Editing Scheduled monument (section)

==The process for designating a scheduled monument==
Scheduling offers protection because it makes it illegal to undertake a great range of 'works' within a designated area, without first obtaining 'scheduled monument consent'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/historic_environment/4171.aspx |work=DCSM |title=Scheduled monuments |access-date=8 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903130232/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/historic_environment/4171.aspx |archive-date=3 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> However, it does not affect the owner's freehold title or other legal interests in the land, nor does it give the general public any new rights of public access. The process of scheduling does not automatically imply that the monument is being poorly managed or that it is under threat, nor does it impose a legal obligation to undertake any additional management of the monument.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/scheduled-monuments/scheduling-faqs/ |title=Scheduling FAQs |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130072443/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/scheduled-monuments/scheduling-faqs/ |archive-date=30 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In England and Wales the authority for designating, re-designating and de-designating a scheduled monument lies with the Secretary of State for the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]] (DCMS). The Secretary of State keeps the list, or schedule, of these sites.<ref name=dcms_protecting/>

The designation process was first devolved to [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] in the 1970s and is now operated there by the [[Scottish Government]] and the [[Welsh Government]] respectively. The government bodies with responsibility for archaeology and the historic environment in Britain are: [[Historic England]] in England, [[Cadw]] in Wales, and [[Historic Environment Scotland]] in Scotland. The processes for application and monitoring scheduled monuments is administered in England by Historic England; in Wales by Cadw on behalf of the [[Senedd]] (Welsh Parliament);<ref name ="AMs Wales">{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/1438/pdfs/wsi_20011438_mi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217202724/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/1438/pdfs/wsi_20011438_mi.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-17 |url-status=live |title=Ancient Monuments Wales SI 2001 No. 1438 (W.100) |access-date= 7 June 2011}}</ref> and in Scotland by Historic Environment Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.

In Northern Ireland, the term "Scheduled Historic Monument" is used.  These sites protected under Article 3 of the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.  The schedule contains over 1,900 sites, and is maintained by the [[Department for Communities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/scheduled-monuments |title=Historic monuments |date=27 August 2015 |publisher=Department for Communities |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>