were felt to be at particular risk at the time.

===England and Wales===
There were 26 English sites listed in the schedule, in just 10 counties, including seven sites in [[Wiltshire]]. Welsh monuments were represented by one site in each of north, south and west Wales.<ref name="hunter">{{cite wikisource |last=Hunter |first=Robert |chapter=Appendix A |wslink=The Preservation of Places of Interest or Beauty |plaintitle=The Preservation of Places of Interest or Beauty |year=1907 |publisher=Manchester University Press}} (Includes the full text of the 1882 Act.)</ref>
{| class=" wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" border="1" 
|-
!scope="col" |Site name
!scope="col" |1882 description
!scope="col" |Site type
!scope="col" |Period 
!scope="col" |Location
|-
!scope="row"|[[Plas Newydd (Anglesey)#Scheduled_monuments|Plas Newydd Burial Chambers]]
|The tumulus and dolmen, Plas Newydd, Llandedwen, Anglesea.
|[[Chambered tomb]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|53.2038|-4.2179|name=Plas Newydd Burial Chambers|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Wayland's Smithy]]
|The tumulus known as Wayland Smith's Forge, Ashbury, Berkshire.
|[[Long barrow]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.5672|-1.5953|name=Wayland's Smithy|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Uffington Castle]]
|Uffington Castle, Uffington, Berkshire.
|[[Hillfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|51.5748|-1.5699|name=Uffington Castle|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Long Meg and Her Daughters]]
|The stone circle known as Long Meg and her Daughters, near Penrith, Addingham, Cumberland.
|[[Stone circle]]
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|54.7279|-2.6676|name=Long Meg and Her Daughters|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Castlerigg stone circle]]
|The stone circle on Castle Rigg, near Keswick, Crosthwaite, Cumberland.
|[[Stone circle]]
|Late [[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|54.6026|-3.0975|name=Castlerigg stone circle|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Burnmoor stone circles#Low_Longrigg_stone_circles|Low Longrigg stone circles]]
|The stone circles on Burn Moor, St. Bees, Cumberland.
|Five [[stone circle]]s
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|54.4112|-3.2757|name=Low Longrigg stone circles, Boot|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Nine Ladies]]
|The stone circle known as The Nine Ladies, Stanton Moor, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
|[[Stone circle]]
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|53.1681|-1.6289|name=Nine Ladies|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Arbor Low]]
|The tumulus known as Arborlow, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
|[[Henge]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|53.1689|-1.7617|name=Arbor Low|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Hob Hurst's House]]
|Hob Hurst's House and Hut, Baslow Moor. Bakewell, Derbyshire.
|[[Round barrow]]
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|53.2199|-1.5701|name=Hob Hurst's House|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Minninglow]]
|Minning Low, Brassington, Derbyshire.
|[[Round barrow]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|53.11245|-1.6888|name=Minninglow|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Cefn Bryn#Arthur's Stone|Arthur's Stone]]
|Arthur's Quoit, Gower, Llanridian, Glamorganshire.
|[[Chambered tomb]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.5936|-4.1794|name=Arthur's Stone|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Uley Long Barrow]]
|The tumulus at Uley, Gloucestershire.
|[[Long barrow]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.6986|-2.3058|name=Uley Long Barrow|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Kit's Coty House]]
|Kits Coty House, Aylesford, Kent.
|[[Long barrow]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.3199|0.5029|name=Kit's Coty House|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Hunsbury Hill]]
|Danes Camp, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire.
|[[Hillfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|52.2189|-0.9202|name=Hunsbury Hill|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|Castle Dykes Enclosure
|Castle Dykes, Farthingston, Northamptonshire.
|[[Hillfort]] [[Enclosure (archaeology)|enclosure]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] to [[Roman Britain|Roman]]
|{{coord|52.2019|-1.0980|name=Castle Dykes Enclosure|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Rollright Stones]]
|The Rollrich Stones, Little Rollright, Oxfordshire.
|[[Megalith]]s
|Neolithic and Bronze Age
|{{coord|51.9755|-1.5708|name=Rollright Stones|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Pentre Ifan]]
|The Pentre Evan Cromlech, Nevern, Pembrokeshire.
|[[Chambered tomb]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.9990|-4.7700|name=Pentre Ifan|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Stanton Drew stone circles]]
|The ancient stones at Stanton Drew, Somersetshire.
|Two [[stone circle]]s
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.3678|-2.5753|name=Stanton Drew stone circles|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Stoney Littleton Long Barrow]]
|The chambered tumulus at Stoney Littleton, Wellow, Somersetshire.
|[[Chambered tomb]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.3133|-2.3813|name=Stoney Littleton Long Barrow|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Cadbury Castle, Somerset|Cadbury Castle]]
|Cadbury Castle, South Cadbury, Somersetshire.
