Genealogy Australia

The expression ‘Ancient Monument’ is a legal term invented for the purposes of the Ancient Monuments Acts—many of the sites and buildings protected today are not monuments, nor indeed in some cases even ancient within the popular meaning of those terms. Just how wide in fact the scope of the expression can be is amply demonstrated within the pages of this book—the subjects discussed range in time from prehistory to the early years of the 20th century and in content from Neolithic habitation sites to a Lancashire bobbin mill.