Scheduling of Historic Monuments

Under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995 (the 1995 Order) the Department has a duty to compile and maintain a schedule of monuments. Monuments on the schedule have statutory protection and inclusion is at the Department's discretion. In practice most proposals for scheduling originate within the Department's Environment and Heritage Service and consultation is required with the Historic Monuments Council before a monument is added to or removed from the schedule. Occupied dwellings and churches still in ecclesiastical use cannot be scheduled. The non-statutory criteria for scheduling are set out in paragraph B12 below.