Editing Scheduled monument (section)

==History==
The first Act to enshrine legal protection for ancient monuments was the [[Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882]]. This identified an initial list of 68 prehistoric sites that were given a degree of legal protection (25 sites in England, three in Wales, 22 in Scotland and 18 in Ireland).<ref name=hunterA>{{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}}</ref> This was the result of strenuous representation by [[William Morris]] and the [[Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings]], which had been founded in 1877. Following various previous attempts, the 1882 legislation was guided through Parliament by [[John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury|John Lubbock]], who in 1871 had bought [[Avebury, Wiltshire]], to ensure the survival of the stone circle.

The first Inspector of Ancient Monuments, as set up by the act, was [[Augustus Pitt Rivers]]. At this point, only the inspector, answering directly to the [[First Commissioner of Works]], was involved in surveying the scheduled sites and persuading landowners to offer sites to the state.<ref>Bowden, Mark (2000) "[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/past/past34.html#pittrivers Lieutenant-General A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901155956/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/past/past34.html |date=1 September 2009 }}", ''Past'' - Newsletter of the [[Prehistoric Society]], '''34''' (April)</ref> The act also established the concept of guardianship, in which a site might remain in private ownership, but the monument itself become the responsibility of the state, as guardian.<ref name=hunterA/> However the legislation could not compel landowners, as that level of state interference with private property was not politically possible. The [[Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1900]] extended the scope of the legislation to include medieval monuments. Pressure grew for stronger legislation. In a speech in 1907, Robert Hunter, chairman of the National Trust, observed that only a further 18 sites had been added to the original list of 68.<ref name=hunter>{{cite wikisource |last=Hunter |first=Robert |chapter=The Preservation of Places of Interest or Beauty |wslink=The Preservation of Places of Interest or Beauty |year=1907 |publisher=Manchester University Press}}</ref> 'Scheduling' in the modern sense only became possible with the passing of the [[Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913]].

When Pitt Rivers died in 1900 he was not immediately replaced as Inspector. Charles Peers, a professional architect, was appointed as Inspector in 1910 in the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)|Office of Works]] becoming Chief Inspector in 1913. The job title 'Inspector' is still in use.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Iain |last1=MacIvor |author-link1=Iain MacIvor |first2=Richard |last2=Fawcett |author-link2=Richard Fawcett |date=1983 |chapter=Planks from the shipwreck of time: an account of Ancient Monumentry, then and now |editor-first=M. |editor-last=Magnusson |title=Echoes in Stone |pages=9–27 |publisher=Scottish Development Department |isbn=9780950912400}}</ref>