|[[Hillfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|51.0241|-2.5318|name=Cadbury Castle, Somerset|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Mayburgh Henge]]
|Mayborough, near Penrith, Barton, Westmoreland.
|[[Henge]]
|Neolithic or Bronze Age
|{{coord|54.6489|-2.7465|name=Mayburgh Henge|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[King Arthur's Round Table (henge)]]
|Arthur's Round Table, Penrith, Barton, Westmoreland.
|[[Henge]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|54.6483|-2.7403|name=King Arthur's Round Table (henge)|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Stonehenge]]
|The group of stones known as Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire.
|[[Henge]]
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|51.1788|-1.8262|name=Stonehenge|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Old Sarum]]
|Old Sarum, Wiltshire.
|[[Hillfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|51.0925|-1.8057|name=Old Sarum|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Avebury]]
|The vallum at Abury, the Sarcen stones within the same, those along the Kennet Road, and the group between Abury and Beckhampton, Abury, Wiltshire.
|[[Henge]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.4286|-1.8542|name=Avebury|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[West Kennet Long Barrow]]
|The long barrow at West Kennet, near Marlborough, West Kennet, Wiltshire.
|[[Long barrow]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.4086|-1.8511|name=West Kennet Long Barrow|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Silbury Hill]]
|Silbury Hill, Abury, Wiltshire.
|Mound
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.4156|-1.8575|name=Silbury Hill|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[The Devil's Den]]
|The Dolmen (Devil's Den), near Marlborough, Fyfield, Wiltshire.
|[[Chambered tomb]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|51.4257|-1.7826|name=The Devil's Den|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Barbury Castle]]
|Barbury Castle, Ogboume, St. Andrews, and Swindon, Wiltshire.
|[[Hillfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|51.4853|-1.7865|name=Barbury Castle|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
|}
{{GeoGroup|section=England and Wales}}
{{clear}}

===Scotland===
The 1882 schedule included 21 monuments, the majority of which are prehistoric sites.<ref name="hunter"/> Two are Neolithic, five Bronze Age, eight Iron Age and six from early Christian/Pictish periods, although two of the prehistoric stones also have notable early Christian additions.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=13 April 2010 |title=Scotland: A List of Scheduled Monuments, and a List of Properties in Care |url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/dmzlive.pdfsched?pid=130410132559 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305225414/http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/dmzlive.pdfsched?pid=130410132559 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |website=hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Those sites now in the care of [[Historic Scotland]] are indicated with '(HS)'.

{| class=" wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" border="1" 
|-
!scope="col" |Site name
!scope="col" |1882 description
!scope="col" |Site type
!scope="col" |Period 
!scope="col" |Location
|-
!scope="row"|Inverurie Cemetery, four symbol stones
|The Bass of Inverury, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
|Four [[Pictish Stone]]s
|9th century
|{{coord|57.2755|-2.3665|name=Inverurie Cemetery|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Tap o' Noth]], [[Rhynie, Aberdeenshire|Rhynie]]
|The vitrified fort on the Hill of Noath, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire.
|[[Hillfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|57.3517|-2.8575|name=Tap o' Noth|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|Newton House, inscribed stone and symbol stone
|The pillar and stone at Newton-in-the-Garioch, Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire.
|[[Pictish stone]]s
|9th century
|{{coord|57.3565|-2.5634|name=Newton House|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Edin's Hall Broch]]
|The circular walled structures called "Edin’s Hall," on Cockburn Law, Dunse, Berwickshire.
|[[Broch]] (HS)
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|55.8354|-2.3656|name=Edin's Hall Broch|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|Palisaded Huts Nr Lauder Barns
|The British walled settlement enclosing huts at Harefaulds in Lauderdale, Lauder, Berwickshire.
|settlement
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|55.7071|-2.7256|name=Palisaded Huts Nr Lauder Barns|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Dun Dornaigil]]
|The Dun of Dornadilla, Durness, Sutherlandshire.
|[[Broch]] (HS)
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|58.3667|-4.6386|name=Dun Dornaigil|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Sueno's Stone]]
|The sculptured stone called Suenos Stone, near Forres, Rafford, Elgin.
|[[Standing stone]]
|9th century
|{{coord|57.6157|-3.5977|name=Sueno's Stone|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Drosten Stone]]
|The cross slab, with inscription, in the churchyard of St. Vigeans, St. Vigeans, Forfarshire.
|[[Pictish stone]]
|9th century
|{{coord|56.577|-2.5904|name=St Vigeans|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Caterthun]]
|The British forts, on the hills, called "The Black and White Catherthuns," Menmuir, Forfarshire.
