There are 2390 scheduled monuments in the county of North Yorkshire, England.[1] These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period, and include medieval moated sites, ruined abbeys, castles, and Neolithic monuments.[2] In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites and historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.[3]
This is a partial list of scheduled monuments in North Yorkshire.
| Image | Name | Location | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Castle | 54.3219°N -1.9481°W | Late 14th century | Mary, Queen of Scots was held prisoner at Bolton for six months.[4] | |
| Coverham Abbey | 54.2726°N -1.8407°W | 1190 AD | A Premonstratensian monastery founded by Helewisia, daughter of Ranulf de Glanville.[5] | |
| Devil's Arrows | 54.0929°N -1.4037°W | Late Neolithic era | Four Neolithic Standing Stones.[6] | |
| Fountains Abbey | 54.1097°N -1.5814°W | 1132 AD | The largest and best preserved ruined monastery in England.[7] | |
| Jubilee Memorial, Harrogate | 1887 AD | The memorial was built to commemorate the 1887 golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.[8] | ||
| Markenfield Hall | 54.1016°N -1.551°W | 1310 AD | An early 14th-century moated manor house.[9] | |
| Richmond Castle | 54.4017°N -1.7376°W | Late 11th century | An excellent example of a Norman castle in Britain.[10] | |
| Rievaulx Abbey | 54.2575°N -1.1167°W | 1132 AD | The Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery to be established in the north of England.[11] | |
| Snape Castle | 54.254°N -1.599°W | 1430 AD | Self-fortified manor house of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV and Richard III. Katherine Parr lived in the castle from 1536 to 1537. She, along with her two step-children were taken as hostages, when the castle was attacked in 1537.[12] | |
| Thornborough Henges | Late Neolithic era | This late Neolithic and early Bronze Age complex consists of three circular henges, a cursus, burial grounds and prehistoric settlements.[13] | ||
| Whitby Abbey | 657 AD | One of the earliest monasteries to be established in Northern England, Whitby was a double monastery of both monks and nuns.[14] | ||
| York Minster | 53.9619°N -1.0819°W | 627 AD | The site includes a section of the Roman legionary fortress at Eboracum, the Anglian and early Norman minsters, and the Anglian and medieval churches of the Alma Sophia, St Sepulchre and St Mary ad Valvas.[15] | |