Scheduled Ancient Monuments

Our Ref: FOI 09/1237

Dear Ms Davis,

Re: Freedom of Information Request - Scheduled Ancient Monuments

I am in receipt of your email, dated 01^st August 2009, for response. In
your email you have requested a list of current Scheduled Ancient
Monuments, and various information about the Scheduled Ancient Monuments,
in the form of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

As Records Management Assistant for English Heritage I am responsible for
processing the request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act
2000. We will be writing to you within the statutory 20 working day
timeframe with a response to your request. You will be informed if this
is not possible.

If you are unhappy with the level of service you have received in relation
to your request you may ask for an internal review. You should contact:
Mr Mike Harlow, Legal Director, English Heritage, 1 Waterhouse Square, 138
- 142 Holborn, LONDON, EC1N 2ST.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
CHESHIRE, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Jenny Simmonds

Jennifer Simmonds

Records Management Assistant

English Heritage

National Monuments Record Centre

Kemble Drive

Swindon

SN2 2GZ

Tel: 01793 414567

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Dear Ms Davis,

Re: Freedom of Information Request - Scheduled Ancient Monuments

I have been passed your email, dated and received by English Heritage 1
August 2009, for response. As Access to Information Manager for English
Heritage I am responsible for responding to requests for information
covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested a list of current Scheduled Ancient
Monuments. For each monument in the list, you have requested the following
information:

1. The monument's name.

2. The monument's location (preferably as a six-figure OS grid
reference).

3. The monument's date of creation if known.

4. A brief summary of the reason the monument is regarded as important.

I can confirm that English Heritage holds information that falls within
the ambit of your request.

I am pleased to be able to inform you that the name of scheduled monuments
and any accompanying descriptions can be viewed freely online via the
MAGIC website: [1]http://www.magic.gov.uk/ while spatial data for
designated sites (designed for loading into a GIS) is also freely
available for download via the English Heritage website
[2]http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/...

The other information that you have asked for is also publicly available
by contacting the National Monuments Record Enquiry & Research Services
team and as such exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the FOIA. I
therefore consider that I do not have to provide you with the information
in response to your request.

I note that your would prefer the information that you have asked for in a
spreadsheet and I can confirm that Enquiry & Research Services team are
able to provide you with at least some, if not all, of the information in
that format.

The National Monument Record, Enquiry & Research Services team can be
contacted in the following ways:

National Monuments Record Centre
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2GZ

Tel: 01793 414 600

Email; [3][email address]

I hope that the information that I have been able to provide is helpful to
you. If however, you are unhappy with the response that you have received
you may ask for an internal review. You should contact: Mr Mike Harlow,
Legal Director, English Heritage, One Waterhouse Square, 138 - 142
Holborn, London, EC1N 2ST.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
CHESHIRE, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Jessica Trevitt | Access to Information Manager

English Heritage | Mezzanine Floor |

Isambard House | Swindon | SN2 2GZ

Tel: 01793 41 4539

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Dear all,

Please see below for a request concerning SAMs that you should be able to help with. Please respond to the requestor direct

Thanks

Jess

Jessica Trevitt | Access to Information Manager
English Heritage | Mezzanine Floor |
Isambard House | Swindon | SN2 2GZ
Tel: 01793 41 4539

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Dear Ms Davis

Thank you for your request (our reference AR/42154) forwarded by Jessica
Trevitt.

Please find attached a spreadsheet of all Scheduled Monuments in England.
It is a large file and there are over 20,000 rows. The grid references are
absolute as each is calculated as the centre point of the scheduled area,
which is usually a polygon. The file is actually derived from the spatial
dataset available on our website
[1]http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/... and saved in
Excel. I would be happy to talk you through the process.

The descriptions of the sites (including dates of creation/phases of
development) tend to be longer textual entries held as separate documents,
so I'm afraid it isn't possible to transfer them into a spreadsheet
format. I have attached an example of a description which includes an
assessment of importance to illustrate this. I have also attached the
related map extract. We can usually provide this sort of information on
individual sites.

I hope this proves helpful. If I can be of any further assistance, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Lindsay Jones

NMR Enquiry & Research Services Manager

English Heritage

Kemble Drive

Swindon

SN2 2GZ

tel 01793 414712

fax 01793 414606

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