|[[Hillfort]]s (HS)
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|56.7842|-2.7408|name=Caterthun|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Clava cairn]]s
|A group of remains and pillars, on a haugh at Clava on the banks of the Nairn, Croy and Dalcross, Inverness.
|[[Chamber tomb]] (HS)
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|57.4737|-4.0743|name=Clava cairns|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Dun Telve]] and [[Dun Troddan]]
|The Pictish Towers at Glenelg, Inverness.
|[[Broch]]s (HS)
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|57.1946|-5.5946|name=Dun Telve and Dun Troddan|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|Drumwhirn Cairn and Boreland cairn?
|The Cairns, with chambers and galleries partially dilapidated, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire.
|[[Chamber tomb]]s
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|54.9899|-4.4945|name=Drumwhirn Cairn|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Cat Stane]]
|The Catstane, an inscribed pillar, Kirkliston, Linlithgow.
|[[Celtic inscribed stone|Inscribed stone]]
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] & 5th century
|{{coord|55.9548|-3.3645|name=Cat Stane|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Ring of Brodgar]]
|The Ring of Brogar and other stone pillars at Stennis in Orkney, and the neighbouring pillars, Firth and Stennis, Orkney.
|[[Henge]] (HS)
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|59.002|-3.2287|name=Ring of Brodgar|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Maeshowe]]
|The Chambered mound of Maeshowe, Firth and Stennis, Orkney.
|[[Chambered cairn]] (HS)
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|58.9966|-3.1882|name=Maeshowe|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Callanish Stones]]
|The stones of Callernish, Uig, Ross.
|[[Stone circle]]s
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] & 5th century
|{{coord|58.197|-6.745|name=Callanish Stones|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Broch of Clickimin]]
|The Burgh of Clickanim, Sound, Shetland.
|[[Broch]] (HS)
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|60.1492|-1.1657|name=Broch of Clickimin|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Broch of Mousa]]
|The Pictish tower at Mousa in Shetland, Dunrossness, Shetland.
|[[Broch]] (HS)
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|59.9956|-1.1826|name=Broch of Mousa|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|(now in  Whithorn Priory Museum?)
|The inscribed slab standing on the roadside leading from Wigton to Whithorn and about a mile from Whithorn, Whithorn, Wigtonshire.
|[[Celtic inscribed stone|Inscribed stone]]
|Early Christian
|
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Laggangairn Standing Stones]]
|Two stones, with incised crosses, on a mound in a field at Laggangairn, New Luce, Wigtonshire.
|[[Standing stone]]s (HS)
|[[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] & early Christian
|{{coord|55.0071|-4.7818|name=Laggangairn Standing Stones|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones]]
|The pillars at Kirkmadrine, Stoneykirk, Wigtonshire.
|[[Celtic inscribed stone|Inscribed stones]] (HS)
|6th century
|{{coord|54.7936|-4.9881|name=Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
|}
{{GeoGroup|section=Scotland}}
{{clear}}

===Ireland===
In 1882 the whole of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom. Subsequent legislation for Ireland used the terminology of ''historic monuments'', which continues in Northern Ireland. Three sites in the schedule are in what became Northern Ireland, one being in County Armagh and two in County Down.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=31 March 2010 |title=The Schedule of Historic Monuments |url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/part_1_-_scheduled_historic_monuments.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220235/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/part_1_-_scheduled_historic_monuments.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |website=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> The fifteen sites now in the [[Republic of Ireland]] are protected by the [[National Monuments Service]]<ref>[https://maps.archaeology.ie/HistoricEnvironment/ National Monuments database at archaeology.ie]</ref> and include two world heritage sites. As with England and Wales, the 1882 selection was overwhelmingly those thought to be prehistoric sites, although there is now uncertainty over the age of many sites.

{| class=" wikitable plainrowheaders sortable colapsable" border="1" 
|-
!scope="col" |Site name
!scope="col" |1882 description
!scope="col" |Site type
!scope="col" |Period 
!scope="col"|Location
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Navan Fort]]
|The earthen enclosure and mounds called the Navan Fort, Eglish, Armagh.
|Ceremonial site
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]], Celtic
|{{coord|54.3453|-6.7186|name=Navan Fort|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Glencolumbkille]] Cashel
|Stone monuments and groups of sepulchral cists in Glen Maulin, Glencolumbkille, Banagh, Donegal.
|
|
|{{coord|51.5646|-9.0871|name=Glencolumbkille Cashel|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Grianan of Aileach]]
|The earthen and stone inclosure known as Grimm of Aileach, Burt, [[Inishowen West|West Innishowen]], Donegal.
|
|
|{{coord|55.0167|-7.4333|name=Grianan of Aileach|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Giant's Ring]]
|The earthen inclosure and Cromlech called the Giant's Ring near Ballylessan, Drumbo, Upper Castlereagh, Down.
|
|
|{{coord|54.5403|-5.95|name=Giant's Ring|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Downpatrick]] Mound of Down?
|The earthen fort at Downpatrick (Dunkeltair), Leoale, Down.
|
|
|{{coord|54.3323|-5.7212|name=Downpatrick Fort|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Staigue stone fort]]
|Stone structure called Staigue Fort, Kilcrogham, Dunkerron, Kerry.
|[[Ringfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|51.8053|-10.0158|name=Staigue stone fort|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Greenmount Motte]]
|The earthen mound at Greenmount, Kilsaren, Ardee, Kerry.
|[[Motte]] over a [[Souterrain]]
|Anglo-Norman and older
|{{coord|53.8781|-6.3856|name=Greenmount Motte|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]] megalithic tomb ([[Dolmen of the Four Maols]])
|The stone monument at Ballyna, Kilmoremoy, Tyrawly, Mayo.
|[[Chamber tomb]]
|[[Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|54.1071|-9.166|name=Ballina megalithic tomb|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Glebe Stone Circles]]
|Cairns and stone circles at Moytura, Cong, Kilmaine, Mayo.
|[[Stone Circles]]
|
|{{coord|53.5477|-9.2649|name=Glebe Stone Circles|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Brú na Bóinne]] (Bend of the Boyne) World heritage site
|The tumuli, New Grange, Knowth and Dowth, Monknewton and Dowth, Upper Slane, Meath.
|[[Megalithic]] complex
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|53.6928|-6.4493|name=Brú na Bóinne|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Hill of Tara]]
|The earthworks on the hill of Tara, Skreen, Meath.
|
|multi-period
|{{coord|53.5775|-6.6119|name=Hill of Tara|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Telltown]]
|The earthworks at Teltown (Taltin), Upper Kells, Meath.
|
|[[Bronze Age]]
|{{coord|53.7003|-6.7665|name=Telltown|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Hill of Ward]]
|The earthworks at Wardstown (Tlaghta), Athboy, Lune, Meath.
|[[Ringfort]]
|[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]]
|{{coord|53.624|-6.886|name=The Hill of Ward|region:GB_type:landmark}}
|- <!-- ------------------End of item -------------------- -->
!scope="row"|[[Slieve na Calliagh]]
|The two central tumuli on the hills called Slieve Na Calliagh, Loughcrew, Fore, Meath.
|[[Megalithic]] complex
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|53.7445|-7.1117|name=Slieve na Calliagh|region:GB_type:landmark}}
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!scope="row"|[[Heapstown Cairn]]
|The Cairn at Heapstown, Kilmacallan, Tirerrill, Sligo.
|[[Passage tomb]]
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|{{coord|54.0951|-8.3483|name=Heapstown Cairn|region:GB_type:landmark}}
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!scope="row"|[[Knocknarea]] passage tombs & Medb's Cairn
|Sepulchral remains at Carrowmore. The cairn called Miscaun Mave or Knocknarea, Kilmacowen, Curbury, Sligo.
|[[Passage tomb]]
|[[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]]
|{{coord|54.2589|-8.5746|name=Knocknarea passage tombs|region:GB_type:landmark}}
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!scope="row"|[[Drumlohan Souterrain and Ogham Stones|Drumlohan Souterrain & Ogham Stones]]
|The cave containing Ogham inscribed stones at Drumloghan, Stradbally, [[Decies-without-Drum]], Waterford.
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|{{coord|52.163319|-7.465368|name=Drumlohan Souterrain & Ogham Stones|region:GB_type:landmark}}
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!scope="row"|[[Hill of Uisneach]] ([[Royal sites of Ireland]])
|The stone monument called the Catstone and the cemetery on the hill of Usnagh, Killare, Rathconrath, Westmeath.
|Royal innauguartion site
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|{{coord|53.49|-7.562|name=Hill of Uisneach|region:GB_type:landmark}}
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== Legacy ==
The whole act was repealed by section 24 of, and the second schedule to, the [[Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913]] ([[3 & 4 Geo. 5]]. c. 32)

==See also==
*[[Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1900]]
*[[Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1910]]
*[[Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913]]
*[[Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979]]
* [[s:The Preservation of Places of Interest or Beauty/Appendix A|Reproduced copy of 1882 Act]]
*[[List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
*''The Construction of Built Heritage'' {{ISBN|0-7546-1846-3}}
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{{UK legislation}}
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[[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1882]]
[[Category:Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament]]
[[Category:Archaeology of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Historic preservation legislation]]
[[Category:Conservation in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Lists of monuments and memorials in the United Kingdom]]